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SChen
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08/30/11 02:09 PM (14 years ago)

menu list gradient option on 1.5?

I'm trying to port my app to 1.5 and I really like the gradient (the right term?) look on my 1.4 version. Please check out the image here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/nxtxu2c59qlemch/photo1.PNG notice how-to videos and call customer care have gradient or shade to it. I cannot seem to get the same look on 1.5. How would go I about adding the same look on 1.5? I'm comfortable with getting a bit dirty into coding. I just need some guidance... Thanks in advance. SChen
 
David @ buzztouch
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08/31/11 01:19 AM (14 years ago)
Hi in Sunnyvale (super-close, awesome!). The drop-box link you shared isn't public so I didn't get to see what your referring to...but...I think I understand. The home screen menu, and sub-menu's on the v1.4 apps have a nice effect making the list feel a bit round-ish, almost like a slot machine or the native 'picker' on the iPhone. This is a simple image trick but does add some professionalism. In English: It's a UIImageView holding an image that is placed on-top of the screen, over the list. In code: a) Create a UIImageView in the BT_screen_menuList.m file, do this in code. Set it's image to the image you want to use (read on)...add it to the screen using [self.view addSubview:yourUIImageView] AFTER the UITableView is added to the screen. Adding it after the UITableView is added ensures that it's the top-most element so it sits on top of the entire screen. The images are in v1.4 downloads...or...here: http://www.buzztouch.com/images/bgApplication.png http://www.buzztouch.com/images/bgOverlay.png Add these images to your Xcode project then have a look at the other code to see how to instantiate (create) the UIImageView or look at the v1.4 source ;-)
 
SChen
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08/31/11 04:00 PM (14 years ago)
Thank you David. I didn't realize the dropbox link I provided was private. The suggestion was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you very much.
 

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