Automatic text sizes: I need help.

[icebold]

Hi all,

I'm trying to automatic scale textsizes in every elements I have in my layout but without success

I have good result using the following script, found here in the forum:

Dim lv As LayoutValues
lv = GetDeviceLayoutValues

Select lv.Scale
Case 2
   devicetype = "Smartphone 5"
   TextSizeRatio = 1.5
Case 1.5
   If lv.Width > 1100 Then
      devicetype = "Tablet 7"
      TextSizeRatio = 2
   Else
      devicetype = "Smartphone 3.5"
      TextSizeRatio = 1
   End If
Case 1
   If lv.Width > 1100 Then
      devicetype = "Tablet 10"
      TextSizeRatio = 3
   Else If lv.Width < 600 Then
      devicetype = "Smartphone 3.5"
      TextSizeRatio=1
   Else
      devicetype = "Tablet 7"
      TextSizeRatio = 2
   End If
End Select

'then TextSizeRatio to my elements, example:
button1.textsize=14*TestSizeRatio

It works with most common phone's densities, properly adapted, but I still don't like results with some devices with "abnormal" densities,
I would like to create a sub that proportionally adapts text sizes for all smartphones.

Do you think it would be possible?

Could anybody suggest me another good solution?

Thanks!

Davide

( I hope my english is not too bad! )

 

[Erel]

Text size is measured in physical units. Usually there is no need to change the text size based on the scale. You may want to increase the text size on tablets.

I recommend you to use the new designer scripts feature and only change the text size when running on 10'' tablets.

 

[icebold]

I use a single layout for my project, 320x533 scale 1,
I'm using your designer script for automatically adapt every views such buttons, labels etc. for every devices with values in %, and it works fine.

If in the designer script ( all variants ) I set:
button1.textsize=14
what exactly happens? does Textsizes of this element becomes adapded for every resolutions and densities? I mean, as a button is changing it's position, width and height relative to a new device, it's text content is also proportionally stretched?

I'm actually call a procedure to recalculate new textsizes for every elements, maybe it's not necessary.

It's better to use more layout variants?
( I'll do it for 10" tablets, as you reccomended me )

thanks

 

[Erel]

The text size will be scaled based on the device scale. It should have the same physical size whether running on a low resolution device or high resolution device.

 

[nfordbscndrd]

If you have not already looked at the Designer page in the Documentation Wiki, the Introduction has links to 3 screen shots which illustrate the problem of the same layout on different sized devices but with the same density/scale.

Because the scale is the same, the text size does not get adjusted. Since a size 14 will look proportionally smaller on, say, a 1280x800 scale 1 (10" tablet) than on an 800x480 scale 1 (7" tablet), the size must be manually adjusted either in code or by making a separate layout for the different size devices, which is why Erel said to make a layout for tablets.

 

[icebold]

I appreciate your help!

thanks guys

 

[duneplodder]

Hi Davide,
As a quick & dirty option could you try something like this in the "all variants script" window of Designer Scripts:

button1.textsize=button1.textsize*(100%x/320)
where the base layout is 320 x 480.

Just a thought.
Robert