Inconsisent Rendering of app in windows and mac versions of the simulator

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#1

Hi All,

I am a recent purchaser of the pro license and I must say that I very much enjoy using it!

There is just one issue though. My main machine is a windows computer and I modified the code on that system and built the apk, everything runs as expected.

But when I run the same code through the MAC version of the simulator, the graphics flicker a bit, the font and its size is much smaller than in the windows machine and when I build the ios build, the text and some parts of the graphics do not appear on the ios device at all… When I built the apk through the MAC version, the graphis and text appear as expected.

Have any of you guys experienced anything like this?

Thanks for any help that you can give me in advance.

#2

It seems that using an older version of the simulator (september edition) has increased the consistency.

#3

Hi @j_wbrown,

Thanks for the detailed report. At a glance, this would appear to be some issue with a custom font that you’re trying to get working between both platforms. Are you using a custom font? If so, the way you handle it on Mac vs. Windows must be done a bit differently.

This tutorial may help solve this for you:

http://www.coronalabs.com/blog/2013/01/16/faq-wednesday-custom-fonts/

Best regards,

Brent Sorrentino

#4

Hi Brent, 

Thanks for commenting. Indeed, I was using the calibri font and I was able to fix the issue, so the font is displaying on my ios device as expected. 

Thanks again for the advice!

#5

It seems that using an older version of the simulator (september edition) has increased the consistency.

#6

Hi @j_wbrown,

Thanks for the detailed report. At a glance, this would appear to be some issue with a custom font that you’re trying to get working between both platforms. Are you using a custom font? If so, the way you handle it on Mac vs. Windows must be done a bit differently.

This tutorial may help solve this for you:

http://www.coronalabs.com/blog/2013/01/16/faq-wednesday-custom-fonts/

Best regards,

Brent Sorrentino

#7

Hi Brent, 

Thanks for commenting. Indeed, I was using the calibri font and I was able to fix the issue, so the font is displaying on my ios device as expected. 

Thanks again for the advice!