Hi guys, I can't figure it out! I've made my images, and made my menu, but i cannot seem to get the images on the BTA Menu from my URL. It just shows a question mark. I can't work it out, because through my browser, it works normally. Here are my image files from my website. The odd thing is that if the images are on Flickr, the image loads, but not in the retina quality I want. http://www.annandaleapps.com/App_Files/Woodstock-Jaan/Jaan%20-%20Menu.png http://www.annandaleapps.com/App_Files/Woodstock-Jaan/Jaan%20-%20Offers.png http://www.annandaleapps.com/App_Files/Woodstock-Jaan/Jaan%20-%20Phone.png http://www.annandaleapps.com/App_Files/Woodstock-Jaan/Jaan%20-%20Header.png Is there anything wrong?

Hi Anandale, Can you share a direct link to the image(s) on your server? Best regards, Danny

Here are all the image I want to use. There are also a few more that I will add in the future. As my app has already been published, having these images local is not an option right now. http://www.annandaleapps.com/App_Files/Woodstock-Jaan/Jaan%20-%20Header.png http://www.annandaleapps.com/App_Files/Woodstock-Jaan/Jaan%20-%[email protected] http://www.annandaleapps.com/App_Files/Woodstock-Jaan/Jaan%20-%20Menu.png http://www.annandaleapps.com/App_Files/Woodstock-Jaan/Jaan%20-%[email protected] http://www.annandaleapps.com/App_Files/Woodstock-Jaan/Jaan%20-%20Offers.png http://www.annandaleapps.com/App_Files/Woodstock-Jaan/Jaan%20-%[email protected] http://www.annandaleapps.com/App_Files/Woodstock-Jaan/Jaan%20-%20Phone.png http://www.annandaleapps.com/App_Files/Woodstock-Jaan/Jaan%20-%[email protected]

Those are all the links I would use currently, although as I said, I will add more later on.

Hi Anandale, You should (in web and app programming) avoid using spaces in file names. This is why in your urls the %20 show up. So your file is now: http://www.annandaleapps.com/App_Files/Woodstock-Jaan/Jaan - Header.png (see the spaces between Jaan and the dash) Name your files like this: Jaan_Header.png (and this is the prefered method) or Jaan-header.png so your url would look like this: http://www.annandaleapps.com/App_Files/Woodstock-Jaan/Jaan_Header.png Or this http://www.annandaleapps.com/App_Files/Woodstock-Jaan/Jaan-Header.png This should fix it. Besides this: if you use remote images you don't have to use th @2x images because the system is pointing to a direct url. It's not going to look for any other file in the directory to see if there is an optimized image in it. The @2x images is only when you include them in the project. Hope this helps. Best Regards, Danny

Without the @2x, am I right in saying I can't have retina graphics if I use a URL to host my images. But anyway, thanks for the advice, I'll give that a try.

Just as a side note, if you ever plan to create an app for Android, get rid of the spaces, and get rid of the dashes too. Cheers! -- Smug

Hi Anandale, "Without the @2x, am I right in saying I can't have retina graphics if I use a URL to host my images. " The answer is: yes, you are right (or you should only point the the retina optimized image only - but that will destroy the look on non-retina devices. It looks only for that specific file (in the url) and nowhere else.... Best Regards, Danny

Thanks for the URL thing. That worked. But I think the upshot is that I can't really use retina images on my app if they are from a URL. I won't optimise it just for Retina images, because as you say, it will ruin the Non-Retina stuff. What would you do? Currently, it's just an iPhone app, and most iPhones are 4 or above.

Hi Thomas, That's just the way it is with external images. Or you should alter the code in the plugin and in the control panel so you can use two urls - 1 for non-retina and 1 for retina. But this would be not an easy job to do. But all plugins in buzztouch use the same concept for remote images.... If you are ready with the external files you could prepare an update for the iStore and include all the images. Once the update is approved you could go to your control panel and change all the remote images to internal images. This way the users won't notice that much... Best Regards, Danny

That's what I have been planning. I need to add Google Analytics or Flurry (I don't know how) into my app somehow, so I can track how much time people spend on each page and details like that. When doing a major update, I will move these images locally, and then the app will be offline-proof! I don't mind much that the images aren't retina, because an update will be coming out very soon!