Yes, I know I can see what the orientation is, but it's the forcing of some cards to render a certain way, no matter what that is causing a problem.
On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 1:02 PM, Ralph DiMola <[email protected]> wrote: > Mike, > When you are processing the resizestack message you can determine the > orientation using mobileOrientation(). Or better use my PorL() > function(included in the simulcast materials) so you can test in the IDE > and know what it will look like on the mobile device. > > Ralph DiMola > IT Director > Evergreen Information Services > [email protected] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: use-livecode [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Mike Kerner > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 9:48 AM > To: How to use LiveCode > Subject: Re: Orientation Support Mobile > > Thanks, Ralph, now I have something else to try, today! > > On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 1:39 AM, Ralph DiMola <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Mobile Orientation change cookbook: > > 1. Device is flipped. > > 2. The resizestack message is sent before the card is rendered > > (orientationchanged message is sent after). > > 2. In the resizestack handler reposition your controls. > > 3. During this message no screen updates are done. > > 4. The user will see the screen flip with the previous layout. > > 5. When the resizestack message completes the new layout is rendered. > > 6. Pass the resizestack message after repositioning your controls or > > strange things will occur. > > > > This works equally well with both Android and iOS. > > > > Now I don't know how this works if you're changing cards as I > > reposition controls on the same card. I would guess opening a new card > > in the resizestack message will yield similar results. I will try it > > when I get back. > > > > Ralph DiMola > > IT Director > > Evergreen Information Services > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Mike Kerner < > > [email protected]> </div><div>Date:09/07/2014 20:38 > > (GMT-08:00) > > </div><div>To: How to use LiveCode <[email protected]> > > </div><div>Subject: Re: Orientation Support Mobile </div><div> > > </div>Well, for starters: > > 1) You can't seem to force LC to render a card in one orientation or > > the other and then understand what you're forcing it to do. There > > doesn't seem to be a command to do it. MobileSetAllowedOrientations > > doesn't help. So if you support P and L, but certain cards are one > > way and certain the other, and the app opens in the one you didn't want, > you have an issue. > > Let's say you do mobileSetAllowedOrientations to portrait, and you > > flip the device sideways. When you open the app, the app will render > > in portrait, but it will think that its width and height are for > > landscape, which makes rendering a bit challenging. > > 2) How do you lay out your cards for P and L? You could have custom > > properties, (do it the old MG way, before MG stopped supporting > > rotating), but that creates a layout issue, in that you have to build > > the properties for as many objects as you have on a card, and then > > deal with rearranging the layout when the orientation changes. > > 3) If you try to overcome #2 with a substack for P and a substack for > > L, then you have an event issue, because going from card 1 of substack > > P to card 2 of substack L isn't going to send a closeCard event to > > card 1 of substack P, which means that if you were using closeCard to > > dispose of your native controls...you have to do something else, and > > the transition isn't smooth. > > 4) There are issues with getting LC to render objects consistently > > when switching orientations, which I would imagine is why John stopped > > supporting orientation switching in MG. Sometimes, when you rotate > > the device, not everything goes where one might hope it would. I > > still haven't gotten to the bottom of that one. > > > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 10:04 PM, Colin Holgate <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > I have used landscape and portrait in the same app outside of > > > LiveCode, and certainly ran into issues. I think that in LiveCode > > > you would want to enable all orientations, then listen for the > orientationChanged message. > > > Then, in theory, you could react accordingly. > > > > > > Can you go into more detail about issues you’ve hit? > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > use-livecode mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > > subscription preferences: > > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second > > day, God created the oceans. > > On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, > > and did a little diving. > > And God said, "This is good." > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > [email protected] > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > [email protected] > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > > -- > On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, > God created the oceans. > On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, > and did a little diving. > And God said, "This is good." > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. 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