> Q: What *does* happen to a standard app run on the Xoom? Does it scale > like on the iPad or does it actually run the app normally, just on a > much bigger screen so you have a lot more whitespace and UI gaps? Or > is the issue the added UIs for the new app management/task-switching > and all that?
It will scale it up to the full screen size of your device, which leads to a lot of whitespace in most apps including mine. -- Chris Stewart http://chriswstewart.com On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Riyad Kalla <rka...@gmail.com> wrote: > Agree on #1; this is how every iPhone/iPad app does it and so far the > iOS ecosystem seems to be doing just fine. I've rebought apps on my > iPad to get the "HD" versions of them and expected to repay; it was a > bummer, but I didn't lose sleep over it. I think the analogy to DVD/ > Blu-ray was pretty much spot-on; if you want two copies, go for it. > > Q: What *does* happen to a standard app run on the Xoom? Does it scale > like on the iPad or does it actually run the app normally, just on a > much bigger screen so you have a lot more whitespace and UI gaps? Or > is the issue the added UIs for the new app management/task-switching > and all that? > > On Mar 19, 2:42 pm, Alessio Grumiro <a.grum...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Maybe it depends by your application, but i think it is better #1. > > You have to manage 2 different applications: phone version and tablet > > version. > > Consider environments: you can read football news on your mobile phone > while > > your are on bus. Usually you use tablet in office or at home, so your are > > sitted, no noise, more concentration. > > > > No consider if your user has, already, payed for phone version. > > > > 2011/3/19 Chris Stewart <cstewart...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In many ways, using the compat framework makes me a little nervous. > The > > > ApiDemo I looked at had an overarching Activity that managed two > fragments > > > and while it was a simple example and only had a few "is landscape, do > two > > > fragments, else, do one", I can imagine a real world app being far more > > > complicated to migrate to that model. > > > > > I'm curious how many have taken the approach of having both "modes" in > one > > > app. I would love to hear some experiences from having made this > migration > > > to the compat framework. > > > On Mar 19, 2011 4:10 PM, "TreKing" <treking...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Chris Stewart < > cstewart...@gmail.com > > > >wrote: > > > > > >> Anyone have any comments on this quote from me? > > > > > >> "I do think it's important to note that if you follow approach #1, > users > > > >> that purchased your app will still have access to it on the tablet, > it > > > just > > > >> won't be tailored to that device's experience. I'm not sure that > asking > > > >> them to pay for the additional work you put into a tablet version is > a > > > bad > > > >> thing. It works that way on the iPad, with no issues." > > > > > > I think having a separate tablet version that costs more, if that's > what > > > you > > > > want to do, is fine. It's like selling a DVD and BluRay copy of a > movie - > > > > same product, different platform, where one costs more because it's > > > bigger > > > > and better. If you want both, you have to pay for both. > > > > > > And if user is *really* unhappy about this, you can just refund their > > > > original phone version purchase and have them keep the tablet > version, so > > > > they're only paying the difference (as was mentioned earlier) for the > > > > "upgrade". > > > > > > Do it, go. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------- > > > > TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - > Chicago > > > > > > transit tracking app for Android-powered devices > > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to > android-developers@googlegroups.com > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > android-developers@googlegroups.com > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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