[ANN] MobGUI themes

[Mike Kerner]

It's the interaction of that with the new MG that I'm not sure I have a
handle on, yet.


On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Roger Eller <roger.e.eller at sealedair.com>wrote:

> 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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On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth
On the second day, God created the oceans.
On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours,
   and did a little diving.
And God said, "This is good."