ubuntu-phone team mailing list archive

[Nathan Osman <nathan.osman@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sep 24, 2014 1:15 AM, "Joshua Strobl" <joshua.strobl@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> I think it is a good start, some suggestions:
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> 1. There is no information on what dimensions the screenshot needs to be.

That's a good point. Although giving *specific* dimensions probably isn't
needed since the tool will resize as necessary, I could include the exact
aspect ratio that the image should have to fit the rectangle perfectly.

> 2. The phone looks like the Edge, which has and never technically existed
(or is that the design of the mysterious BQ device?). I think having the
options to "choose" a device, like the Nexus 4 and Nexus 7, would be nice
(and after choosing the device, it'd have the dimensions of the screenshot
specific to the device).

If I can get my hands on freely-redistributable images of the Nexus 4 and
7, I will certainly add them to the tool. Although not officially
supported, I'd like to also add the Nexus 5.

> 3. I like what Nokia did with their Windows Phone "Start Screen"
generator (I can't for the life of me find it), which put the icon of your
app in a tile, within a start screen image and the Lumia device. Anyways,
the point is I think it'd be cool to have something similar, where you can
submit your app icon and it'd put that in the app list and provide an image
of that app list, with your app, on a device.

That's a great idea - and a fairly easy one to implement. I'll add it to
the list. The one tiny issue I see for this is that apps are listed in
alphabetical order and having the app icon appear in a fixed location might
look a bit weird. But I doubt too many people will notice.

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> On 09/24/2014 08:09 AM, Nathan Osman wrote:
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>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> One of the neat tools that Android app developers have had at their
disposal for a long time is the device art generator. Basically, all the
user needs to do is supply a screenshot and a server-side script will
generate a picture of the screenshot on an actual device.
>>
>> I did a bit of digging and discovered that no such tool existed for
Ubuntu Touch. So I built one. I'd like to formally introduce the "Ubuntu
Touch Device Art Generator". You can try it out here:
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>> http://2buntu.com/touch/device-art-generator/
>>
>> Simply follow the instructions and you will end up with a very
nice-looking picture of your app running on an Ubuntu phone. This tool is
still a work in progress - I have a few rough edges to polish - but I
wanted to get some feedback while it's still in its early stages.
>>
>> All thoughts/comments/suggestions are welcome.
>>
>> - Nathan
>>
>>
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