Issues with Mobile Native controls

[Graham Samuel]

Thanks Brian, that looks really useful. I am looking for icons that are tools, such as for settings (often a cogwheel or a set of horizontal bars) and stuff like that - anyway I will have a good look. I am very pleased that the system is more flexible than I first thought, since it isn’t mentioned in the dictionary entry for the Navigation Bar. Maybe I can report this as a needed documentation enhancement. As you have noticed from my earlier mails, it is a tough job for a mobile newbie (if you know what I mean!) to find out how to make his or her app look like a native product. I am still a very long way from this.

Cheers

Graham

> On 20 Apr 2020, at 15:05, Brian Milby via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Icons can be updated to anything you want.  See this thread about the SVG
> Icon Tool that I developed.  The package on my website has a large number
> of icons included that you can browse and combine into your own Icon Family.
> 
> http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=30411
> 
> Once you change the default family, then those icons are visible from the
> chooser in the PI.
> 
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 6:30 AM Graham Samuel via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
>> I’ve recently bought Mobile Native Essential pack in a slightly desperate
>> attempt to get my mobile app look more native, but I’ve had trouble with
>> the bits I’ve used:
>> 
>> Labels - sometimes are not visible even when the vis is definitely true;
>> strange scheme which means that the name you give it is the same as the
>> name displayed, leading to very much deprecated names with spaces in them.
>> 
>> Switch - caused a (simulated) version of my app to seize up. As a test, I
>> tried to open a card containing just that one object and it zonked the app.
>> I will be reporting this, but of course wonder it it’s something I’ve done.
>> 
>> Outside the paid-for pack, I also have issues with the native button
>> (doesn’t look all that native in iOS) and the navigation bar (eccentric
>> choice of icons IMHO, and no apparent way of adding to them).
>> 
>> I don’t really want to moan but I would like to see some improvement. Is
>> this list a good place to discuss these issues?
>> 
>> Graham
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