When to release a free Android app? (development cycle)

[Andrew Henshaw]

Thanks for that,  Ill move it up 60 pixels!

I was working with the 'working screenrect',  but ive probably forgotten to remove the geometry MobGUI adds,  if I move an image by just 1 pixels the geometry data is added back and then mobgui puts things back to where I put them while designing the layout for each screen size whatever I do with the code,  so if I actually move the bar up 60 pixels for the 600x1024 layout and fill the space with a black bar for other devices this should help in case I shift it again by accident!  

I think I need to do a little more actually and check both the working and actual screenrects so if they are not 'expected' then maybe add a send in xxx milliseconds command to make sure even if the geometry data exists and mobgui does its stuff,  then when a different working rect is detected due to a soft toolbar etc  the interface is resized again after any mobgui changes to make sure it works in all cases.  One for the morning :)  

The real problem I have is I dont have a Fire,  and cant get one here at the moment!  Unfortunately I was in the States about 3 days before the release,  but I had to do the same earlier to work with a 800x1280 tablet running honeycomb on the emulator.

Ideally Id like to get the full tablet interface working on a Fire,  but im not back in the States until Feb so it will have to wait until then unless Amazon choose to sell it here before then!

Andy


On 9 Dec 2011, at 20:31, Ben Rubinstein wrote:

> On 08/12/2011 17:25, Andrew Henshaw wrote:
> > Ive uploaded an apk of the app via if anyone has a phone and wants to try it
> 
> On 09/12/2011 19:04, Ben Rubinstein (me!) wrote:
>> * The Fire has a soft control panel... When using your app, this panel is
>> permanently there; and it overlays your app's control bar (eg
>> diary/food/exercise/breakdown).  Similarly when I select the menu button from
>> that panel, your menu slides up but the bottom row is largely obscured by the
>> Fire's control panel.
> 
> OK, I confused myself because I can't do maths; but this is actually pretty simple.  'The screenrect' for the Fire returns "0,0,600,1024"; 'the working screenrect' returns "0,40,600,964", which correctly reflects a 40 pixel status bar, and 60 pixels for the control bar at the bottom (though NB the shadow of the latter protrudes a few more pixels).  The rect of the stack is "0,0,600,924", which correctly describes the space in which you can work.
> 
> So my guess is that you are currently positioning your bottom elements using the screenrect; whereas if you used the height of the stack it would fix this problem.
> 
> Ben
> 
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