[ANN] MobGUI themes

[Roger Eller]

The "NoBorder" option, and "letterbox" are what I have been using most.  My
layout is 16:9 wide for my current tablet app.  I just have to keep objects
from being too close to the top and bottom so they don't get cropped when
the same app is running on a 4:3 device.  I would suggest a different stack
for phones so the objects can be large enough to be touch-friendly.

Here's what I have in preOpenStack for my 16:9 wide-screen app:

   put item 3 of the screenRect into tW
   put item 4 of the screenRect into tH
   put (tH/tW) into tScale
   if tScale > 0.6 then
      put "4:3" into tAspectRatio
      set the fullscreenmode of this stack to "letterbox"  -- shows thin
black bars at top and bottom (doesn't look bad to me)
   else
      -- assume wide-screen
      put "16:9" into tAspectRatio
      set the fullscreenmode of this stack to "noBorder"
   end if

This newsletter has a nice little diagram to show the affect of the
fullscreenmode options.

http://newsletters.livecode.com/november/issue162/newsletter1.html

~Roger


On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 3:48 PM, Mike Kerner <MikeKerner at roadrunner.com>wrote:

> Well, then maybe I don't understand.  When I build a layout for a certain
> size, and then put the app on a device that is larger, the controls all
> grow, even though the DPI is the same.  I believe the controls are supposed
> to remain a certain real-world size, not maintain a certain proportion of
> the screen.  Otherwise if, for instance, you develop for a 3.5" iphone 4
> and then put your app on a 4" iphone 5, the controls will all be taller
> than they were.  So what I'm trying to ask is whether I have to build three
> layouts for ios for landscape (it's three, now, right?), in order to
> maintain aspect ratios (and three for portrait), because the combination of
> MG and LC will result in controls resizing.
>
> So now take it to Android, where there are a multitude of screen sizes.  If
> you do a layout for one size, but the app is run on another size, what is
> LC going to do to MG's controls?
>
> I haven't messed with THIS version, but on the one prior to this, just
> resizing in MG caused ratios to go all over.  I'm just trying to make sure
> I understand how it works before I start (another) new project.
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 3:31 PM, Roger Eller <roger.e.eller at sealedair.com
> >wrote:
>
> > An issue with Android?  How so?  I have been using the fullscreenmode(s)
> in
> > 6.5.1 and find it easy to accommodate most Android screens.  The controls
> > auto-resizing is very helpful if the layout is planned carefully.
> >
> > ~Roger
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 3:22 PM, Mike Kerner <MikeKerner at roadrunner.com
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > Just so I understand, with the way you have it set now, one would do
> the
> > MG
> > > layout dance for each orientation/size one is using, correct?  Granted,
> > on
> > > iOS there should only be three portrait and 3 landscape orientations to
> > > worry about (I think), but the LC auto-resizing would make the controls
> > > resize, too, which is more of an issue with Android.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 7:07 AM, Roger Eller <
> roger.e.eller at sealedair.com
> > > >wrote:
> > >
> > > > Thanks John, and Thierry!
> > > >
> > > > ~Roger
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