Can anyone help me with this basic question.
i want to develop, build and test on windows and then ‘port’ to other devices.
My windows system does not have a touch screen.
How do I test tap, grab etc in the simulator?
A click with the mouse simulates your finger touching the screen, so you can tap, hold, drag etc. as you would on a device.
Obviously for tuning the user friendliness of your interface you’ll need to test on a device eventually. For example, if you built your buttons too small or too close together, it might make for a poor user experience on a small phone screen as you can’t be anywhere near as precise as with a mouse cursor.
Likewise, for anything multi-touch, such as pinch-zoom or a simulated game-pad, you’ll need a device to test on - although for the latter you can always listen for keyboard presses when testing on the simulator.
That does not seem to work for me.
What view should I choose or does that not make any difference?
Well, objects will not respond to touch events by default. You have to add touch listeners and program what your game should do depending on the values returned by the touch event.
It would be helpful if you posted some code illustrating what you’re trying to do.
I am following the tutorials and completed starexplorer.
The test step I am trying to get to work is the Play button which should bring up the game as the next scene.
Clicking on the Play does nothing.
There is nothing in the console that suggests a problem so I’m stuck.
I will check my code against the completed version to see if I have made any errors.
We will need to see your button creation code and your button listener function.
Rob
Ok. Fixed.
I had somehow missed the listeners and made a typo in the name of the button.
Thank you for your responses.
Onwards I go for more learning.
A click with the mouse simulates your finger touching the screen, so you can tap, hold, drag etc. as you would on a device.
Obviously for tuning the user friendliness of your interface you’ll need to test on a device eventually. For example, if you built your buttons too small or too close together, it might make for a poor user experience on a small phone screen as you can’t be anywhere near as precise as with a mouse cursor.
Likewise, for anything multi-touch, such as pinch-zoom or a simulated game-pad, you’ll need a device to test on - although for the latter you can always listen for keyboard presses when testing on the simulator.
That does not seem to work for me.
What view should I choose or does that not make any difference?
Well, objects will not respond to touch events by default. You have to add touch listeners and program what your game should do depending on the values returned by the touch event.
It would be helpful if you posted some code illustrating what you’re trying to do.
I am following the tutorials and completed starexplorer.
The test step I am trying to get to work is the Play button which should bring up the game as the next scene.
Clicking on the Play does nothing.
There is nothing in the console that suggests a problem so I’m stuck.
I will check my code against the completed version to see if I have made any errors.
We will need to see your button creation code and your button listener function.
Rob
Ok. Fixed.
I had somehow missed the listeners and made a typo in the name of the button.
Thank you for your responses.
Onwards I go for more learning.