I've played with this and can vouch for the fact that Monte's come up with a pretty cool solution. No more paired std/retina card layouts for me. And, now I can finally target those pesky and varied Android devices.
Terry... On 25/03/2013, at 12:58 PM, Monte Goulding wrote: > Hi LiveCoders > > With Apple's recent announcement about app acceptance and device support I > thought it would be a good to leak some info about mApp the open source > mobile application framework I've been working on. So I've released this > teaser. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMzvnesfwi8 > > The teaser doesn't go into detail about how it does what it does. If RunRev > want me to I'll probably cover that at the conference which is about the time > I would like to release it by. In simple terms the resolution independence > part is an extension of what Chipp came up with. The layout part is as far as > I know a unique take on layout management (at least in LiveCode) allowing you > to specify different layout rules depending on things like orientation or the > width of the screen/the pixel density. The end result is something getting > close to responsive web development. > > It's not entirely limited to desktop either. The two apps I'm using this on > at the moment will be desktop too where the desktop version will allow the > user to resize. > > The original goal of the project was to make things simpler for Android > deployment so while the teaser only shows iOS simulators it works the same on > android. > > And yes, that's two datagrids in the demo app... it scales the row template > too.... > > Cheers > > -- > M E R Goulding > Software development services > Bespoke application development for vertical markets > > mergExt - There's an external for that! > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > Dr Terry Judd Senior Lecturer in Medical Education Medical Eduction Unit Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences The University of Melbourne _______________________________________________ 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
