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Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Hi,

I’m new here and can’t find some info that I’m looking for.

First, are there are screen shots of Corona available? I’m wondering if it a GUI style app where i can drag and drop controls on the app screen and then code? Or is it all coded to do this?

Second, Does an app get resized automatically when run on different resolutions of phones? Or do i need to code this?

And last, is there any type of data grid control available to use? I want to use this for business apps, not games.

Thanks!

Warren
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#2

  1. There’s no GUI. A level creator is in the works but Corona is a basically a way to code iOS apps in Lua, so it’s all still code centered.

  2. Things that are handled automatically by iOS are handled automatically by Corona, i.e.: your 3GS app will scale up to fit on an iPhone 4, or center on an iPhone 5. If you provide @2 size art it will pick the right file based on your device. But many things like different Android resolutions, detecting iPad vs. iPhone, etc. must still be handled by your code.

  3. Not sure what you mean by data grid control? Corona handles mySQL through a library and has various widgets to help a bit with building business apps, but it’s still game focused right now. Though the creator of one of the Corona IDE’s is currently crafting a series of lessons for business developers… [import]uid: 41884 topic_id: 31684 reply_id: 126561[/import]

#3

  1. There’s no GUI. A level creator is in the works but Corona is a basically a way to code iOS apps in Lua, so it’s all still code centered.

  2. Things that are handled automatically by iOS are handled automatically by Corona, i.e.: your 3GS app will scale up to fit on an iPhone 4, or center on an iPhone 5. If you provide @2 size art it will pick the right file based on your device. But many things like different Android resolutions, detecting iPad vs. iPhone, etc. must still be handled by your code.

  3. Not sure what you mean by data grid control? Corona handles mySQL through a library and has various widgets to help a bit with building business apps, but it’s still game focused right now. Though the creator of one of the Corona IDE’s is currently crafting a series of lessons for business developers… [import]uid: 41884 topic_id: 31684 reply_id: 126561[/import]