Hey Al, I actually think the keyboard layout has a nice curve to it ;-) You should sell it as a feature.
Cheers, Mariano On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Romain Guy <[email protected]> wrote: > > The layout is actually working. > > However, Cupcake has new assets for buttons (and other widgets) and it > happens that the minimum width of the buttons has changed. I don't > know how you set up your layout but it looks like you were relying on > that minimum size to get all the buttons aligned (which would be bad > since such a layout would break anyway on devices with different > resolutions and/or densities, but that's another topic.) > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:50 AM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I've just run up cupcake emulator images in the 1.1 SDK emulator under > > windows and seen something that makes me very nervous about cupcake. > > > > Under 1.0, 1.1, and on the G1 the password entry page of one of my > companies > > apps looks as shown in the far left hand image at; > > > > http://www.funkyexpenses.com/ > > > > Under Cupcake it looks like; > > > > http://www.funkyexpenses.com/password-cupcake.png > > > > Which is very different and would make it hard for a user to use. > > > > To answer the obvious questions; > > > > 1. It has a virtual keypad because users asked for it. When cupcake comes > > they may not want it any more, but for now they do. > > > > 2. I know that cupcake is a work in progress, but we're in the month when > > Cupcake is suppose to be shipping on devices, so clearly broken backwards > > compatibility could be an issue (yes, I know Vodafone have told some > people > > it'll be 1st of May, but that still means it'll get out to the > distributors > > this month). > > > > 3. The dialogue is created from a series of Buttons in a horizontal > > LinearLayout all in a vertical Linear layout. This may not be the best > way > > to do it, but it works on 1.0 so I would expect it to work on cupcake. > > > > So now, more than ever, I strongly believe we need an SDK a few weeks > ahead > > of the consumer device release so we can check to see if things like this > > are just anomalies in the public branch and are fixed in the full > release, > > or if there may be some reworking needed of our apps. > > > > Al. > > > > P.S. for those that are interested, the 1.5 images on the 1.0/1.1 > emulator > > currently don't have working network access. > > > > --- > > > > * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/ * > > > > ====== > > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > > company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, > > 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. > > > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > > subsidiaries. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Romain Guy > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time > to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on > public forums, where I and others can see and answer them > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
