The Notch

[J. Landman Gay]

Thanks, that sounds like what the default Android setup does too. So if 
I understand it right, the screenrect returns the available area of the 
screen below the notch, and I assume that fullscreenMode adapts to only 
that area as well.

My current project won't be supporting a landscape layout so at least I 
don't need to worry about that. I'll eventually start looking at the 
simulators/emulators to make sure I've got it right, but you've given me 
a head start for now. We're still at the design phase.

The notch is a silly hardware decision, and I can't fathom why Android 
manufacturers think they need to copy Apple's ugly design. And from what 
I read on the Android blogs, very few Android users like the notch 
either, and many are virulently against it.

Headache indeed.

On 1/29/19 7:40 PM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode wrote:
> For iOS it returns the rect of the largest rectangle on the screen in any of
> 3 orientations (iPhone X does not allow portrait upside down). An iPhone X
> not only has the notch but rounded corners and the "swipe up home deal" area
> that's always at the bottom and must remain visible and unimpaired.
> 
> Another wrinkle is "landscape and the iPhone X(all models)".
> 
> There are two layout choices for a rectangular landscape app. This assumes
> you are already adding a margin on the notch and bottom(home swipe area)
> sides.
> #1) Use up to the top of the screen and add a margin on the non-notch side
> so the app is not in the "curve" of the corner. This is what GetCardRect()
> does.
> #2) Use all the way to the edge of the non-notch side and add a top margin
> so the app is not in the "curve" of the upper left or upper right
> corner(depending on landscape left or right).
> So you can choose 1 of 2 different aspect ratios for a landscape iPhone X LC
> App.
> 
> < headache headache headache headache headache>
> 
> GetCardRect() also has the option to return the rect that does/doesn't
> include the keyboard area if visible.


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