The buzz carousel is now available. this is a 3d menu plugin, with a variety of uses. Can be used as a button menu, image gallery just link the next screen as a (blankscreen with your image fullscreen with a nice fade effect). Can scroll vertical or horizontal, with autorotate. Realtime reflections no need to fake them. Here are some videos to check what it can look like http://youtu.be/Gga-d-3sr-I http://youtu.be/iKV5LEESdRI http://youtu.be/Gga-d-3sr-I

What?! I wasn't expecting this so soon - buying it now! Awesome news

Awesomeness !!!!! quickest sale ever !! Love your work @Kittsy

Lets make some pretty apps

Oh that's nice :) Cheers! -- Smug

Just tested it and it's working perfect! Amazingly customizable too...thanks a lot for this - it's so cool having new menu alternatives

Yeah, there are loads, of different options and controls.

@absentia I'm made up it works for you, my biggest fear of making these plugins is that they won't work

wohoooo getting it right now thanks Kittsy

Great stuff, I look forward to seeing the apps you are all making with it. Any questions drop me a line

Hi Kittsy, Congratulations on this one!! A big step forwards again for Buzztouch..... Best Regards, Danny

Beautiful plugin! Is there any plans to add a row title (text label) to display the currently selected item?

Great plugin. Finally. Thanks man. Cheers. Miguel

Nice job @Kittsy! LA

@stobe there is a label option in the control panel. You are best repositioning it in interface builder when you have decided which carousel you are using. As the various carousels they all overlap, plus when used i the vertical position it looks a little silly

For android developers out there I know this is only for iOS but will attempt to learn java over the next few weeks to get you a version.

Sweet sweet plugin Kittsy!

My prayers have been answered. Top plugin Kittsy, about to buy now!

Looks very impressive, for sure Kittsy! One question: Do you have any screenshots of the control panel? Looking for information on options, customizations and how you interact with the plugin. I think that would be helpful in making decisions on these types of plug-ins. Thanks! Andy

No screenshot but here are the options Choice of 11 different cartousels,e.g time machine, cover scroll, rotary etc. you can see them in action on the vidoes above. You can choose whether it scrolls vertically or horizontally You can choose whether the carousel spins endlessy or stops at the start or end You can set it to auto rotate, choose speed and direction. Sizes of the images shown. You can add reflections (range full lenth to none, and the opacity of the releection, also the gap between the reflection and the image) The real hardcore option is to change the viewing angle of the carousel for a great 3d effect. As Absentia says there are many ways of making this customisable, and with all the tweaks it's very possible to create a menu that no one else has got. Hope that helps.

oops forgot one and you can add a label just incase your image isn't obvious or your using it as a gallery

Thanks! Appreciate the information. Andy

Awesome! Hooray for payday so now I can add some market credit and grab the final version. Can't wait to see that viewing angle in effect. Still amazed how you turned this into a menu. Never even looked at the control from that perspective when I first started using it. I was just happier not using Tapku for a coverflow since that was so difficult to add! They still don't even have any 'didselectrowatindexpath' in their control to make items selectable. I showed this to a guy who forked Tapku for that functionality and he borrowed some code snippets to finish his project. Way to destroy the code, add the horizontal view and add the reflections. This thing is just killer, so many possibilities! Hope it sells well - no other app builder has a customizable menu anywhere near this quality. Top Notch, awesome work Kittsy!

Excited about Android version. Will buy when it comes out.

Great plugin Kittsy!!! @ATRAIN .. Yippie to pay day! every little penny I earn I put it back into buzztouch to get awesome plugins from developers :) Loving it

WOW! Looks great. Dusted off credit card for this one. Kittsy took the Plug-in market up another notch today. Mike

Yeah! Spending my credits finally!!!!

Sheri you can send me money whenever you want. I'll do a Tina Turner for you over web cam, "I'm a private dancer, a dancer for money ........."

Great plugin... is it iPad compatible?

yes it's iPad compatible

Thanks @Kittsy... Will buy it as soon as I start using 2.0... I'm still 1.5 old school BT user! Lol

Yeah no probs any questions just ask

I have to echo @ATRAIN53 - I have to start saving my lunch-money for some plugins!

I wonder...will Apple take issue with certain implementations of this plugin for resembling their itunes cover flow design or do they not care about that particular trademark? It only popped into my head this morning because they've been coming down hard lately on interfaces that resemble the iOS springboard design Not to be a buzzkill or anything - I'm still psyched about it and can't wait to get an app out there that uses it

people who have implemented the icarousel have put examples on nicklockwoods page so I'm guessing aslong as you don't make it exactly like album art, round the corners and customize it to the best of your ability, there shouldn't be a problem. It's the reviewers, you could put it to different reviewers and they say different things.

I bet it will depend on your reviewer. If they hassle you, I guess you could refer to these apps that have a cover flow look https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/icarousel-image-search/id476296112?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/album-flow-pro/id390880051?mt=8 (recently updated) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photos-flow-free/id424402371?mt=8

Good find mysps, it looks great the effect, so much for menu lists lol

and they are only showing the cover flow there are another 10 variations. I'm so happy I've been able to get this working on buzztouch

with the many options that you've added. I doubt we will have any problem! im happy for you buddy -- can't wait until you tackle android. :)

Alright thanks guys, I'm not too worried about it - like you said these things always just come down to the reviewer

Jeez Kittsy! What a busy, talented chap you are! You know your plugins are making my life a lot easier...

I think we need to get you on a google hangout dance off! Keep hacking that code Mr....I will keep throwing the pennies your way!

