NOOK HD & HD+ Skins

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#21

I suggest that you set up your config.lua to temporarily match the exact resolution of these Nook HD devices and make sure it is laid out correctly within the simulator from there. Just be aware that B&N is rejecting apps that display letterbox bars. They expect your apps to be take advantage of the full screen.

The skins will eventually come, but right now too many new devices and OSes came out at once and we’re just trying to get caught up at the moment. Everyone is just super busy here and there is no one left to work on anything else. [import]uid: 32256 topic_id: 31646 reply_id: 128189[/import]

#22

Sidebar: I’m bothered by B&N’s refusal to take letterbox apps. My only rejected app is my Photo gallery from Yosemite. There is no scaling method that won’t trash the photos and because most of the photos are 4x6 in shape (3:2 ratio), I either have to crop the photo to fit or “frame it”. Well by using Letterbox, I’m choosing to frame it in black.

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#23

@Joshua,
Thanks for clarifying. Swamped, that can happen.
I am not following the config.lua trick, because my base layout if for a different device. Wouldn’t it be valid to use the iPhone4 skin, if I want to see what it looks like on the HD+, both being 3:2?

@robmiracle
Since you are talking about a picture viewer, what if you left it as letterbox, but then decorated the sides, the bleed area. It would no longer have black bars. [import]uid: 47723 topic_id: 31646 reply_id: 128197[/import]

#24

But I choose to have that frame “black”. Ideally I would use zoomEven and let it crop the top/bottom from the pics, but I have too many scenes to redo because of where text elements are placed on the page.
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#25

FYI, My app update was approved Fri by B&N but first it was rejected for HD saying that a button was cut off at the bottom in the credits screen. It was fine in the original version (letterbox) and looked fine in simulator for the updated version ( zoomEven). Since I don’t have a NOOK HD I just estimated where to move the button, fortunately it worked & looks ok, and it was accepted. [import]uid: 40033 topic_id: 31646 reply_id: 128211[/import]

#26

Rob,

B&N told me that they’ll make exceptions for letterboxed apps that display videos… and I imagine they would allow it for photos too. In those cases, letterboxing just makes sense. As long as the rest of the app is not letterboxed, such as main menus, set up screens, etc. then you should be fine. If you’re nervous about this, then one trick you can do is fill the letterbox area with graphics. [import]uid: 32256 topic_id: 31646 reply_id: 128314[/import]

#27

flyingaudio,

Yeah, my trick will only work if you layout your app relative to the displayWidth/Height… in which case there is no point in using our dynamic content scaling at all. Okay, so forget that idea.

You are right that the iPhone 4 has the exact same aspect ratio as the Nook HD+… however, there is one more gotcha. B&N’s documented display width and height in pixels doesn’t do us much good if we do not know the height of the bottom navigation bar. That navigation bar steals screen real-estate and needs to be subtracted from the height in portrait mode and width in landscape mode (the bar moves when you rotate the device). We don’t have a Nook HD to play with anymore because B&N needed their prototype back, but I’ll ask their team what the height is. [import]uid: 32256 topic_id: 31646 reply_id: 128315[/import]