Will do. — Scott > On Nov 20, 2021, at 5:34 AM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Hi Scott - the touch coords being wrong sounds like a bug to me - can you > file a report (with example stack if possible). > > Thanks! > > Mark. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 20 Nov 2021, at 12:04, scott--- via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> Just answering my own question in case anyone searches this later. >> >> This was kind of a forehead slapper when I finally saw it. There was a >> native UIScroller over part of the screen. None of the other buttons on the >> screen were inside the rectangle of the scroller, so they weren’t effected. >> The scroller was being disabled while the fake dialog was on the screen and >> this worked fine for iOS but in my case at least, it is problematic for >> Android. My solution for now is to either leave the scroller active on >> Android (not a great UI but tolerable) or delete the scroller while the fake >> dialog is showing and rebuild the scroller after the fake dialog is >> dismissed… which is probably the better solution. I’m not sure why the >> disabled Android scroller is offsetting the touch when the iOS scroller is >> not. Maybe it is a bug and I’m the first person to put a disabled scroller >> over a button…more likely it is something that I’m doing wrong when I create >> the scroller. >> — Scott Morrow >> >>> On Nov 20, 2021, at 1:05 AM, scott--- via use-livecode >>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>> Jacque, that is pretty much what I’m doing (except that my semi-transparent >>> screen graphic is separate from the fake dialog group.) I agree that this >>> approach normally works well. I don’t have as much experience on Android so >>> I wondered if it had something to do with the platform. Apparently it is >>> something I’m doing. >>> >>> Brian, I will try your suggestion of isolating and breaking the process >>> down in order to determine where the issue lies. I was just feeling lazy >>> and hoping to save myself some work. :-) >>> >>> >>>>> On Nov 19, 2021, at 10:45 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode >>>>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I've done several fake dialogs. The trick is to group the dialog with a a >>>> semi-transparent full screen graphic layered behind the dialog group. >>>> Greying the screen is normal behavior on Android and works on iOS too. The >>>> graphic has blocker mouse handlers so clicking it does nothing. That way >>>> you can script the dialog buttons to respond themselves. The user needs to >>>> click one of the buttons to make the dialog go away, at which point you >>>> hide the group. >>>> >>>> The buttons can put the response in the dialogData, which is a built in >>>> mechanism to transfer custom messages to a script, or else you can put the >>>> response in a global or a custom property. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >>>> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >>>>> On November 19, 2021 10:49:57 PM scott--- via use-livecode >>>>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I’m having trouble with an app that up until now has just been for iOS. >>>>> Most of the changes have been pretty straight forward but I’ve >>>>> encountered a specific case where touching a button doesn’t pass the >>>>> touch message to the button being tapped… unless I touch significantly >>>>> below the button (I also had to switch from mouse messages to touch >>>>> messages in this particular case.) This is not a general issue. It only >>>>> happens when I show a group containing the buttons in question and while >>>>> this group is displayed there is repeat loop running that includes “wait >>>>> with messages” (I’m faking a modal dialog.) I encountered this once >>>>> before under the same circumstances (a fake modal dialog while moving an >>>>> iOS app to Android) and simply switched to using the built in dialog. >>>>> Unfortunately, that won’t work in this case. Any thoughts? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Scott Morrow >>>>> >>>>> Elementary Software >>>>> (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) >>>>> web https://elementarysoftware.com/ >>>>> email sc...@elementarysoftware.com >>>>> booth 1-360-734-4701 >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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
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