Cascades Development

[ekke]

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smiley wrote:

I have followed the above code and even the sample app and yet my app won't receive the orientation changes.

Is there something that I have missed?

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in the bar-descriptor - application - set orientation to auto-orient

[smiley]

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ekke wrote:

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smiley wrote:

I have followed the above code and even the sample app and yet my app won't receive the orientation changes.

Is there something that I have missed?

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in the bar-descriptor - application - set orientation to auto-orient

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I have done that.

    <initialWindow>
        <autoOrients>true</autoOrients>
        <systemChrome>none</systemChrome>
        <transparent>false</transparent>
    </initialWindow>

The screen does rotate but i'm not receiving the events. Here is the code

main cpp

    OrientationSupport::instance()->setSupportedDisplayOrientation(SupportedDisplayOrientation::All);

    QObject::connect(
        OrientationSupport::instance(),
        SIGNAL(orientationAboutToChange(bb::cascades::UIOrientation::Type)),
        this,
        SLOT(onOrientationAboutToChange(bb::cascades::UIOrientation::Type)));

    QObject::connect(
        OrientationSupport::instance(),
        SIGNAL(orientationChanged(bb::cascades::UIOrientation::Type)),
        this,
        SLOT(onOrientationChanged(bb::cascades::UIOrientation::Type)));

Slots

void testApp::onOrientationAboutToChange(UIOrientation::Type orientation)
{
}

void testApp::onOrientationChanged(UIOrientation::Type orientation)
{
}

 in hpp file

public slots:

	void onOrientationAboutToChange(UIOrientation::Type orientation);
	void onOrientationChanged(UIOrientation::Type orientation);

thanks

[lew]

is the slot never getting called or you're not getting the proper orientation?

There is currently a bug in beta4 where the argument 'orientation' in the orientationChanged signal is never of type Landscape. You have to use OrientationSupport.orientation to detect whether landscape or portrait.

[smiley]

the slot is never called.

I'm using Beta 3 SDK with the lastest alpha OS.

[lew]

your connect is probably wrong then...

where exactly are you calling the connect code ?

[smiley]

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lew wrote:

your connect is probably wrong then...

where exactly are you calling the connect code ?

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TestApp::TestApp(bb::cascades::Application *app)
: QObject(app)
{
    OrientationSupport::instance()->setSupportedDisplayOrientation(SupportedDisplayOrientation::All);

    QObject::connect(
        OrientationSupport::instance(),
        SIGNAL(orientationAboutToChange(bb::cascades::UIOrientation::Type)),
        this,
        SLOT(onOrientationAboutToChange(bb::cascades::UIOrientation::Type)));

    QObject::connect(
        OrientationSupport::instance(),
        SIGNAL(orientationChanged(bb::cascades::UIOrientation::Type)),
        this,
        SLOT(onOrientationChanged(bb::cascades::UIOrientation::Type)));


	// create scene document from main.qml asset
    // set parent to created document to ensure it exists for the whole application lifetime
    QmlDocument *qml = QmlDocument::create("asset:///main.qml").parent(this);

...
}

[lew]

that code looks fine to me...maybe there is a bug somewhere with when the signals should be connected?

can you try doing it in QML (as i know this one works fine):

onCreationCompleted: {
OrientationSupport.supportedDisplayOrientation = SupportedDisplayOrientation.All;
OrientationSupport.orientationChanged.connect(onOrientationChanged);
}

have the slot within the QML for the time being. if it works, you can connect the signal to your c++ slot.

let me know if it works!

PS: one more thing, putting aside the signal, does your device screen rotate at all?

[smiley]

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lew wrote:

that code looks fine to me...maybe there is a bug somewhere with when the signals should be connected?

can you try doing it in QML (as i know this one works fine):

onCreationCompleted: {
OrientationSupport.supportedDisplayOrientation = SupportedDisplayOrientation.All;
OrientationSupport.orientationChanged.connect(onOrientationChanged);
}

have the slot within the QML for the time being. if it works, you can connect the signal to your c++ slot.

let me know if it works!

PS: one more thing, putting aside the signal, does your device screen rotate at all?

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Thanks but i have tried in QML first. 

          OrientationHandler {
               id: handler
               onOrientationAboutToChange: {
                   // set some UI to be shown during orientation change
                   if (orientation == UIOrientation.Portrait) {
                       // make some ui changes related to portrait
                   } else if (orientation == UIOrientation.Landscape) {
                       // make some ui changes related to landscape
                   }
                   if (displayDirection == DisplayDirection.North) {
                       // do something specific to this device display direction
                   }
               }
               onOrientationChanged: {
                   // can update the UI after the orientation changed
               }
               onDisplayDirectionChanged: {
                   // can perform actions based on the direction of the display
               }
           },        

 In QML editor it would give error onOrientationAboutToChange.  It has unknown.

and yes it does rotate the screen just not getting the signal.

[lew]

your QML code is wrong....probably the documentation still hasn't been updated

DO NOT use the orientationHandler, it is no longer the way to get the orientation events...use the code i supplied above.

onCreationCompleted: {
OrientationSupport.supportedDisplayOrientation = SupportedDisplayOrientation.All;
OrientationSupport.orientationChanged.connect(onOrientationChanged);
}