OSX Desktop testing in Corona Simulator-Is it possible? How?

[IBMHursley19641]

Corona latest newletter has got me really fired up  and excited to get OSX Desktop working… Well done guys.

I guess the title almost says it all though. I am using Outlaw IDE and during testing there are no options to try OSX desktop per-se in the simulator or build. There are options to ‘view as’ to test code and detect the device and OS system levels, but cannot see how to run a simulator  specifically for a desktop. So hence my app runs as built e.g say iphone or ipad [seems a bit random when it chooses one over the other] but hey the app runs on my mac osx, which is great, but looks like an iphone image.

I could change the code to be more specific for OSX but thus far the app is device independant and detects device types and rotations etc very well. I would like to continue to use common code and detect the run environment at start up as per IOS.

I am assuming I will have to provide the user options to ‘rotate’  from portrat or landscape in my own menus.

I would also like to provide ‘stretch’ detections allowing the user to change the view size to any dimension below full screen.

But slowing down the excitement a moment, back to the title here.

How can I do testing in the simulator? If not how do I get the print to the old terminal out during live running of the app [sorry if this is covered elsewhere just very keen to get this going]

[IBMHursley19641]

Just found Rob’s reply yesterday to a question that may help

https://forums.coronalabs.com/topic/58150-how-to-detect-if-the-game-runs-on-windows/?hl=%2Bdesktop+%2Bmac#entry300682

OK, Have found a workaround to test in simulator and in real environment based on Robs input.

I used the ‘custom device’ menu as an indicator for my app to build and run as a desktop because there is no DeskTop device menu as far as I can tell[Version 2015.2687 (2015.7.21)]

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– Determine if this app is running in a desktop window.
–during testing in Corona simulator and outside simulator i.e. real

–==========================================
_G.device.isRunningOnDesktop = false

_G.device.platformName = system.getInfo(“platformName”)

    if (_G.device.platformName == “Win”) or (_G.device.platformName == “Mac OS X”) then
      
        _G.device.model=“DeskTop”  —default the real environment

        if (system.getInfo(“environment”) ~= “device”) then
        --running simulator mode -i.e. test mode            
                        
                            _G.device.model = system.getInfo(“model”)  --use selected device to test and build

                            if _G.device.model==“My Custom Device” then  --building for DeskTop screen formatting

                                  — selected from simulator  Window/view as/ Custom device
                                _G.device.model=“DeskTop”
                            end
                end
end

–=============================================

Note – a lot of global variables for this example, but that can be changed if required…

[IBMHursley19641]

I was wondersing where all the settings and files are now stored when running on desktop. For those also interested they are in the Macintosh HD/ Users/mymacbook name/Library/Application Support/myDeskTopApname/ Caches   or / tmp or / Documents depending on your app.

Now where is the app icon…?

[IBMHursley19641]

Testing screen sizes during this exercise I have selected a Custom device.

Set the Custom device window to 1200x820

Under the simulator the app detects  only 703x480 in simulator mode.

I then build for mac osx version 10.10.4 (14E46)  and then the app detects only 340x480.!!!

I can’t work out what is happening here, yet, the above setting were default portrait by mistake,

Changing to default landscape in setting gives mac osx version 10.10.4 (14E46) 509*320

Any comments welcome.

[Perry_Clarke]

Glad you were able to figure out testing in the Simulator.  We’ll probably add a “Desktop” skin but it’ll be pretty much indistinguishable from the “Custom Device” skin you are using.

“Screen” sizes are a little confusing because what is the screen size on a mobile device is really the window size on the desktop.  You set the default window size in your build.settings using:

-- Sets the default launch width and height of the view/client area of the window. -- This is the region within the borders of the window that Corona renders to. -- Ideally, this should match or exceed your "config.lua" content width and height. defaultViewWidth = 640, defaultViewHeight = 960,

We’re having a debate on whether revealing the actual screensize is needed on the desktop and any feedback is welcome.

[IBMHursley19641]

Thanks. Confusing it is, but that is probably me making too many assumptions. I first thought that using the Custom Device and specifying the screen size there would override any settings somehow- I am not sure yet what size effects what where or when so will keep experimenting. I am looking at display.contentWidth and display.contentHeight in the app that results in the figures above.

My screen sizes are just random selections at this stage.

I am at least getting closer as it shows in landscape but with the settings as follows in simulation I get 908*600 , not 600*420.

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I think if you exposed the screensizes it would help me. My app is full of tableviews resized to fit any window.

