Native Textfield font size on different devices

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Hi all,

I’m trying to figure out how to set the font size for textfields for different devices.

For instance:

local tHeight = 20  
 if isAndroid then tHeight = 40 end -- adjust for Android  
 nameTxt = native.newTextField( 15, 80, 150, tHeight, nameTxtHandler )  
 nameTxt.font = native.newFont( native.systemFontBold, 36 )  
 nameTxt:setReferencePoint(display.c)  
 nameTxt.isVisible = true   
 nameTxt.x = background.x - 10  
 nameTxt.y = background.y  
 localGroup:insert(nameTxt)  
 nameTxt.text = myPlayer.name

Will show the textfield with bold font on the ipad in proportion to the textbox. On the ipod (Xcode simulator) the font is huge.

Is there a way to set the font automatically according to the screen size or do I have to manually check the display.contentScaleX for the scaling factor and then set the font accordingly?

Thanks.
Nathan. [import]uid: 23864 topic_id: 16716 reply_id: 316716[/import]