On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Maurice Amsellem < maurice.amsel...@systar.com> wrote:
> > I think it would be too disruptive to change it now. Perhaps we could > document a way to modify it for folks who want more control? What are our > options? > > IMO, 4.11 is already disruptive change for mobile apps (at least for iPad > 2). > > I really like Justin's idea of tweaking the bucketing algorithm so that iPad2 falls under 160 dpi again. Om > Maurice > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : omup...@gmail.com [mailto:omup...@gmail.com] De la part de OmPrakash > Muppirala > Envoyé : mercredi 30 octobre 2013 23:01 > À : dev@flex.apache.org > Objet : Re: Issue with mobile UI default sizes > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 2:38 PM, Maurice Amsellem < > maurice.amsel...@systar.com> wrote: > > > Hi Team, > > > > Some users complained that their mobile application UI looked smaller > > than before with SDK 4.11 on iPads Cf. > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX-33861 > > > > I explained in the JIRA tickets that this was because iPad 2 DPI is > > now 120, (was: 160) which is closer to its actual DPI (132). > > > > I did some more testing on iPad 2 and iPad 3 , using "out-of-the-box" > > mobile UI items (no applicationDPI, no custom runtimeDPIProvider) and > > it appears that Flex mobile default UI heights are about 75% the > > heights of "reference" iOS apps ( Email, Settings, Photos). > > This includes top bar height, top bar title ascent, default list > > height, default list text ascent, etc. > > (Detailed measures in comment in the ticket ). > > > > Coincidentally, 75% = 120 / 160 , which means the old incorrect DPI > > gave actually correct sizes. > > > > I don't know the history and context of Flex Mobile, and how the > > original CSS @media settings were determined, but IMO, they are not good > anymore. > > > > What do you think? > > > > > I was following the back and forth in the JIRA ticket. It looks like the > FXG skins were created from a template for a particular DPI (160 and 240) > and modified for all other DPIs. Also, the entries in > sdk\frameworks\projects\mobiletheme\defaults.css seem to have been hand > tweaked. We dont have any history on the mobile skins, how they were > created, etc. > > I think it would be too disruptive to change it now. Perhaps we could > document a way to modify it for folks who want more control? What are our > options? > > On the other hand, as I am working on the new Android 4.x skins, I am > thinking of having just one set of FXG files for all DPIs and just scaling > everything as required. The fonts, etc. could be specific to DPIs. Any > thoughts on that? > > Thanks, > Om > > > > > Maurice > > > > > > >
