New to MobGUI question

[robertem]

Hi,

I have just recently started with a copy of the 1.1 version and have a few questions that I could not find on the forum or in the docs on the site. I did see a getting started doc for the old version but not the new one.

Most of the info I have found relates to the old plug in which does not seem to apply anymore (or maybe it does, I don't know).

Does MobGUI still handle the geometry and orientation for the different platforms or should I be coding that directly and laying out individual cards for different device types?

If so, do I need some code in preOpenStack or something to initialize it?

Thanks,
Rob

[splash21]

Does MobGUI still handle the geometry and orientation for the different platforms or should I be coding that directly and laying out individual cards for different device types?

Hi, Rob. MobGUI doesn't handle layout of controls for different devices. The old plugin did have a feature to record positions and sizes of controls for each individual orientation / size, but it's not a very economical solution. I think the most popular approach is to calculate new geometry when a resizeStack message is received - the resolution independence in LC6 takes care of screen density adjustments. Although the new plugin is behavior based and doesn't attach a library stack, it would still be possible to add a custom control which could apply geometry rules to controls on a card - it's something I've got on the todo list to have a look at.

[robertem]

Thanks for the quick reply.

That is what I suspected, just wanted to be sure I wasn't a) going to break anything and b) wasn't making a bunch of extra work for myself prior to getting going on my geometry code.

Also, very nice work on the rewrite of the plugin, it's really helping me get the look and feel of the UI right quickly and easily (that and the icons fonts are outstanding.)

Rob

[Mikey]

Let me second the request to re-institute some version of the old behavior for mindless support of orientation. The old version of MG made it easy to support both orientations, and I would like to see that again, as in my apps I have many screens, so the old way was better for me.

[DevBoyLars]

Yes, this would be very helpful. Both.. options for geometry-rules and support for both orientations.