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The settings and config files need to be very carefully set. Even when doing the setting as below the config needed changing also

My config section

local aspectRatio =display.pixelHeight/display.pixelWidth

application =
{
    content =
    {
        graphicsCompatibility = 1,  – Turn on V1 Compatibility Mode
    width = aspectRatio > 1.5 and 600 or math.ceil(420 /aspectRatio),
    height = aspectRatio<1.5 and 420 or math.ceil (600*aspectRatio),
        scale = “letterbox”,
        fps = 60,
        
        imageSuffix = {
            ["@2x"] = 1.5,
            ["@3x"] = 2.5,
        antialias = false

I have settings as follows

 
settings =
{
    orientation =
    {
         default = “landscapeLeft”,—“portrait”,
       supported = { “portrait”,“landscapeLeft”, “landscapeRight”,“portraitUpsideDown”
         },
         window = {

        – Sets up how the window should be launched on startup; default is “normal”.
        – Supports “normal”, “minimized”, “maximized”, or “fullscreen”.
        defaultMode = “fullscreen”,

     
        defaultViewWidth = 600,
        defaultViewHeight = 420,

    
        resizable = true,

       
        minViewWidth = 500,
        minViewHeight = 350,

[IBMHursley19641]

Just found Rob’s reply yesterday to a question that may help

https://forums.coronalabs.com/topic/58150-how-to-detect-if-the-game-runs-on-windows/?hl=%2Bdesktop+%2Bmac#entry300682

OK, Have found a workaround to test in simulator and in real environment based on Robs input.

I used the ‘custom device’ menu as an indicator for my app to build and run as a desktop because there is no DeskTop device menu as far as I can tell[Version 2015.2687 (2015.7.21)]

----========================================

– Determine if this app is running in a desktop window.
–during testing in Corona simulator and outside simulator i.e. real

–==========================================
_G.device.isRunningOnDesktop = false

_G.device.platformName = system.getInfo(“platformName”)

    if (_G.device.platformName == “Win”) or (_G.device.platformName == “Mac OS X”) then
      
        _G.device.model=“DeskTop”  —default the real environment

        if (system.getInfo(“environment”) ~= “device”) then
        --running simulator mode -i.e. test mode            
                        
                            _G.device.model = system.getInfo(“model”)  --use selected device to test and build

                            if _G.device.model==“My Custom Device” then  --building for DeskTop screen formatting

                                  — selected from simulator  Window/view as/ Custom device
                                _G.device.model=“DeskTop”
                            end
                end
end

–=============================================

Note – a lot of global variables for this example, but that can be changed if required…

[IBMHursley19641]

I was wondersing where all the settings and files are now stored when running on desktop. For those also interested they are in the Macintosh HD/ Users/mymacbook name/Library/Application Support/myDeskTopApname/ Caches   or / tmp or / Documents depending on your app.

Now where is the app icon…?

[IBMHursley19641]

Testing screen sizes during this exercise I have selected a Custom device.

Set the Custom device window to 1200x820

Under the simulator the app detects  only 703x480 in simulator mode.

I then build for mac osx version 10.10.4 (14E46)  and then the app detects only 340x480.!!!

I can’t work out what is happening here, yet, the above setting were default portrait by mistake,

Changing to default landscape in setting gives mac osx version 10.10.4 (14E46) 509*320

Any comments welcome.

[Perry_Clarke]

Glad you were able to figure out testing in the Simulator.  We’ll probably add a “Desktop” skin but it’ll be pretty much indistinguishable from the “Custom Device” skin you are using.

“Screen” sizes are a little confusing because what is the screen size on a mobile device is really the window size on the desktop.  You set the default window size in your build.settings using:

-- Sets the default launch width and height of the view/client area of the window. -- This is the region within the borders of the window that Corona renders to. -- Ideally, this should match or exceed your "config.lua" content width and height. defaultViewWidth = 640, defaultViewHeight = 960,

We’re having a debate on whether revealing the actual screensize is needed on the desktop and any feedback is welcome.

[IBMHursley19641]

Thanks. Confusing it is, but that is probably me making too many assumptions. I first thought that using the Custom Device and specifying the screen size there would override any settings somehow- I am not sure yet what size effects what where or when so will keep experimenting. I am looking at display.contentWidth and display.contentHeight in the app that results in the figures above.

My screen sizes are just random selections at this stage.

I am at least getting closer as it shows in landscape but with the settings as follows in simulation I get 908*600 , not 600*420.

---

I think if you exposed the screensizes it would help me. My app is full of tableviews resized to fit any window.

---

The settings and config files need to be very carefully set. Even when doing the setting as below the config needed changing also

My config section

local aspectRatio =display.pixelHeight/display.pixelWidth

application =
{
    content =
    {
        graphicsCompatibility = 1,  – Turn on V1 Compatibility Mode
    width = aspectRatio > 1.5 and 600 or math.ceil(420 /aspectRatio),
    height = aspectRatio<1.5 and 420 or math.ceil (600*aspectRatio),
        scale = “letterbox”,
        fps = 60,
        
        imageSuffix = {
            ["@2x"] = 1.5,
            ["@3x"] = 2.5,
        antialias = false

I have settings as follows

 
settings =
{
    orientation =
    {
         default = “landscapeLeft”,—“portrait”,
       supported = { “portrait”,“landscapeLeft”, “landscapeRight”,“portraitUpsideDown”
         },
         window = {

        – Sets up how the window should be launched on startup; default is “normal”.
        – Supports “normal”, “minimized”, “maximized”, or “fullscreen”.
        defaultMode = “fullscreen”,

     
        defaultViewWidth = 600,
        defaultViewHeight = 420,

    
        resizable = true,

       
        minViewWidth = 500,
        minViewHeight = 350,