Android New Dialog Control dialog text looks small

With the new object as part in MMF2 Build 258.2 called "Android New Dialog Control", the text produced from all the dialogs (with exception of the agreement) look really small on my device.

If I was to compare this with an non-MMF2 Android application, the text look large enough to be comfortably read on a mobile device. Is this normal? A bug? Any plans on fixing/changing the font size? Specific to Android 4.x?

This issue wasn't present prior to this 'new' extension, when I was using StephenL's beta extension called "Android Dialogs".

For comparison, I've used the development settings warning as an example:

Figure 1 - Development Tools in System Settings
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Figure 2 - Android Dialogs Beta Extension
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Figure 3 - Android New Dialog Control Extension
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I've tried all sort of combinations, the themes and dialog sizes, but none of them fix the size of the text.

Is there a solution to this? Or some sort of bug?

Edit: I think it might be a bug. I've reported it on the bug tracker. Please login to see this link.

It's been almost a month and it appears no progress has happened with this issue. I would appreciate if this will be confirmed a fix or not.

Despite being told that:

Quote from Fernando Vivolo

it was like intentionally set to allow the same content in all devices

That's not how it should of been implemented. If the system UI and StephenL's extension can display the text size properly [on my device at least], I don't see this as an excuse.

That's very true Danny, thank you for the clarification. I'll patiently wait another month or so for a fix.

I'm more concerned if this will be fixed or not from the sounds of it originally being 'intentionally' set like that. If I'm aware this won't be changed, I should abandon the extension in flavour of one that will work, which I wouldn't want to do.

I regret to inform that using the latest available build (R280.27) of Fusion 2.5, the dialogs produced by your extension still appear small then what they should be.

For comparison, Android New Dialog Control Extension:
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Android Dialogs Beta Extension:
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(For the observant, it's not the stock Android font, it's one called Ubuntu)

Android properties:
Build API: 14
Min. Android Version: 2.3/2.3.1/2.3.2
Target Android Version: 4.1
Require GPU: unchecked
Display Mode: OpenGL ES 1.1
Screen Orientation: Any (automatic)
Display: Adjust window size

I don't think these settings should affect much, but that's what I've got them set to for the purposes of this test and my actual app.

Target phone:
Model: Samsung Galaxy S Advance (GT-I9070P)
Screen Resolution: 480x800
Resolution from Android Object: 720x1035 (from another app using "Fit inside and adjust window size" mode)
Android Version: 4.1.2

I also tested this on an Android x86 tablet hybrid, which doesn't appear to have any problems.

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yes because this setting depend on the dpi of the devices and is done thinking; to show the text in the same way in all dpi

This is a bit vague for me to understand... I am aware that the DPI affects size and density, I've still got an app with a tiny sized font on the dialog boxes it produces, particularly on smartphones.

I tried this again but setting the dialog theme to internal (under "Special Config") as you hinted at, with no difference.

Quote from FVivolo

indeed Stephen´s dialog object only do internal mode as you may see and not use theme, so one problem with all devices is that are truly theme dependent.

The problem remains unresolved. This object is failing to adapt to my device's actual size, and possibly other similar smartphone devices. I'm looking for a solution, or a change in the object's behaviour.

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I've updated the API from 14 to 19 as well as all Fusion updates in the meantime and there is still tiny font for dialogs produced in the "New Android Dialog Object" on my smartphone ... very annoying.

Some further testing with a simple app:
- Android x86 Tablet -- Runs 4.0.4 -- Reports as runtime 15 -- 768x1293 -- No apparent issues.
- Android x86 -- Runs 2.2 -- Reports as runtime 8 -- 600x750 -- No apparent issues.
- Android x86 -- Runs 4.3 -- Reports as runtime 18 -- 600x707 -- No apparent issues.
- Samsung Galaxy S Advance -- Runs 4.1.2 -- Reports as runtime 16 -- 480x724 -- The text is too damn small!

I've built a simple app that output two dialogs. The first dialog is via the older, beta extension. The second dialog is using the newer, problematic object. [ATTACH]The APK is here.[/ATTACH]

I've been reading up on Please login to see this link. but I do not fully understand what's causing this? I will guess its to do with DPI, but one object can do it but not the 'new' one?

I hope we can get to a conclusion and fix for this.

Hello again, thank you for the quick reply.

