The Android 4.x+ code has changed a lot since the initial import
of the eyes-free codebase. A lot of bug fixes and improvements
have been made to it.
The eyes-free codebase had two different code paths:
* one for ICS (4.0) or later, using the Java-based TTS APIs
provided by the Android platform;
* one for pre-ICS using an internal C++-based TTS API.
Thus, any bug fixes or improvements would have to be done to both
code bases if Android 2.x/3.x support is required. This is not
maintainable.
If pre-ICS support is to be re-added in the future, the plan will
be to:
* forward the C++-based APIs to the Java-based APIs via a
compatibility layer;
* use a compatibility layer (Android Support Library?) for using
the ICS settings API on pre-ICS.
This reverts commit 433a0a0455.
The issue here appears to be that the process the eSpeak commands are
processed from to generate the speech differs from the one used to
modify the settings. This appears to be enough to cause it to not
get the updated settings until the process is restarted.
Thanks to Peter Vagner for locating the cause.
This reverts commit a79fe17681.
Conflicts:
android/AndroidManifest.xml
This is the actual commit that causes the permission problems noted in
issue #31.
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