On Nov 3, 2013 12:13 PM, "Maurice Amsellem" <maurice.amsel...@systar.com>
wrote:
>
> Hi Team,
>
> iOS7 manages the status bar differently than iOS 6.1: application is
displayed in full screen and the status bar is displayed on top of the app,
either in black or white font color (depending on some setting).
>
> Current flex apps running on iOS7 will have the status bar partly
covering the top navigation bar buttons and text.
>
> The usual workaround is to increase ActionBar paddingTop to remove the
overlap.
>
> (see : https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX-33860)
>
> I would like to discuss the different approaches for a permanent fix of
this issue in the Flex SDK.
>
> There are two points to discuss: how to provide room for the status bar,
and how to determine/control when to do it:
>
>
> Point #1: how to provide room for the status Bar:
>
> Option 1) increase the top ActionBar paddingTop, to leave space for the
status bar.
>
> Note that the top padding must be applied to the top ActionBar only, not
to the other ActionBars.
> This is easy for ViewNavigatorApplication, but not obvious when the
ActionBar(s) are added indirectly, for example through SplitViewNavigator.
> This could be done eg. by testing the ActionBar stage y, and add the
padding if < 10
>
> Option 2) modify the various mobile ApplicationSkin classes
(ApplicaitonSkin, TabbedViewNavigatorApplicationSkin,
ViewNavigatorApplicationSkin) to leave 20 px space for the status bar.
> This space could be filled with application background color, instead of
being black.
I prefer option 2. Sounds like a cleaner approach.
>
> ----
>
> Point #2: How to determine when to add the top padding:
>
> Option 1)
> - Dynamically determine that application is running on iOS7 (based on
Capabilities.version and Capabilities.os)
> - Size the padding top accordingly ( set if IOS7, not set if not IOS7)
>
> ⇨ Simple, but not flexible.
>
> Option 2)
> - Introduce a new numerical os-version @media selector
>
> Eg.
>
> @media (application-dpi: 160) AND (os-platform:"IOS") AND (os-version >=
7) {
> statusBarHeight: 20;
> }
>
> Pros: opens up new possilibilities, for example to provide iOS7 specific
skins.
> Cons: much more difficult to implement.
>
Again option 2 sounds better. This will also help us with the Android 4.x
specific skins we are planning to add as well.
Thanks,
Om
>
> _____
>
> What do you think ?
>
> Maurice
