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[Daniel d'Andrada <daniel.dandrada@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A video definitely not, don't know about an animated gif (depends on
whether QML Image component supports it). But even if the Image
component supports it, if the animated gif is too big it would likely
impact negatively in the application start up time.

On 16/10/14 06:19, Giorgio Venturi wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
>
> This is great. I was wondering, is it possible to use embed an
> animated element in option 2? E.g. a video object or animated GIF
>
> Thanks,
>
> Giorgio 
>
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Daniel d'Andrada
> <daniel.dandrada@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:daniel.dandrada@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
> wrote:
>
>     Yes, it's already available in utopic-proposed (aka devel-proposed)
>     images, although no application is using it yet.
>
>     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
>     <mailto: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>>
>     >>     <mailto: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).
>     >>
>     >
>