Thanks for the great plugin, just started using straight away. One question: Is there a way to change the pic sizes according to the device, i.e. Ipad vs. Iphone?

It should automatically stretch and shrink the images

Thanks for the prompt reply. I will try and see.

@Kittsy I have the same question as Korkut Ata.. I've been playing with the iPad version and image does not exactly stretch according to your response above. Of course, I could place an if statement if ipad is present (correct)? I had a brief look.. It looks very small on the ipad so maybe you can clarify how that works thanks!

apologies guys, I must have ommitted the ipad version when I got the awesome reflections working. I will make a change to the plugin as soon as , for thouse who can't wait. here is the fix. Replace this method in the buzz_carousel.m //viewForItemAtIndex with reflection... -(UIView*)carousel:(iCarousel *)carousel viewForItemAtIndex:(NSUInteger)index reusingView:(ReflectionView *)view{ [BT_debugger showIt:self:@"viewForItemAtIndex"]; //return a standard UIImageView object with the image from the array of images... view = [[[ReflectionView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, 200.0f, 200.0f)] autorelease]; UIImageView *button = [[[UIImageView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, 200.0f, 200.0f)] autorelease]; [view addSubview:button]; button.image= [UIImage imageNamed:[AKAlbums objectAtIndex:index]]; if (aCarousel.vertical == 1 | aCarousel.type == iCarouselTypeWheel | aCarousel.type == iCarouselTypeInvertedWheel | aCarousel.type == iCarouselTypeInvertedRotary) { view.reflectionAlpha = 0; view.reflectionScale = 0; }else{ view.reflectionGap = [[BT_strings getJsonPropertyValue:screenData.jsonVars:@"AKGap":@"4"]floatValue]; view.reflectionAlpha = [[BT_strings getJsonPropertyValue:screenData.jsonVars:@"AKOpacity":@"0.5"]floatValue]; view.reflectionScale = [[BT_strings getJsonPropertyValue:screenData.jsonVars:@"AKScale":@"0.5"]floatValue]; } [view update]; return view; } with //viewForItemAtIndex with reflection... -(UIView*)carousel:(iCarousel *)carousel viewForItemAtIndex:(NSUInteger)index reusingView:(ReflectionView *)view{ [BT_debugger showIt:self:@"viewForItemAtIndex"]; UIImageView *button; if (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone) { //return a standard UIImageView object with the image from the array of images... view = [[[ReflectionView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, 200.0f, 200.0f)] autorelease]; button = [[[UIImageView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, 200.0f, 200.0f)] autorelease]; }else if (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad){ //return a standard UIImageView object with the image from the array of images... view = [[[ReflectionView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, 400.0f, 400.0f)] autorelease]; button = [[[UIImageView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, 400.0f, 400.0f)] autorelease]; } [view addSubview:button]; button.image= [UIImage imageNamed:[AKAlbums objectAtIndex:index]]; if (aCarousel.vertical == 1 | aCarousel.type == iCarouselTypeWheel | aCarousel.type == iCarouselTypeInvertedWheel | aCarousel.type == iCarouselTypeInvertedRotary) { view.reflectionAlpha = 0; view.reflectionScale = 0; }else{ view.reflectionGap = [[BT_strings getJsonPropertyValue:screenData.jsonVars:@"AKGap":@"4"]floatValue]; view.reflectionAlpha = [[BT_strings getJsonPropertyValue:screenData.jsonVars:@"AKOpacity":@"0.5"]floatValue]; view.reflectionScale = [[BT_strings getJsonPropertyValue:screenData.jsonVars:@"AKScale":@"0.5"]floatValue]; } [view update]; return view; } Apologies for any confusion, I get the plugin updated

and also change the carouselItemWidth method to this below //carouselItemWidth... -(CGFloat)carouselItemWidth:(iCarousel *)carousel{ //[BT_debugger showIt:self:@"carouselItemWidth"]; //This needs to be wider than the image or the items have no space between them. //That might be a desirable effect in some instances. int imagewidth; if (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone){ imagewidth = [[BT_strings getJsonPropertyValue:self.screenData.jsonVars:@"iCarouselImageWidth":@"200"]intValue]; } else if (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad){ imagewidth = ([[BT_strings getJsonPropertyValue:self.screenData.jsonVars:@"iCarouselImageWidth":@"200"]intValue]*2); } return imagewidth; }

Worked like a charm Kittsy!!! Thanks so much :D Almost close to submitting an app with this plugin. yippy

cool can't wait to see it. Sorry for the initial inconvenience

@Kitty. I noticed on my app that before the carousel loads, I see the word "one". I thought it was only my app or something I mistakenly did, however, the @xtremeesolutions posted his app and I notice the same in his. https://itunes.apple.com/it/app/love-messages/id515280216?l=en&mt=8 Is there a reason behind it or a way to remove it? Did you face this as well. thanks!

That is placeholder text, it is there to stop the carousel crashing whilst it builds, I've not noticed this, if you look in the .m file there may be text somewhere may look like @"one" change it to @"" see if that makes a difference. I'll take a look when I get to the mac

This method here, does it show every time or just when first loaded. //initWithNibName... -(id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil{ [BT_debugger showIt:self:@"initWithNibName"]; self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil]; if (self) { //init arrays... self.AKAlbums = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init]; self.descriptions = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init]; //add two emtpy images so carousel can load before data is parsed... [self.AKAlbums addObject:@"blank.png"]; [self.AKAlbums addObject:@"blank.png"]; //add two emtpy descriptions so carousel can load before data is parsed... [self.descriptions addObject:@"one"]; [self.descriptions addObject:@"two"]; } //all done... return self; }