*>>>>>LC 9.6.0 rc1 reported that I hadn’t provided a portrait splash screen for iPad*
Yes, this is a bug in LC 9.6 RC-1, which is fixed in LC 9.6 RC-2. *>>>>>and the Simulator showed the splash screen too large for the screen of the device * Hmm, then I would expect the splash to show too large in the physical device as well. In this case, I would try with a smaller splash. Kind regards, Panos -- On Fri, 22 May 2020 at 15:25, Graham Samuel via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > I did that, so fine, but noticed two issues: when making the standalone LC > 9.6.0 rc1 reported that I hadn’t provided a portrait splash screen for > iPad, when in fact there is no way of doing so since the storyboard change; > and the Simulator showed the splash screen too large for the screen of the > device (an iPhone XS). (Not sure if the real app does that as I’m having > trouble uploading - that’s a different conversation.) > > Graham > > > On 22 May 2020, at 13:51, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > Just realised that the image sizes I suggested are for landscape, so if > > your app uses portrait, just swap the width with the height. > > > > > > > > On Sun, 17 May 2020 at 21:35, Colin Holgate via use-livecode < > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > >> What I’ve done for a while is to use a flat color that is the average of > >> the colors in the actual title screen. The splash screen is not around > for > >> very long, and with there being lots of different sizes required, a > >> detailed splash screen could possibly take up 50 MB of app side, for the > >> sake of a fraction of a second. > >> > >> In the best case it feels like the title screen faded into view. In > fact, > >> you could do that, quickly fade in from a matching flat background > color. > >> > >> > >>> On May 17, 2020, at 10:58 AM, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode < > >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hello Graham, > >>> > >>> The new storyboard mechanism has some restrictions as it is (we might > >>> enhance it in the future) > >>> > >>> For example it is no longer possible to have an exact (pixel) matching > of > >>> the splash screen and the first card of the stack as it appears on the > >>> device > >>> > >>> So the best suggestion now is to use a splash image that has just a > logo > >> at > >>> the center and it is transparent, and also to set the background of the > >>> splash in the standalone settings. > >>> > >>> In that way, in all devices (ipads/iphones) you will get a centered > logo > >>> with the background you set in the standalone settings (or you can > choose > >>> to not set the background - in this case the default background color > >> will > >>> be used depending on the device appearance: white if the device is on > >> light > >>> mode and black if the device is on dark mode) > >>> > >>> Of course, if you do not wish to have a splash that shows just a logo, > >> you > >>> can choose a regular image (or 3 regular images, one for each 1x,2x,3x > >>> slots) and also set the background color to match the image background > >>> color. In this case, depending of the device, the app will use the one > of > >>> the three images that is closer to the device screen size, and will > >> center > >>> this image to the screen. > >>> > >>> This means that the image in some devices will either match exactly, or > >> it > >>> will be larger (in this case it will be cropped and the edges will not > >>> show), or it will be smaller (in this case it will be centered at the > >>> device screen, and the left/top/right/bottom areas will show the > >> background > >>> color that was set in the standalone settings. > >>> > >>> One might ask, what size should the images be then? Well, it depends on > >> the > >>> images (i.e. how much content they have at the center, and if you are > OK > >> if > >>> some of the content at the edges is cropped etc). A rule of thumb - as > I > >>> understand it - is the following: > >>> > >>> -use a "small", a "medium" and a "large" image for each of the 1x, 2x > and > >>> 3x slots, where "small" is the smallest image you used before the > >>> storyboard, "large" is the largest you used before, and "medium" is > >>> something in-between. > >>> > >>> For example, you could try images with these dimensions: > >>> > >>> - 1334x750 > >>> - 2208x1242 (x2) > >>> - 2732x2048 (x3) > >>> > >>> Hope this helps. > >>> > >>> We will write a lesson for this topic soon. > >>> > >>> Kind regards, > >>> Panos > >>> -- > >>> > >>> On Sat, 16 May 2020 at 17:49, Graham Samuel via use-livecode < > >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> This is not to answer my own question, but to emphasise the apparent > >>>> difficulty of getting this aspect of creating an iOS app right just by > >>>> using just LC and a reasonable graphics editor on a Mac. It means to > me > >>>> that a lot of careful instructions need to be provided by somebody in > >> the > >>>> LC universe, since the policy (I sincerely hope!) is to get LC > >> developers > >>>> to avoid getting deep into XCode. I found this, which frankly scares > me. > >>>> > >>>> https://wiki.starling-framework.org/manual/ios_launch_images > >>>> > >>>> Can anyone help me to a less nerdy way of getting this right? I don’t > >>>> even know what a storyboard is! > >>>> > >>>> Graham > >>>> > >>>>> On 16 May 2020, at 00:40, Graham Samuel via use-livecode < > >>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> I see that the iOS Standalone Settings have changed in this version, > no > >>>> doubt to accommodate Apple’s new rules. One is required to provide six > >>>> images as “Launch Images” under the “Splash” tab. It seems that > there’s > >> an > >>>> image, a 2x image and a 3x image, and then another three for dark > mode. > >>>>> > >>>>> There is no tooltip to suggest how large these images should be - in > >>>> previous versions they had to be tailored to different device screen > >> sizes. > >>>> Now it seems anything goes, or does it? > >>>>> > >>>>> Can anyone explain what the dimensions of these images are supposed > to > >>>> be? Does “2x” just mean twice the original size in each direction or > >> what? > >>>> Can’t see anything in the release notes, but maybe I wasn’t paying > >>>> attention. > >>>>> > >>>>> Graham > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> use-livecode mailing list > >>>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >>>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >>>> subscription preferences: > >>>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> use-livecode mailing list > >>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >>>> subscription preferences: > >>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> use-livecode mailing list > >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> subscription preferences: > >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> use-livecode mailing list > >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> subscription preferences: > >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
