I've been noticing that a lot of ios7 apps are abandoning the tabbed layout in favor of a more simple design of having the background image slide to the right to reveal a menu. If anyone wanted to build a plugin like this, I bet it would be very popular, hint, hint. Here's how it looks/works: http://s15.postimg.org/qlraslztm/simple_plugin2.jpg

I just saw this. Not sure about it but it looks like what you are talking about. :) http://code4app.net/ios/RNFrostedSidebar/524399706803fa3c33000001

Right on. (Could use the top right navbar icon to initiate the slide) A few iPhone example snapshots RedBox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/mjcfz5efw718huj/Menu_RedBox.PNG Yahoo Sports: https://www.dropbox.com/s/8n9xizmv431x9wm/Menu_YahooSports.PNG Chris1 - You have all of the pieces right there by your computer ;)

@Maverick96, that's not quite it. @NCbuzzAmazon: That's it. Are you seeing it everywhere too? I've seen simple versions where it slides a splash screen/background image to reveal a menu, or it slide a menu to reveal a secondary menu. Chris1 or Smug could likely build it while they're waiting in a check-out line:) More examples: Amazon Local: http://s12.postimg.org/g4zskx60d/photo_2.png NPR:Marketwatch: http://s27.postimg.org/ybg92rfab/photo_1.png

Ive seen alot of those menus on http://www.cocoacontrols.com https://www.cocoacontrols.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=menu

Another good find Christoper. This one is nearly perfect (style is a bit too ios6) https://www.cocoacontrols.com/controls/hhtablistcontroller-vertical-tab-view-controller. I'm not skilled enough to build a plugin (yet) but it might pique someone's interest.

I've done this successfully for one of my apps so instead of using html5 jquery css, I can build it natively. Built mine from these tutorials, http://www.appcoda.com/ios-programming-sidebar-navigation-menu/ and http://www.raywenderlich.com/32054/how-to-create-a-slide-out-navigation-like-facebook-and-path works in my projects, I don't know how these can be converted into a plugin. Hope that helps, Shenry Ed

Have been looking for an Android Plugin like this, I am ready to pay anyone who can develop the Android Version and make it available in the BT Market, don't know why BT Market don't have elegant Android Plugin like this...

i would take a crack at building beautiful bt plugins, i have yet to see any documentation or video on a step by step process for both 3.0 cores to allow others like myself to make contributions. Otherwise we can add to wish lists for the seasoned bt plugin developers to find time to create and release them. maybe it's a competition thing? theres only a handful of bt plugin developers here, who must have been with bt for awhile to understand what to do. its like help us so we can share and help others, otherwise whats not available here, we have to find elsewhere. the plugin market purpose is to give the non coder the ability to build an app without having to tweak things in xcode or eclipse. the problem comes in where there are so many cool and sophisticated apps in the market, not having a bt plugin that we can drop into our layouts like this slider puts a lot of limitations on what we can produce, unless we add our own custom coding. I have not seen any documentation on how, if we add customize code, how can we create, use json and add it to our control panels. or the same in eclipse I realize creating documentation takes considerable amount of time as well as building and supporting user created plugins. There's a lot of talent here, that i'm sure can build plugins, but in my observation it's a wait and see. I myself hate waiting, if it can be built, just build it myself. If there is no documentation on the specific procedure of building a bt plugin, then why waste my time. must be the Aries in me. lets hope for the best

Sounds Interesting.... Just Following ;-)

@Ed, I don't know if this would be enough to help you out, but I found this documentation on the new plugin packaging: http://www.buzztouch.com/files/howtos/Getting%20Started.pdf https://www.buzztouch.com/account/events.php: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 Webinar: iOS7 and Xcode 5.0 for Plugin Developers. At the meeting David Book will show us a draft of the new plugin package. (However, this video button doesn't play for me.)

@shenry, documentation is way outdated Jan 2013, there is no index.php file anymore. A basic checklist, but not a how-to. here's the link to youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbMaAoTAcEI this was in sept, before i joined at the end of oct. it basically goes over ios7 xcode5 but nothing about plugin creation

Sorry, I misread, thought it was Jan 2014. Perhaps, "How can we create plugins?" is a whole new forum topic.

