I'm currently using this:
   lock screen for visual effect
   go next card
   unlock screen with visual effect push right fast

Works great, but it's the whole card. I'd like to maintain a few transparent fields and images in a fixed way in front of this so the whole transition is happening behind these objects, much like a 'heads-up' in a video game which shows how much ammunition you have left.

I, too, doubt the move command would work well on under-powered mobile devices. I'm kind of leaning toward something like this: hide the objects I want to remain stationary and get a snapshot of the both the current and destination cards
   re-show the objects I want to remain stationary
   lock screen for visual effect
hide the snapshot of the current card, show the snapshot of the destination card
   unlock screen with visual effect push right fast
   copy the objects I want to remain stationary to the destination card
   go to the destination card
   delete both snapshots

What do you think?


On 7/28/15 5:14 PM, Scott Rossi wrote:
I think I see what you're trying to do, and if I understand correctly, you
can't do it using built-intransitions.  You can restrict transitions
WITHIN a specified rect or object, but not outside (in this case, the
background).

What transition are you using -- one of the motion-based options like push
or scroll?  If yes, one solution could be to use the move command or
something like AnimationEngine to physically move background groups left
and right (or up and down).  But since we're talking about the entire
width/height of the card, that might be a lot of screen to update, which
could bog down on an underpowered device.

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, UX/UI Design




On 7/28/15, 9:01 AM, "Ray" <r...@linkit.com> wrote:

Scott - the main issue is the second one you've mentioned, below,
although it would be more accurate to say 'using transitions behind a
fixed foreground'.  I'd like for the fixed foreground to be transparent,
hence the introduction of the custom window shape idea.

Dr. Hawkins also suggested the groups idea which I can try, although now
that I think about it that might be a little complicated since it's my
users, not me, who populate each card with objects.  I'm also
considering snapshots of the entire screen and transitioning from one
PNG to the other while maintaining the same fixed group of objects in
the foreground.

On 7/28/15 4:52 PM, Scott Rossi wrote:
What's the main issue you're trying to solve?  A custom window shape or
using transitions in front of a fixed background?

AFAIK, you can't use the windowShape property on mobile stacks.  But you
might achieve the effect of one stack in front of another by moving your
card-based content into groups, and showing/hiding groups on a single
card
(with the card acting as the background stack).  You can apply the same
transitions used when navigating between cards to showing/hiding groups.

However, the above might not be necessary.  You also might be able to
change your background stack into a background object that appears
behind
all cards in your foreground stack.

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, UX/UI Design




On 7/28/15, 7:51 AM, "Ray" <r...@linkit.com> wrote:

As far as I know, it's not possible to display two stacks
simultaneously
on either Android or iOS.  Does anybody have any suggestions for a work
around to this?

In my case I have a stack with multiple cards which transition with
visual effects as users go from card to card.  I'd like to keep this
look while at the same time displaying in front of it another, fixed,
video game style 'heads-up' stack on screen using the window mask
property.

Thanks in advance for any ideas!

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