Yeah, that one is just a UIColor. I was mixing it up with UIColor.FromPatternImage...
On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Phil Cockfield <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 <[email protected]> > 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 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >>> 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 >>>> [email protected] >>>> 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? 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