Fill iPad 12.9 Retina display?- Solved LC release 8.1.3-rc-1

[DR White]

My stack size is 768 x1024.

I am using the following script:

set the fullscreenmode of stack "IOS_7_25_2016" to "exactFit"

But, it fills only half the iPad 12.9 Retina display.

I thought that the "fullscreenmode" would fill any device screen.

How does anybody satisfy the Apple iPad requirement below:

"If your build indicates that your app runs on iPad, you’re required to upload at least one 12.9-Inch iPad Pro screenshot. Up to four additional screenshots can be uploaded.
You can rearrange the screenshots when you create or edit the iTunes Connect record.
Screenshot requirements are:
72 dpi, RGB, flattened, no transparency
High-quality JPEG or PNG image file format
2048 x 2732 pixels for hi-res portrait
2732 x 2048 pixels for hi-res landscape"

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

David

[strongbow]

Anyone got a solution for this? I haven't got an iPad Pro to test on, nor can my simulators satisfy this... without upgrading all my systems which I'm hesitant to do right now.

Running OSX 10.9, LC 8.1 - can I actually make these screenshots for iPad Pro?

cheers

Alan

[LiveCode_Panos]

Hi all,

I think this happens because currently there is no option in the Standalone Application Settings to add a splash image for the iPad pro 12.9.

I am almost sure I have seen a bug report about it but I could not find it now.

Best,
Panos
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[LiveCode_Panos]

I found it:

http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16485

[strongbow]

So how do we release an app for iPad on the store when screenshots for iPad Pro are one of the requirements?

Hopefully this is coming out in LC 8.1.2?

cheers!

[LiveCode_Panos]

Well, I guess that this requirement can be satisfied by uploading any image that is of the required dimensions.

I think the actual problem here is that the app will not scale correctly to cover the full screen in ipad pro 12.9, since the corresponding splash screen image has not been provided (in the Standalone Settings).

[strongbow]

Yes, correct. Again, since that's the case, we won't get approval on the appstore, right?

Hopefully it can get sorted out soon. Thanks for your efforts!!

[DR White]

Thanks for the information.

I copied my email and commented the need to get this bug (http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16485) fixed.
The current LC 8 makes it impossible to make an app for any iPads.

Looking forward to the next LC 8 version WITH the ability to fill the display of iPads,

David

[Randy Hengst]

I’ve not seen the problem you describe.

I’m using LC 8.1. Mac OS 10.11.4. Xcode 7.3.1 Simulator for 9.3

The iPad Pro 12.9 is an option. Within the simulator I can take screen shots for submission to Apple. I checked yesterday for the first time that my apps do indeed fill the screen of the Pro.

I make no adjustments for fullScreenMode.

Like you mentioned, I’ve not submitted a 12.9 sized splash screen. However, I did submit screen shots to Apple of the 12.9 screens.

I develop the apps at the same screen resolution you noted.

be well,
randy

[DR White]

Randy,

Has your app been approved for iPads, without screen shoots from actual 12.9 Pro iPad?

Thanks,

David

[Randy Hengst]

Yes, the screen shots from within the simulator are the ones I submit when I updated apps. In the simulator all you do is the basic command/S and you have a screen shot. I simply opened the app in the various iPad sizes and took screen shots.

[DR White]

What happens when you move the app to your iPad Pro using Xcode?

What do you mean "I make no adjustments for fullScreenMode"?

[Randy Hengst]

I don’t own an iPad Pro, so I can’t directly load my apps on one. I used a friend’s Pro and downloaded several of my apps fromthe app store onto it.

My reference to fullscreenmode was in response to your origianl post where you said: "I thought that the "fullscreenmode" would fill any device screen.”

I assumed from that comment you meant you had set that property via the script. I don’t do that in my iPad apps.

[DR White]

Randy,

Yes, I use script to set the device to full screen, otherwise my experience is that the device will try to display the resolution that was used to develop the stack.

[strongbow]

Hi Randy,
Good to know that something works fine then. What method are you using to ensure that the app fills the screen, if you're not using fullscreenmode? Have you scripted it yourself?
cheers!