Errors loading and reading ZIM in Ubuntu touch app

[Jaifroid]

Opening this thread to continue discussion of latest errors with Ubuntu touch app begun in #802 (comment) .

[Jaifroid]

@cibersheep wrote:

Ok. I've been doing some tests. I have bad and good news:

• Non of the last versions works on my main device
• 3.3.1 works on my tablet (I had no previous versions installed before)

I'm guessing is a change in the OS of my phone? I will ask more testers

For reference: Pixel 3a none worked. Ustack before unpaking the zim. Between installs I've cleared cache and desintalled http://download.kiwix.org/nightly/2022-02-12/kiwix-ubuntu-touch-3.3commit-374d184.click https://dpaste.com/5TCE3H5Y6

http://download.kiwix.org/nightly/2022-02-11/kiwix-ubuntu-touch-3.3commit-829aaf2.click https://dpaste.com/3HKDUDQFS

http://download.kiwix.org/nightly/2022-02-10/kiwix-ubuntu-touch-3.3commit-829aaf2.click https://dpaste.com/3SFCA4ALL

http://download.kiwix.org/nightly/2022-02-09/kiwix-ubuntu-touch-3.3commit-a318835.click https://dpaste.com/59YUARYTK

With this version I redownloaded the zim file (I wanted to check if it was corrupted) http://download.kiwix.org/nightly/2022-02-08/kiwix-ubuntu-touch-3.3commit-ba994b8.click https://dpaste.com/AFUFGM4JX

M10HD Worked with OpenStore version 3.3.1 https://dpaste.com/H2AURQ8VH

[Jaifroid]

@cibersheep Thanks for the detailed logs. I'll try to compare the working ones with those not working. A bit of a puzzle if it's failing randomly on different devices. The OS should abstract the hardware...

[cibersheep]

A bit of a puzzle if it's failing randomly on different devices. The OS should abstract the hardware...

Weeeell, this device in particular is a moving ground... very active development right now. Let's see what other users says

[Jaifroid]

I noticed Kiwix retweeted this about testing the app. It says "kiwix-js app packaged for Ubuntu Touch" (in the image). Good to see people are testing...

[cibersheep]

Spreading the word :)

[mossroy]

@cibersheep : did you have more feedback about this issue, from other Ubuntu Touch users?

[cibersheep]

No feedback yet
@ernmander any news?

[mossroy]

@cibersheep @ernmander we've released a version 3.4.0. It is on open-store.io.
Do you reproduce this issue?
I see the number of downloads decreasing on open-store.io, but don't know if it's because it does not work properly on this platform, or for another reason (less people using Ubuntu Touch?):

Revision	Channel	Arch	Version	Downloads
18 *	Xenial	all	v3.4.0	109
17 *	Xenial	all	v3.3.1	203
16 *	Xenial	all	v3.2.0	308
15 *	Xenial	all	v3.1.0	428
14 *	Xenial	all	v3.0.0	211
13 *	Xenial	all	v2.8.0	217
12 *	Xenial	all	v2.7.0	255
11 *	Xenial	all	v2.6.0	220
10	Xenial	all	v2.5.0	186

[ernmander]

I'll download it today. I must admit I've not really been using my Ubuntu touch device as I'm currently waiting on a newer one with more storage to play with.

[kelson42]

@ernmander Any feedback?

[ernmander]

I don't have a device that has enough space to download the offline file needed to use the app.

[Jaifroid]

@ernmander There are very tiny offline files. You could try this one (just 2.4 MB):
https://download.kiwix.org/zim/wikipedia/wikipedia_en_ray_charles_maxi_2022-04.zim
There are even tinier ones, but they don't have images, and it would be good to test image functionality if at all possible.

[mossroy]

I'll close this issue as we don't manage to confirm it's relevant on production devices.
Feel free to re-open if you manage to reproduce