Don't despair, not all widgets are duds. I've used several with good
success: the browser widget, spinner, tree view, switch button, nav bar,
segmented control and probably some others I can't remember. Since each
widget is authored by an individual, the properties they support vary but
like any software, feature requests are considered.
In my case I usually can't wait for a specific feature so I use LC controls
or groups that emulate the control I need. In my last project I created a
navigation bar with LC controls but it was recently updated to support a
feature I needed and now I'm using it again.
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On April 25, 2020 9:19:00 AM Graham Samuel via use-livecode
<use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
Thanks Jacque
You’re adding to my gloom about widgets being offered as native controls -
the only reason they were produced AFAIKS was to produce a superior result
to whatever else was on offer, and if they don’t, why bother? I have a
feeling not many people are trying to use them - you don’t for example, and
so far nobody on this list has come to their defence. Perhaps LC’s widget
factory is right to put their energies elsewhere.
Graham
On 25 Apr 2020, at 00:03, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
<use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
My suggestion was just to see what properties are available in the widget.
But when I just tried it, I see that it doesn't respond in the IDE, what
you see is just a placeholder. You can search for "ios native button" in
the dictionary, where I see only two available properties: enabled and label.
If the widget author doesn't support the rest of them, they don't exist. I
do see that you can resize the rectangle, but since I don't use the native
buttons I'm not sure if the size will be retained on an iPhone or whether
it just defaults to the standard native size.
Typically only the properties that the author has supported will appear in
the property inspector.
On 4/24/20 3:35 PM, Graham Samuel via use-livecode wrote:
Thanks Jacque - info safely stored in my “how to make a mobile app look
like one” archive!
Thanks for the other info about properties - how would you then refer to a
property that isn’t shown in the Property Inspector for a widget, such as
fontColor (or whatever)? I assume the array is just a way of accessing the
whole collection and not the route to setting an individual property - but
I’m probably wrong.
Graham
On 24 Apr 2020, at 20:26, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
<use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
On 4/24/20 3:37 AM, Graham Samuel via use-livecode wrote:
As my app took shape, I noticed how unlike a typical iPhone app it looked,
mostly because I was using the controls I was familiar with, such as radio
buttons and ordinary fields. I wondered if my users might find its
interface unfamiliar. Therefore I have been seeking to make my app’s user
interface look and feel more like other iPhone apps. I have already had a
lot of help from this list, but it seems there is no one packaged solution
to getting an ‘iPhone look and feel’.
You mentioned the iOS native button doesn't look right. If it makes you
feel better, the Android one doesn't either. So what I did was use a
round-rect graphic as a button. Set the linesize to 1 and the round radius
to 8. You can set the border color and the text color.
I use the same graphic for Android. Sometimes Android buttons have a fill
color, sometimes they are just borderless text. I adjust those properties
based on platform. IOS buttons use sentence capitalization, Android buttons
use all-caps. The label can be adjusted the same way based on platform.
It's an easy fix and looks native.
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