A new Idea for texting

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

So my friend and I have an idea for a new app. Basically its an app for those who text a bunch. Those kind of people usually tend to bump into things, not knowing what is in front of them.

So our solution was to make a texting app, with the camera running as the background image so that people will know what’s in front of them while they are texting.

The problem is that I have been searching everywhere on how to make the camera your background image (not just one still image. I mean like when you open the camera app and move the phone around - it’s not a still image, you can see what’s going on before you take the picture - ) Does anyone know how to do this. and is it possible to make the texting interface and text bubbles on top of that image?

#2

Hi @maheer.ares,

At this time, it’s possible via Corona, but only for iOS (not Android). For this, you would use the “camera fill” to make the live camera fill a vector rectangle behind the chat bubbles.

See the “Camera Source” example here if you’re interested:

https://docs.coronalabs.com/api/type/ShapeObject/fill.html

Take care,

Brent

#3

You could also do this via CoronaCards, where the camera view would be a separate “card” behind the UI interface:

www.coronacards.com

Brent

#4

Just so you know, there are already some apps out there which do similar things: 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.incorporateapps.walktext&hl=en

https://itunes.apple.com/app/type-n-walk/id331043123?mt=8

But that’s not to say you can’t make a better version, since (IMO) these ones look pretty ugly.

#5

Hi @maheer.ares,

At this time, it’s possible via Corona, but only for iOS (not Android). For this, you would use the “camera fill” to make the live camera fill a vector rectangle behind the chat bubbles.

See the “Camera Source” example here if you’re interested:

https://docs.coronalabs.com/api/type/ShapeObject/fill.html

Take care,

Brent

#6

You could also do this via CoronaCards, where the camera view would be a separate “card” behind the UI interface:

www.coronacards.com

Brent

#7

Just so you know, there are already some apps out there which do similar things: 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.incorporateapps.walktext&hl=en

https://itunes.apple.com/app/type-n-walk/id331043123?mt=8

But that’s not to say you can’t make a better version, since (IMO) these ones look pretty ugly.