Feature proposal: mobileActualAllowedOrientations?

[Ralph DiMola]

That's what I was think of...

Here's the deal in order to give any UI experience using LCS:

1) We need a property called "overideDeviceOrientationLock" (or whatever you
want to call it).
   a) if true then apps can allow any orientation regardless of the devices
settings.
   B) If false the app is locked into the device's settings.
2) If your app is open and the device is changed to lock into orientation
"A". If the app's "overideDeviceOrientationLock" is false, if the app is not
currently in orientation "A" then the screen is rotated to orientation "A"
and the standard orientationchanged and resizestack messages are sent. 
3) If the device is in orientation "A" and the LCS orientations allowed is
set to "B" and either the device is not locked in a specific orientation OR
"overideDeviceOrientationLock" is set to true then screen is rotated to
orientation "B" and the standard orientationchanged and resizestack messages
are sent.
4) Forcing an app to change orientation via LCS(using allowed orientations)
works only iPhones but not for iPads or Android. If your iPhone is in
orientation "A" and LCS changes the allowed orientation is set to "B", the
screen will rotate and the appropriate messages are sent, but like I said
not on iPads or Android.

If we implement #1 and fix #4 and LC uses rules #2 and #3, then all options
are available.


Ralph DiMola
IT Director
Evergreen Information Services
rdimola at evergreeninfo.net

-----Original Message-----
From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf
Of J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2018 11:14 PM
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Subject: Re: Feature proposal: mobileActualAllowedOrientations?

On January 27, 2018 6:18:34 PM Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
<use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> IIRC I did once have a game on this phone, and it opened full-screen 
> in landscape regardless of my orientation lock.  Seems reasonable, 
> because as you say that app experience wouldn't make sense in portrait.

That's what I was talking about. In some cases you do want the app to force
an orientation regardless of the user lock. If LC always forces compliance
we'll just have a different problem.

Maybe we need some kind of override property.

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Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com



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