Here attached is the MFA used for the previous APK in my last post.
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Most of the settings were left at the defaults, and it's the same with my other project. Dialogs I generally set to Best Width and centered.

Also, here are the screenshots from the APK from your last post on the problematic device:
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I'm using the 2.5 version of the Android Exporter, Fusion 2.5 Build 281.2. (This thread is that old it's in the wrong section)

As far as I'm aware, this isn't the stock OS (it originally ran 2.3, with sequential updates to 2.3.6) and in the last couple of years [manually] flashed to an 'official' Samsung 4.1.2 ROM for this device. No other app has ever had notable difficulties with DPI or dialogs, so I'm confused why it's become an issue with Fusion's APKs.

I haven't touched build.prop, should I try changing the DPI manually?

Just had a look at the specifications of it's predecessor, the Samsung Galaxy S, which has the same dimensions for the screen, but has a DPI at 224dpi. I did a bit of experimenting with changing the DPI with build.prop:

224dpi (Predecessor's DPI) -- Appears to be match the rest of the system's font size, but overall system text is much smaller.
235dpi -- Appears to be match the rest of the system's font size, but overall text is slightly smaller.
240dpi (Default) -- Smaller then system's font size as known already.
245dpi -- Starting to get a bit noticeably readable, but some apps crash*
250dpi -- Better, clearly readable however many apps crash then usual*
255dpi -- Better, clearly readable however many apps crash then usual*
260dpi -- Better, clearly readable however many apps crash then usual*

* Crashes include the Samsung Keyboard and the Messaging app and such which makes this infeasible for a production phone.

I'm starting to think, and will make assumptions that: this phone has been designed at 240dpi for a reason, and that the New Android Dialog Object doesn't follow the same programming principles that other UI elements do, likewise with the previous extension (which as I say, hasn't outputted text as small as this.)

Is there something I should know how the 'new' object works and produces dialogs? Can I trust this extension with other devices that are similar...? Could there be an option to make dialog object use the system's default font properties?

... I say this because I changed the font size to HUGE to see how the dialogs respond. The screenshots show that the dialog with HUGE font is better, but still smaller then expected at 240dpi.

Screenshots set with Huge font:
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The last time I checked, the agreement dialog was the only dialog that displayed correctly, the other dialogs display small text. And of course, all other apps, system dialogs and other extension display dialogs properly.

Here's the results along with a screenshot:
160dpi -- Definitely not designed for this, the entire display is tiny! The lock screen did change to a laggy "ripple" effect usually seen on Samsung Galaxy S3 phones. Old & New dialog fonts appear to look similar.
180dpi -- Again, it isn't designed for this, very small! The lock screen was also a "ripple" effect like the latter.
240dpi (Default)
300dpi -- I tried a much larger DPI as a test. Anything larger then 240dpi crashes with Samsung apps, which is a problem, but I got a screenshot anyway.

As I say, this is an official 4.1.2 ROM for this device (I9070P), but was manually flashed. I don't personally believe it's the DPI setting (240dpi) that's the problem.

About the joystick... I have built a game quite a long time ago (in MMF2 -- before the new dialog extension was around) and the joystick was of the correct size at the bottom... the only exception was that that game was in full screen (no status bars present) on this device ... No idea why the APK you provided sizes the joysticks as large as this.

I've attached an image that contains all the screenshots from the tested DPIs.
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I wish we can resolve this. I'm now using a Samsung Galaxy S2 as my daily driver and this exact same problem still happens!

I borrowed an Samsung Galaxy S3 as a third device to test and the dialog has a smaller font too.

So I have come to the conclusion this definitely is not a device specific issue but rather I disagree with how this extension produces the font/size of these dialogs. As I say, this only occurs with the New Dialog Android Control Object and it's not what I expect, nor from any app on Android for that matter. As the text is smaller then the system's font, I do not see this as ideal for mobile users.

This isn't consistent with other Android or System apps, like so:

Dialog 1 vs Dialog 2:
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Comparing with some other system apps:
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If this isn't supposed to be like this, perhaps this was an Android SDK issue all this time? Here's the APK and source, if you wish to check that's the case:
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In the case where it was designed intentionally like this, I will request on the feature tracker for having the ability to specify the font size for the dialogs... which should fix the problem for good... but I will wait for your reply first.

I'm using the latest stable build of Fusion 2.5, which is build 281.2.

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