Multiple Stacks on Mobile

[Scott Rossi]

If you're planning to hide the stationary objects during the transition,
that would work, but otherwise, I don't think so.  You can't use a
built-in motion transition and keep objects (real or virtual) in a fixed
location on the card.

One thing that came to mind as another option is the updated browser
control.  I *think* the new version might allow layering with other
LiveCode objects, but I'm not sure.  If yes, then that could be an option
since you could place a browser on the first layer of the card to display
background images, and use Javascript to do some nice transitions behind
objects in the foreground.  How well this would work on mobile, if it does
at all, I have no idea.

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, UX/UI Design




On 7/28/15, 9:37 AM, "Ray" <ray at linkit.com> wrote:

>I'm currently using this:
>    lock screen for visual effect
>    go next card
>    unlock screen with visual effect push right fast
>
>Works great, but it's the whole card.  I'd like to maintain a few
>transparent fields and images in a fixed way in front of this so the
>whole transition is happening behind these objects, much like a
>'heads-up' in a video game which shows how much ammunition you have left.
>
>I, too, doubt the move command would work well on under-powered mobile
>devices.  I'm kind of leaning toward something like this:
>    hide the objects I want to remain stationary and get a snapshot of
>the both the current and destination cards
>    re-show the objects I want to remain stationary
>    lock screen for visual effect
>    hide the snapshot of the current card, show the snapshot of the
>destination card
>    unlock screen with visual effect push right fast
>    copy the objects I want to remain stationary to the destination card
>    go to the destination card
>    delete both snapshots
>
>What do you think?
>
>
>On 7/28/15 5:14 PM, Scott Rossi wrote:
>> I think I see what you're trying to do, and if I understand correctly,
>>you
>> can't do it using built-intransitions.  You can restrict transitions
>> WITHIN a specified rect or object, but not outside (in this case, the
>> background).
>>
>> What transition are you using -- one of the motion-based options like
>>push
>> or scroll?  If yes, one solution could be to use the move command or
>> something like AnimationEngine to physically move background groups left
>> and right (or up and down).  But since we're talking about the entire
>> width/height of the card, that might be a lot of screen to update, which
>> could bog down on an underpowered device.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Scott Rossi
>> Creative Director
>> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 7/28/15, 9:01 AM, "Ray" <ray at linkit.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Scott - the main issue is the second one you've mentioned, below,
>>> although it would be more accurate to say 'using transitions behind a
>>> fixed foreground'.  I'd like for the fixed foreground to be
>>>transparent,
>>> hence the introduction of the custom window shape idea.
>>>
>>> Dr. Hawkins also suggested the groups idea which I can try, although
>>>now
>>> that I think about it that might be a little complicated since it's my
>>> users, not me, who populate each card with objects.  I'm also
>>> considering snapshots of the entire screen and transitioning from one
>>> PNG to the other while maintaining the same fixed group of objects in
>>> the foreground.
>>>
>>> On 7/28/15 4:52 PM, Scott Rossi wrote:
>>>> What's the main issue you're trying to solve?  A custom window shape
>>>>or
>>>> using transitions in front of a fixed background?
>>>>
>>>> AFAIK, you can't use the windowShape property on mobile stacks.  But
>>>>you
>>>> might achieve the effect of one stack in front of another by moving
>>>>your
>>>> card-based content into groups, and showing/hiding groups on a single
>>>> card
>>>> (with the card acting as the background stack).  You can apply the
>>>>same
>>>> transitions used when navigating between cards to showing/hiding
>>>>groups.
>>>>
>>>> However, the above might not be necessary.  You also might be able to
>>>> change your background stack into a background object that appears
>>>> behind
>>>> all cards in your foreground stack.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Scott Rossi
>>>> Creative Director
>>>> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 7/28/15, 7:51 AM, "Ray" <ray at linkit.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> As far as I know, it's not possible to display two stacks
>>>>> simultaneously
>>>>> on either Android or iOS.  Does anybody have any suggestions for a
>>>>>work
>>>>> around to this?
>>>>>
>>>>> In my case I have a stack with multiple cards which transition with
>>>>> visual effects as users go from card to card.  I'd like to keep this
>>>>> look while at the same time displaying in front of it another, fixed,
>>>>> video game style 'heads-up' stack on screen using the window mask
>>>>> property.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance for any ideas!
>>>>>
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