Hello, I've started porting my iOS and Android app (made in HTML5, with PhoneGap) to FirefoxOS. So far, so good. :) But I have some questions I was hoping someone could answer. Some background:
The app was designed originally for iOS - it works best at 320px wide, but thanks to the <meta name="viewport"> settings and some "@2x" graphics, it looks good on the higher-resolution iPhones, and works similarly on Android. Some CSS changes I made allow it to work well on screens taller than 480px (the original iPhone), so it works well on the iPhone 5+. But it really does need at least a 2x3 aspect ratio (portrait). In Android's manifest file, I was able to set a value in the "<supports-screens>" block of 'android:largestWidthLimitDp="320"', which had the effect of scaling up the app when it's viewed on larger devices (like tablets). Android also has a slew of (rather confusing!) "<compatible-screens>" and "<supports-screens>" settings, which helps me prevent the app from being installed from the Google Play store onto devices with extra-small screens, or ones that have square or landscape-orientation screens (eg. 4:3). So - that brings me to my efforts to get it working on FirefoxOS (various tweaks due to Webkit->Gecko, plus skinning it to be more in-line with the UI). It's starting to work well in the Simulator, but right now the simulator only seems to run at 320x480. I'd like to know: - how will FirefoxOS display it at higher resolutions? (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Mobile/Viewport_meta_tag?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Mobile%2FViewport_meta_tag seems to imply it will scale up, but I don't know if that applies for sure). - can the simulator be run at different resolutions somehow? - I've seen a few phones (Peak, Keon, etc.) that are designed for FirefoxOS, but is the OS designed to support non-portrait-style screens? Are there any plans to do so? (eg. think Blackberry-style phones with a keyboard and the squatter screen). Or is it safe to assume that all devices running the OS will have a tall screen? - if it's not safe to assume a tall screen, can something be added to the App Manifest settings to specify supported screen resolutions that the Marketplace can enforce? (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Apps/Manifest?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Apps%2FManifest doesn't seem to have anything like that currently) If anyone can help, I'd really appreciate it. :) FirefoxOS looks neat, and I'm enjoying getting my app running in it, but those uncertainties remain for now. Thanks! _______________________________________________ dev-webapps mailing list dev-webapps@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-webapps
