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Fill iPad 12.9 Retina display?- Solved LC release 8.1.3-rc-1
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 1:59 am
by 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
Re: How do I make my app fill iPad 12.9 Retina display?
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 2:31 am
by 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
Re: How do I make my app fill iPad 12.9 Retina display?
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 10:35 pm
by 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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Re: How do I make my app fill iPad 12.9 Retina display?
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 10:38 pm
by LiveCode_Panos
Re: How do I make my app fill iPad 12.9 Retina display?
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 10:45 pm
by 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!
Re: How do I make my app fill iPad 12.9 Retina display?
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 11:01 pm
by 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).
Re: How do I make my app fill iPad 12.9 Retina display?
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 11:31 pm
by 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!!

Re: How do I make my app fill iPad 12.9 Retina display?
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 11:57 pm
by 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
Re: How do I make my app fill iPad 12.9 Retina display?
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2016 3:36 pm
by 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
Re: How do I make my app fill iPad 12.9 Retina display?
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2016 7:48 pm
by DR White
Randy,
Has your app been approved for iPads, without screen shoots from actual 12.9 Pro iPad?
Thanks,
David
Re: How do I make my app fill iPad 12.9 Retina display?
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2016 7:55 pm
by 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.
Re: How do I make my app fill iPad 12.9 Retina display?
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2016 8:03 pm
by 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"?
Re: How do I make my app fill iPad 12.9 Retina display?
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2016 8:43 pm
by 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.
Re: How do I make my app fill iPad 12.9 Retina display?
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2016 9:34 pm
by 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.
Re: How do I make my app fill iPad 12.9 Retina display?
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2016 11:07 pm
by 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!