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Auggnet
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04/21/13 10:08 AM (12 years ago)

IOS Plugin Request: Icon Home Screen

Currently I have a menu button screen as usual, however I want it so the user can horizontally scroll just as the home screen in IOS. I think this would be a great useful plugin that could soon replace the menu button screen. Here are some features that might be good. Features - Customize Button Size And Margin - Bring the buttons that don't fit to the next line, the. To the next page if nothing below. - Probobly not but the ability to reorder the icon order. - Ability to add advertisements and smooth corners just like button screen. This would not only greatly help many people who need something like this but the developer who decided to make this. Thank you for your time, and I can't wait to see something like this!
 
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04/21/13 10:12 AM (12 years ago)
I've heard Apple sometimes rejects if the app too closely mimics the iOS operating system. Can anyone confirm?
 
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04/21/13 12:16 PM (12 years ago)
Wrong. Many applications have a swipe feature, after all in the Apple Human Interface Guidelines you are supposed to use common practices so the user doesn't have to get used to new things as often.
 
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04/21/13 12:20 PM (12 years ago)
Swipe is one thing - imitating the home screen is another. Anyway, it was just something I thought I remembered reading one time.
 
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04/21/13 01:50 PM (12 years ago)
Ha talk about straight to the point. Wrong. Not the nicest way to start a reply to some one who is trying to help you. You can mimic that with the current button screen implement swipe gestures to move from left to right. With the slide transition will give the illusion that's happening. I did a tut on that somewhere. Bt ads can be added copy the create as banner into it from another plugin just make sure your buttons don't overlap it.
 
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04/21/13 01:59 PM (12 years ago)
Chris, you're either somewhat right, or completely right. I can't remember the 'exact' situation, but one of the members was having a heck of a time because her icons (according to the reviewer) were too rounded, giving them the look of an Apple app icon, something they didn't like. Cheers! -- Smug
 
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04/21/13 06:21 PM (12 years ago)
As another option, try to emulate this exquisite Home Screen design in the Mayo Clinic app. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/patient/id523220194?mt=8 You can imagine Kittsy's Carousel plugin being flattened and then tucked into that frame. Now imagine each "cell" has a 4 x 4 grid of icons in it. Or imagine 2-to-3 rows of filmstrips withe one icon per cell. With the right design elements, Apple will instantly approve the app. Alternatively, do it like the Gilbert Heritage District app. At one point, it had two pages of icons. But now it has just a single page of icons. Yet, Apple approved it because Alzooka stayed away from "confusing the User" by putting enough hints on the App's Home screen ... Background image, title bar, refresh icon, info icon, app's name at the bottom. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gilbert-heritage-district/id627044389?mt=8 http://buzztouch.com/alzooka -- Niraj
 
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04/21/13 07:00 PM (12 years ago)
Oh wait, I remember the app that has two pages of icons-on-a-grid as the Home Screen! University of Arizona's official iPhone app has it: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/arizona-mobile/id437682106?mt=8 So ... Take a look at the Gilbert one, it was done with BuzzTouch. And then the U of A app had passed Apple's Review Board. -- Niraj
 
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04/22/13 03:30 AM (12 years ago)
Hi Niraj! Hope you've had fun in Ole Saint Lou! Too bad I'm a St. Louisan Myself, but couldn't be there these days... :( Are these apps you mentioned "Buzztouch"ian (!) apps or did you reference them just because of their design? Thanks...
 
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04/22/13 07:08 AM (12 years ago)
The Gilbert one is done with BuzzTouch, a good buddy made it. :-) The University of Arizona was done with something else. Dang, WebNevees, we were so close to having you join the BuzzCon! :-( -- Niraj
 

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