BTW - what is that "color": baseView.BackgroundColor = Resources.*MoleskineBackgroundColor*; //it's a color, but it's a pattern....
Is that actually *UIImage* just named as "color" - or some other trick? On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Phil Cockfield <p...@cockfield.net> wrote: > That is awesome *Nic*! > > Thank you very much. Both that sample repo by James, and your > extrapolation of the concept in sample code is a brilliant start for me. > > Also - want to say it again - your > webcast<http://blog.xamarin.com/2012/07/02/styling-your-ios-apps-seminar/>the > other day was hugely helpful. A really really really great > presentation. > > > -- > *Phil *Cockfield > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 6:57 AM, Nic Wise <n...@fastchicken.co.nz> wrote: > >> James Clancey has done a basic version of it: >> >> https://github.com/Clancey/FlyOutNavigation >> >> I've not seen anything else, tho. But on the surface, it shouldn't be too >> hard. Two views, one under the other. Trigger something (button) and >> animate the top view away. Trigger something (gesture?) and animate it back >> in. >> >> I did a basic one, with a huge UIImageView as the background, and you hit >> something, and it just scrolled over the show the left side. >> >> so, assuming you have a 320x2 x 480 image (non-retina) as the background >> view (BaseView), the button (trigger) just calls SetInitialPage(0, true) >> for the left side, and 0,true for the right side. >> >> BaseView = new UIView(new RectangleF(new PointF(0,0), >> Resources.Background.Size)); //Resources.Background is the big >> image!baseView.BackgroundColor = Resources.MoleskineBackgroundColor; //it's >> a color, but it's a pattern....View.AddSubview(baseView); >> >> >> //just add it into the View's view... this is all just in a >> UIViewController >> >> public void TogglePage() { page = (page == 1) ? 0 : 1; >> SetInitialPage(page); sideButton.SetTitle((page == 1) ? >> "<<" : ">>", UIControlState.Normal); } public override void >> SetInitialPage(int page, bool animate = true) { if >> (animate) { UIView.BeginAnimations("pagescroll"); >> UIView.SetAnimationDuration(0.75f); >> UIView.SetAnimationCurve(UIViewAnimationCurve.EaseInOut); } >> if (page == 0) { var baseViewBounds = >> BaseView.Bounds; baseViewBounds.X = 0; >> BaseView.Bounds = baseViewBounds; } else { var >> baseViewBounds = BaseView.Bounds; baseViewBounds.X = >> BaseView.Bounds.Width - 320; BaseView.Bounds = >> baseViewBounds; } if (animate) { >> UIView.CommitAnimations(); } >> base.SetInitialPage(page, animate); } >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Phil Cockfield <p...@cockfield.net>wrote: >> >>> I'm trying to do something akin to the emerging UI pattern of "side >>> navigation" that you see in apps like *Facebook* and *Path*. >>> >>> This is where the root navigation options are shown via a bezel swipe >>> from the left, which peels the main app view mostly off screen, leaving a >>> hint of it still showing (say a 44px strip), with the navigation options >>> presenting themselves as having been sitting "under" the screen. >>> >>> This pattern is detailed here: >>> >>> >>> http://www.androiduipatterns.com/2012/06/emerging-ui-pattern-side-navigation.html >>> >>> How would I go about achieving something like this in MonoTouch? It >>> seems like a significant variant from from the *UINavigationController*does. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> -- >>> *Phil *Cockfield >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MonoTouch mailing list >>> MonoTouch@lists.ximian.com >>> http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monotouch >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Nic Wise >> t. +44 7788 592 806 | @fastchicken | http://www.linkedin.com/in/nicwise >> b. http://www.fastchicken.co.nz/ >> >> Earnest: Self-employed? Track your business expenses and income. >> http://earnestapp.com >> Nearest Bus: find when the next bus is coming to your stop. >> http://goo.gl/Vcz1p >> mobileAgent (for FreeAgent): get your accounts in your pocket. >> http://goo.gl/IuBU >> Trip Wallet: Keep track of your budget on the go: http://goo.gl/ePhKa >> London Bike App: Find the nearest Boris Bike, and get riding! >> http://goo.gl/Icp2 >> >> > > > -- *Phil *Cockfield
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