Interface Availability

esekiel

Hi all,
I am considering using game salad to develop a reference book application. I've see a cool interface where there is a scroll wheel to select the chapter or verse. I have two reference screen captures from two apps I use and I'll try to attach. This is my first post here and I'm not sure if I can attach screen captures. My two questions are:
1. Does game salad expose this interface through behaviors? It seems common across many apps in the Apple App store.
2. How much app design functionality of xcode is available in Game Salad? 10%? 25%?

Thanks
- Esekiel

Clouds

Host your screen captures on some where like TinyPic - and paste the code it gives you in your post.

1. Does game salad expose this interface through behaviors.

Not sure what this question means ? If you want a certain interface then you must build it within GameSalad.

2. How much app design functionality of xcode is available in Game Salad? 10%? 25%?

Again this question seems odd (to me at least), I'm not sure what use a figure would be to you (or anyone), what would you do with the information, for example if I told you GameSalad could access 57.46% of Xcode's "design functionality" (?), like other high-level SDKs GameSalad has its limitations.

The_Gamesalad_Guru

Gamesald doesn't access any of Apple's interfaces.

Clouds

Gamesald doesn't access any of Apple's interfaces.

C'mon FryingBaconStudios - what about the cursor ?

The_Gamesalad_Guru

Oops, my bad....

mynameisace

Until you upload the picture it's difficult to say but most interfaces should be able to be replicated (use the replicate behaviour - joking by the way haha) with a little creativity. None of the standard Apple interface options can be accessed by default though, not even buttons or alerts.

Ace

MotherHoose

but the nativeAppleGUI images are usable
simply import the images you want
… add to an actor
… assign rules/behaviors that are appropriate for the image functionality

http://www.teehanlax.com/downloads/ios-5-gui-psd-iphone-4s/

@};- MH

mynameisace

Are we allowed to use them? Sounds like a strange question, but Apple are funny creatures

Ace

MotherHoose

for iOS apps/games Apple recommends we conform to standard controls
Apple knows full-well that not all uploaded apps/games are made in Xcode

not using what enables you to conform as an Apple developer… may get your project rejected.

those graphic representing the Xcode code are created without using Apple code
and, the artist gives you full rights to copy his work for use in an iOS app/game.

I would use images that look like they belong … either to the game or to the device rather than jar a user's experience …

@};- MH

MarkOnTheIron

@mynameisace I used the images from teehanlax.com multiple times and never had a problem with Apple.