hello! i am a newbie here… Does corona have an advanced UI framework for non-games apps?
something like JQuery Mobile for instance. i want to develop a non-game app with advanced and beautiful menu . [import]uid: 168570 topic_id: 31414 reply_id: 331414[/import]
Not really. It has some widgets for doing picker wheels, list and scroll views and buttons, but beyond that, you kinda have to make your own. The folks who make Particle Candy and Text Candy have their own UI toolkit that is pretty robust, but it doesn’t look anything like the standard iOS UI controls. This is of course great to build UI features into a game but . . . [import]uid: 19626 topic_id: 31414 reply_id: 125574[/import]
With Corona you can make business apps but nothing like a real native one (yet?!)
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“With Corona you can make business apps but nothing like a real native one!”
Not exactly true, although I know what you’re meaning (I think). Depending on the app you’re creating you can end up with something that’s basically indistinguishable from one created in Xcode/Obj-C.
Jay
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@Jay, thanks for trying to understand what I wanted to mean.
BTW, if someone else reading this does not understand, I will try to be more clear now:
When I say that I want to say that for “any” real iOS or Android user, the ones that really KNOWS how the respective OS flow, so those will surely notice that the app was not made with a native tool.(or some other SDK).
I know that Corona can make business apps (as I have 6 now where 4 are apps not games) but any time I get my own app that mimics iOS native style (using Corona Widgets, Widget Candy…) I can without doubt say that it was not built with xCode or something “similar” at least. So by this example I hope you all understand what I mean.
Also, trying to build business apps for iPad specifically with Corona is a pain (as there are many UIs elements totally different than iPhones/iPods as well). PS: But to realize that the app is not native and was built with Corona, we have only to see the devices orientation that when is changed shows that horrible black frame turning out of the view so its Coronas app. (ok, maybe isnt native as well as there are other SDKs that get to mimic devices orientations as good as native iOS but not Corona).
Rodrigo. [import]uid: 89165 topic_id: 31414 reply_id: 125670[/import]
Not really. It has some widgets for doing picker wheels, list and scroll views and buttons, but beyond that, you kinda have to make your own. The folks who make Particle Candy and Text Candy have their own UI toolkit that is pretty robust, but it doesn’t look anything like the standard iOS UI controls. This is of course great to build UI features into a game but . . . [import]uid: 19626 topic_id: 31414 reply_id: 125574[/import]
With Corona you can make business apps but nothing like a real native one (yet?!)
[import]uid: 89165 topic_id: 31414 reply_id: 125642[/import]
“With Corona you can make business apps but nothing like a real native one!”
Not exactly true, although I know what you’re meaning (I think). Depending on the app you’re creating you can end up with something that’s basically indistinguishable from one created in Xcode/Obj-C.
Jay
[import]uid: 9440 topic_id: 31414 reply_id: 125668[/import]
@Jay, thanks for trying to understand what I wanted to mean.
BTW, if someone else reading this does not understand, I will try to be more clear now:
When I say that I want to say that for “any” real iOS or Android user, the ones that really KNOWS how the respective OS flow, so those will surely notice that the app was not made with a native tool.(or some other SDK).
I know that Corona can make business apps (as I have 6 now where 4 are apps not games) but any time I get my own app that mimics iOS native style (using Corona Widgets, Widget Candy…) I can without doubt say that it was not built with xCode or something “similar” at least. So by this example I hope you all understand what I mean.
Also, trying to build business apps for iPad specifically with Corona is a pain (as there are many UIs elements totally different than iPhones/iPods as well). PS: But to realize that the app is not native and was built with Corona, we have only to see the devices orientation that when is changed shows that horrible black frame turning out of the view so its Coronas app. (ok, maybe isnt native as well as there are other SDKs that get to mimic devices orientations as good as native iOS but not Corona).
Rodrigo. [import]uid: 89165 topic_id: 31414 reply_id: 125670[/import]