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Re: [Ubuntu-touch-coreapps] [Design] Responding to orientation

 

When you lie down it needs to be locked. And yeah, it should be an option
(that is simple to change, ie. on the toolbar)


2013/5/8 Joey Jiao <joey.jiaojg@xxxxxxxxx>

> hey, why lock for ereader? at least keep an option for the user to select
> if orient
> 在 2013-4-30 上午7:55,"John Nelson" <thatguruguy@xxxxxxxxx>写道:
>
> I have another follow-up question. For some apps (e.g., an e-reader, once
>> we get one), it would be useful to have the ability to lock the
>> orientation. Will that functionality be built into the SDK?
>>
>> Also, does anyone have any idea when Ubuntu Touch will be able to respond
>> to the orientation of the device? The device-specific part of the build I
>> use (for a Samsung Galaxy 2 7.0 tablet) is hard-coded for landscape mode.
>> Is that still a necessary hack?
>> On Apr 29, 2013 7:42 PM, "Sergio Schvezov" <sergio.schvezov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 01:33:34AM +0200, Nekhelesh Ramananthan wrote:
>>> > Hi Florian,
>>> >
>>> > Thanks for that. However on interchanging the width and height to
>>> simulate
>>> > the landscape orientation, I noticed that the core apps like Weather,
>>> > Clock, Calculator etc do not adapt well to the new orientation. Is
>>> there
>>> > sample code we core app developers could look at to get an idea on how
>>> to
>>> > make our app respond well to different orientations?
>>>
>>> I actually have a followup question, how are sidestige apps affected with
>>> orientation changes?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Sergio
>>>
>>>
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