07-27-2010 10:24 AM
Hello Experts!
I have some doubts, i changed the background image when my menu item received the focus, but it is so slow, i would like to make a menu like WES 2010 application, anyone have an idea how to do it? performatically like WES 2010 application...
One more doubt: I would like to do the same listField used in WES2010 application, i did some tests but it haven´t the auto scroll that field have. Anyone have any idea?
Best regards, Rampelotti.
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07-28-2010 07:34 AM
Nobody?
07-28-2010 07:42 AM
I've not seen it, can you show us some screen shots?
07-28-2010 08:27 AM
Hi peter_strange!
Thanks for reply, i have this app on my device, i installed some time ago throught app world.
Do you know some software to get screenshot of a connected device?
Regards, Rampelotti.
07-28-2010 09:45 AM - edited 07-28-2010 10:18 AM
Plug it in to your computer and run the... darn, I can't remember the name of the executable. It comes with the JDE and Eclipse plugin, located in the bin folder. Run that and it has a screenshot argument you can use to get a screenshot.
EDIT: Found it, JavaLoader.exe... how did I forget that? Either way it would be "JavaLoader -usb screenshot <BMP file name>"
07-28-2010 09:51 AM
Hi rcmaniac25, thanks for reply i did with bbScreen, but it doesn´t work fine with Windows Seven rsrs, i connected on another computer and taked the pictures...
Thanks a lot for your attention.
Regards, Rampelotti
07-28-2010 10:19 AM - edited 07-28-2010 10:28 AM
Hello peter_strange!
Well you requested some screens, i gotcha. I display on order:
The first doubt that i was talk about is listbox with animations, on this application, i have some lists :
Well, when i roll down the trackwhell, the animation that i need some sugestions to do is:
We can observe the last focused item, it maked their rectangle focus with alpha decreasing, and the new focused item, started to paint a rectangle with alpha increasing, i have an idea how to do it using invoke later and threads but it is so poor because the device has more process to make and it do problems to rendering.
Any idea?
This application have another type of animation, this screen have a pages of information, when i roll trackwhell to right or left, the comportment is:
First state:
And now with roll right:
Finally end state:
....
The second doubt, is the performance to change background image, when i change button focus, like as menu, this application have the same functionality that i want.
The screens:
When i change the button, disappear the background slowly making appear the new image:
Well, it´s work perfect so fast, i make similar functionality, but i used some threads and i have stored images on memory, but if i take to do a 7 menu itens or more, my performace decrease a lot.
Any suggestions?
Regards, Rampelotti
07-28-2010 12:35 PM
Very interesting. Looks like a nice GUI...
First things, just for next time, you can try Capture It to get Screen shots. Very nice little tool. Download from here:
Regarding your app, there appear to be two general UI 'trick's you are trying to recreate
a) The transition of focus from one item to another, where the focus appears to fade in the newly focused Fidel and fade out of the previously focused Field. You see this in working in two directions, when you scroll sideways, it happens on the top 'date bar', when you scroll down it happens on the items.
b) The speed of changing the background picture when the focus is moved.
I would like to see what other people say, but my immediate reaction to both of these is that the screens you are seeing are not displayed using standard RIM Fields and Managers. I think they are both being generated as Bitmaps and displayed as such.
(b) is an easier example of this. Do you think that the application created full screen bitmaps for each of the screens and 'button' positions, then changed the bitmap displayed based on navigationMovement. Do you think that would work?
(a) is more complicated, but given that there are variable sized list items, I'm suspecting this is not a ListField, thought it is a very similarly constructed Field. But again, I suspect that they create a final Bitmap for the entire screen and fade it in, rather than trying to do this on a Field basis. So some pretty complicated code in here.
07-28-2010 01:34 PM
I have to agree with @peter on the Bitmap display.
I played around with the app when it came out and think that the buttons are definitly Fields but that they might have something like a listener so that when they get focus they alert the listener and this changes the background.
I don't actually think it is that complicated but I haven't tried to do anything like it... yet.
WIll play around and see what I can do.
07-28-2010 01:36 PM
Hello peter_strange!
Good points here!
Ok, on my opinion, working with bitmaps, is so expensive, the device has a lot of process, so using bitmap such as field, i never see it.
Do you have a sample to show it?
The suspect ListField is more intrigant component, him comportment is so easy to use.
I´m waiting, for more opinion...
Regards, Rampelotti.