Well, this might help explain why this particular type of plugin isn't available. While discussing something else, Kittsy mentioned, "It is far from simple with buzz touch , it relies on the sliding menu being a type of tab bar, the whole class would have to be rewritten, it wouldn’t be able to be a plugin, just hard coded from the start."

I agree with @EdReyes... its either developers here on BT make these elegant Android & ios plugins available in BT market or they teach us a simple guide to develop plugins... we can't just wait and watch other developers take the Google Play (app) store market, this is the time for a change... can't wait to see Elegant Android plugins like this in BT market... because you see, the powers of BuzzTouch apps are Plugins, Plugins, Plugins just like Wordpress. I have waited too long, everyday I check the BT market to see new Elegant Android Plugins yet I see old plugins that are not as elegant as I see in other apps in Play Store...

You would at least need to know the basics of programming. Then use an open source code an figure out how to modify it to work with the json to connect to the control panel.look at open source code developers used to make some of the plugins then look at how it changed in the plugin version. Im still learning. Lets maake a new forum post

@cmcoffee,even with programming knowledge, to have to spend the time to reverse engineer other bt plugins, can be used as reference, yes. It would be more beneficial to have the proper guideline and step by step process from beginning to end, execution to deployment, and what responsibilities are for providing support, also to prep for pending core updates or changes so that it's not at the last minute, then eventually plugins break, takes too much time to troubleshoot among the helpful forum devs. just like when v3.0 core got updated, when xcode updated. then everyone scratching their heads on what to do. especially when deployed and downloaded apps by customers, stop working. It would be great if you're the first to tackle making beautiful android plugins, in business, you have to be able to operate efficiently, is it more efficient to take opensource code, build it directly into the proper sdk, then launch your app or is it more efficient trying to spend hours to connect what you coded just to tie it into the bt control panel, especially if you don't know how it works. Case in point, Niraj built a very useful plugin that works well for our app and is simple to use, the reason it's not on the plugin market is because he's still trying to figure out how to tie it into the bt control panel. We both couldn't find the proper resources. After many hours, I believe he's getting there. So have a crack at it my young friend. IMO Ed

@EdReyes heck yeah time is the maib problem.Ive compared their code and It blew my mind.like how do they come up with this. Yea and Niraj and wayyy more experienced, along with you and others that posted. I think we'll get sooner or later

I can't help but think some good plugin knowledge will come out of codecamp.

@EdReyes always speak my mind... few days ago I got a great android app idea, I wanted to add social sharing button to my android app top right screen so users can share my app with their friends and loved ones from inside the app, but I didn't see any plugin in BT market that could do this and I could not code and don't understand how BT plugins work so I left the project... Thread Here: http://www.buzztouch.com/forum/thread.php?tid=69FAFE86CF16671A44A9128&fid=BC70C36A743CD4FAD95D17F&sortColumn=FT.id&sortUpDown=DESC&currentPage=1

I think scringo has social sharing. Have yall seen fiverr android app theu just released?? Their UI when it first pops up is nice.

@cmcoffee have you got a link for that fiverr app?

@nadthevlad https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fiverr.fiverr

I remember asking David Book about this type of menu on a webinar. He was showing us a Scrapbook and Memories app which had such a menu. He had responded with an explanation for how the menu would be implemented. That was definitely before Xcode 5 and before iOS 7. Perhaps it was in late 2012 or early 2013. If the Context Menu was implemented in the BT Core, then this type of Menu would probably have to be implemented in the BT core also. ----------- My custom plugin problem is a simple JavaScript situation. I have "coder's block". When I get back to coding this weekend, I will probably overcome it. However, I do have an advanced problem in making a control panel for Children of Child Items (otherwise known as Grandchild items). -- Niraj

Also, the inventor (Facebook) of that underside menu has changed their app to not use that user interface metaphor! I think it is a brilliant creation and it has revolutionized the entire industry with it's simplicity. Ryan's open-source frosted menu is a very nice implementation of that UI construct. -- Niraj

Wish I had more time to tackle this. If someone hasn't made this by the time I get done with the Android part of the advanced quiz plugin, then game on.