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Re: Fwd: [Ubuntu-phone] New splash screen features

 


On 29/09/14 16:39, Zygmunt Krynicki wrote:
> FYI.
> 
> Ara, could we include the desired behavior of the app start-up splash
> screen in the design document?
> 

Someone is asking on that thread to show videos/screenshots on how those
look.

Once they reply, I am happy to integrate that in the design document.

Thanks,
Ara.


> Thanks
> ZK
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Daniel d'Andrada <daniel.dandrada@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 4:07 PM
> Subject: [Ubuntu-phone] New splash screen features
> To: ubuntu-phone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> 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).
> 
> 
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