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[Ara Pulido <ara.pulido@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 29/09/14 16:43, Daniel d'Andrada wrote:
> Yes, it's already available in utopic-proposed (aka devel-proposed)
> images, although no application is using it yet.

Is this coming to RTM as well?

Can we have some screenshots on how those look?

Thanks!
Ara.

> 
> On 29/09/14 11:35, Roman Zonov wrote:
>> Good idea. Two questions: does it works now? Can somebody share a
>> video with splash screens?
>>  
>> 29.09.2014, 18:34, "Daniel d'Andrada" <daniel.dandrada@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>
>>> The idea of the image is not to fake the looks of the running
>>> application (like a screenshot) but to be more like a traditional splash
>>> screen image such as a big application logo or something.
>>>
>>> Faking the running application with an image would require a more
>>> sophisticated (complex!) approach as it would have to consider not only
>>> the orientation (landscape vs. portrait) but also the screen aspect
>>> ratio and maybe even its resolution. So we left this option out for now.
>>> Should probably have made it more clear in the X-Ubuntu-Splash-Image
>>> documentation.
>>>
>>> On 29/09/14 11:26, Jelmer Prins wrote:
>>>
>>>      So do you also need to provide different image sizes like landscape
>>>      and portait for option 3 ?
>>>
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>>>
>>>      On 29 Sep 2014, at 16:07, Daniel d'Andrada
>>>      <daniel.dandrada@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>     <mailto:daniel.dandrada@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>     <mailto:daniel.dandrada@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>     <mailto:daniel.dandrada@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>>
>>>      wrote:
>>>
>>>          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).
>>>
>>  
>>  
>> -- 
>> Best regards,
>> Roman Zonov.
>>  
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>>  
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