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android version of an app

Post by garyth123 » Fri Sep 27, 2013 7:06 am

Hi, please excuse me if I am asking a question that was covered in the summer school webinars and I have somehow missed the answer there.

In creating an Android version of an app there are not the same choice of controls for that platform in MobGUI as there is for iOS. How then do you give a native look and feel to the Android version of your app? Eg in the iOS version of my app I have used MobGUI list and label controls, but what can I do for the Android version--just use LC controls?

Also, is the Android version just the same LC stack that is used for iOS, and the switch between iOS and Android controls is done programmatically? Or do you create two separate stacks, one for each platform?

Sorry if I am asking really dumb questions and was asleep during the crucial part of the webinars.

Thanks in advance.

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Re: android version of an app

Post by Simon » Fri Sep 27, 2013 7:31 am

I would guess that you should type in "iphone" into the dictionary and check to see if there is a "mobile" equivalent.
I'd also like to know the answer to that.
If there is then you can make a functional copy.

But, if you are asking about the "look" then that is a different matter.

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