Hi Daniel, This is great. I was wondering, is it possible to use embed an animated element in option 2? E.g. a video object or animated GIF
Thanks, Giorgio On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Daniel d'Andrada < [email protected]> wrote: > Yes, it's already available in utopic-proposed (aka devel-proposed) > images, although no application is using it yet. > > On 29/09/14 11:35, Roman Zonov wrote: > > Good idea. Two questions: does it works now? Can somebody share a > > video with splash screens? > > > > 29.09.2014, 18:34, "Daniel d'Andrada" <[email protected]>: > >> > >> The idea of the image is not to fake the looks of the running > >> application (like a screenshot) but to be more like a traditional splash > >> screen image such as a big application logo or something. > >> > >> Faking the running application with an image would require a more > >> sophisticated (complex!) approach as it would have to consider not only > >> the orientation (landscape vs. portrait) but also the screen aspect > >> ratio and maybe even its resolution. So we left this option out for now. > >> Should probably have made it more clear in the X-Ubuntu-Splash-Image > >> documentation. > >> > >> On 29/09/14 11:26, Jelmer Prins wrote: > >> > >> So do you also need to provide different image sizes like landscape > >> and portait for option 3 ? > >> > >> Sent from Blue Mail <http://r.bluemailapp.com > >> <http://r.bluemailapp.com/>> > >> > >> On 29 Sep 2014, at 16:07, Daniel d'Andrada > >> <[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]> > >> <mailto:[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>>> > >> wrote: > >> > >> We now offer 3 kinds of splash screens for applications: > >> 1. A splash with a gradient background, the application icon > and > >> application name (default) > >> 2. A splash with a gradient background and an image > >> 3. A splash faking a MainView with header text set giving > >> the illusion > >> that the > >> application has started instantly but with its contents > >> being shown > >> later on. > >> > >> Apps by default get option 1 and the gradient background is > >> all black by > >> default as well. > >> So nothing changes until you start adding the new entries to > >> the desktop > >> file of your application. > >> Those entries are the following: > >> > >> X-Ubuntu-Splash-Show-Header (boolean) > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> > >> Whether an application header should be shown on the splash > >> screen. It > >> turns on splash > >> screen mode 3 (as described above) > >> > >> The header will display the text in X-Ubuntu-Splash-Title, > >> if defined, > >> or the application > >> name otherwise. > >> > >> X-Ubuntu-Splash-Title (text, to be > >> localizable soon) > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> > >> See X-Ubuntu-Splash-Show-Header > >> > >> X-Ubuntu-Splash-Image (file name) > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> > >> File name of an image present in the directory stated in the > >> Path entry. > >> > >> The splash image is centered on the splash screen and > >> displayed in > >> its actual size (ie, it's not stretched or shrinked and > >> aspect ratio > >> is kept). > >> > >> X-Ubuntu-Splash-Color (color) > >> ----------------------------- > >> > >> Background color of the splash screen. > >> > >> It uses QColor::setNamedColor to parse a color value out of > >> a text string. > >> The see its documentation for valid string formats and values. > >> > >> If X-Ubuntu-Splash-Show-Header is true, it defaults to the > >> theme's > >> background color, > >> otherwise it defaults to black. > >> > >> X-Ubuntu-Splash-Color-Header (color) > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> > >> Background color used in the upper area of the splash screen > >> (ie, its > >> header area) > >> > >> It uses QColor::setNamedColor to parse a color value out of > >> a text string. > >> > >> There will be a > >> vertical gradient between X-Ubuntu-Splash-Color-Header > >> and X-Ubuntu-Splash-Color in the upper half of the splash > >> background. > >> > >> By default it uses X-Ubuntu-Splash-Color (or its default > >> value, if not set). > >> > >> X-Ubuntu-Splash-Color-Footer (color) > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> > >> Background color used in the bottom area of the splash > >> screen (ie, its > >> footer area) > >> > >> It uses QColor::setNamedColor to parse a color value out of > >> a text string. > >> > >> There will be a vertical gradient between > >> X-Ubuntu-Splash-Color and > >> X-Ubuntu-Splash-Color-Footer in the lower half of the splash > >> background. > >> > >> By default it uses X-Ubuntu-Splash-Color (or its default > >> value, if not set). > >> > > > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > Roman Zonov. > > > > VK: http://vk.com/zonov_roman > > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/roman2861 > > Twitter: https://twitter.com/zonov_roman > > > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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