API Advice Anyone? RE: display.newImageRect()

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#1

I have written the code below after following a tutorial on YouTube, however I have had to adapt what was been taught slightly in order to get the code to perform as I wanted.

My goal was to make sure that the background filled the device/simulator screen for all devices.

I seem to have achieved my goal and the background fills out the entire device/simulator screen.

Is this the write way to achieve this? Can anyone see a problem with working this way?

Many thanks for reading my post. I’m very, very new to Corona and programming in general so please excuse me if this is totally incorrect

[code]
local _H = display.contentHeight;
local _W = display.contentWidth;

local background = display.newImageRect(“images/background.png”,_W,_H);
background:setReferencePoint(display.CenterReferencePoint);
background.x = _W/2; background.y = _H/2

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#2

Is background.png a solid color? Will it be hurt by being stretched to fit? (mostly impacts circle shapes as they turn out oval)

but for the most part that should work. [import]uid: 19626 topic_id: 30296 reply_id: 121345[/import]

#3

Hey there, that was a very quick reply… Thank You

No it’s an actual photograph however it doesn’t appear stretched at all? You would think it would.

There does however seem to be a larger black void (larger than the iphone) up the left and right of the screen when using the ipad simulator. (this may be normal, I don’t have an actual ipad device to test the program on.

Thanks again,
Chris [import]uid: 173546 topic_id: 30296 reply_id: 121349[/import]

#4

Is background.png a solid color? Will it be hurt by being stretched to fit? (mostly impacts circle shapes as they turn out oval)

but for the most part that should work. [import]uid: 19626 topic_id: 30296 reply_id: 121345[/import]

#5

Hey there, that was a very quick reply… Thank You

No it’s an actual photograph however it doesn’t appear stretched at all? You would think it would.

There does however seem to be a larger black void (larger than the iphone) up the left and right of the screen when using the ipad simulator. (this may be normal, I don’t have an actual ipad device to test the program on.

Thanks again,
Chris [import]uid: 173546 topic_id: 30296 reply_id: 121349[/import]