JLG... are you getting those pillow boxes with mobileSetAllowedOrientations set to only landscape? On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 3:08 PM Brian Milby <br...@milby7.com> wrote:
> Some of this is already available at least on iPhone. If you set the only > allowed orientation (mobileSetAllowedOrientations) to landscape then the > app will immediately switch regardless of the device lock setting. > > I did not see a way to query whether the use has their orientation locked, > but that really shouldn’t matter. If the app requires a different > orientation the it should switch to it just like many video apps do when > showing video. > On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 2:17 PM J. Landman Gay via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> My thoughts exactly. So the Android bug is that it doesn't do that. >> -- >> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >> >> >> >> On January 28, 2018 12:51:30 PM Brian Milby via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> > This should be pretty easy... if the app is built to support multiple >> > orientations the it respects the lock. If it is built to only support >> one >> > orientation, it should override the lock. From the thread it seems iOS >> > already works this way. I don’t think the app should have to do any >> > checking for this, it should just work. >> > On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 8:12 AM Randy Hengst via use-livecode < >> > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> > >> >> All of my apps are iOS only. And virtually all are landscape only. When >> >> the iPhone is set to portrait lock, my apps still open as landscape >> >> orientation… that’s how they were designed. I wouldn’t want the user to >> >> have to take the extra steps to unlock the orientation. >> >> >> >> II do have a couple apps that are in portrait orientation only. When >> the >> >> user has the device in landscape, the app still opens as portrait. >> >> >> >> be well, >> >> randy >> >> classroomFocusedSoftware >> >> ----- >> >> > On Jan 27, 2018, at 5:12 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode < >> >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > Ralph DiMola wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> LC apps in iOS do respect the lock. This an Android only problem. >> >> > >> >> > I'm curious, if the app only supports landscape and the phone is >> locked >> >> to portrait, what does iOS display? On Android you get a tiny >> >> representation that reaches across the width of the phone with large >> blank >> >> areas above and below. >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >> >> > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > use-livecode mailing list >> >> > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> >> > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> >> subscription preferences: >> >> > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> use-livecode mailing list >> >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> >> subscription preferences: >> >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > _______________________________________________ >> > use-livecode mailing list >> > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> > subscription preferences: >> > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode