too slow

[Samuele]

hi, i'k at the finish lines of a small android app, for all this time there was something that was bothering me on livecode, that on mobile it is very very slow (unlike on computer), does anyone know if there is anything that can fasten the app? (for example: moving from card to card, showing and hi9ding buttons that have icons on them ecc.)
thanks!

[Klaus]

Are there any scripts involved in "close-/pre-/opencard"?
Please give some examples.
Usually everything works as fast on mobile as on desktop.

[mtalluto]

Download geekbench and report your overall score. The app is free.

LiveCode recommends a minimum score of 300 for the single core results.

[dunbarx]

Mark.

I tried this. But Geekbench seems to be a general purpose CPU utility, no? How could it deal directly with LC?

Craig

[mtalluto]

Hi Craig,

Running Geekbench will provide an idea of the processing power of your Android's CPU. Slower CPUs will not render LiveCode other apps as quickly as faster CPUs.

Knowing your GB score will give you an idea of the performance of your device. The OP indicated that their app was running slowly. Moving from card to card seems explicitly slow.

LiveCode mentioned in a webinar for their LCFM project that they suggested Androids have a score of 300 or better. I have an Android that scores 310. It barely meets their minimum spec. But, it can run the Android apps I have been testing quite well. I am sure faster Android devices will be even better.

[Samuele]

i don't think my android device speed is the problem i have a Samsung Galaxy S21 (one of the fastest devices today).

[Samuele]

Are there any scripts involved in "close-/pre-/opencard"?
Please give some examples.
Usually everything works as fast on mobile as on desktop.

for example with this script:

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on GoToSettings
   visual effect dissolve very fast
   go to card "Settings"
end GoToSettings

it takes 2 seconds on desktop to go to the card "settings" and on mobile it takes 4 (even on desktop it's a little slow)

[Klaus]

What if you use the official syntax:

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on GoToSettings
   lock screen for visual effect
   go cd "Settings"
   unlock screen with visual effect dissolve very fast
end GoToSettings

?

[jacque]

Dissolve is one of the slowest visual effects, try one of the others.

Effects are cool the first time but can get tiresome after repeated use. I've stopped using them except for feedback on some types of mobile navigation.

[dunbarx]

can get tiresome after repeated use.

Yep. Do it fast if you really have to.

Craig

[Samuele]

What if you use the official syntax:

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on GoToSettings
   lock screen for visual effect
   go cd "Settings"
   unlock screen with visual effect dissolve very fast
end GoToSettings

?

still, on some things it works but on other its still slow for example this:

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on showRelated
   
   lock screen for visual effect
   show graphic "GrayThing"
   show widget "TypeUser" 
   show button "Ok"
   show button "Cancel"
   unlock screen with visual effect iris open very fast
end showRelated

[dunbarx]

Hmmm.

Very fast is usually, er, very fast. We may need to see the stack.

Craig