Gideros 2023.11 Released

hgy29

November version of Gideros is ready.

Here is what's new:

Improvements

[core/urlloader] Report error message in corresponding event
[core/application] Handle application:set("statusBar") for Android and iOS
[core/gfx] Allow specifying stencil clear value
[gfx/sprite] Make stencil op inheritable from parents
[plugin/ads] Implement AdReady on Android (for ApplovinMax and AdMob)
[Library] Update ui and 3d libs

Fixes

[gfx/metal] Recreate texture on update if necessary
[gfx/metal] Avoid using too many buffers
[export/apple] Fix render target depth orientation for Metal
[gfx/pixel] Fix extra texture allocation


Download it from here:
http://giderosmobile.com/download

MoKaLux

Thank you captain hgy29

MoKaLux

I have an issue with Gideros Studio 2023.11 but I don't know if it's me or if it's expected behavior

My issue is with Pixel and setTexture:
-when I call setNinePatch the image covers the whole Pixel and reflects the correct size of the Pixel
-when I don't call setNinePatch the image is letterboxed and doesn't cover the whole Pixel which makes the Pixel look smaller than it actually is

To me it seems a little bit misleading as the dimensions of the Pixel are correct but the way the image is letterboxed makes it look smaller than it really is.

Here is some code to demonstrate the effect:

-- textures local btnuptex = Texture.new("gfx/ui/btn_01_up.png") -- objects local btnx = Pixel.new(0xffffff, 1, 32, 32) local btnx2 = Pixel.new(0xffffff, 1, 32, 32) -- params btnx:setScale(4, 1) btnx2:setScale(4, 1) btnx:setTexture(btnuptex) btnx2:setTexture(btnuptex) btnx:setNinePatch(32) -- seems legit --btnx2:setNinePatch(32) -- without NinePatch, Pixel looks smaller! -- position btnx:setPosition(16*18, 16*4) btnx2:setPosition(16*18, 16*8) -- order stage:addChild(btnx) stage:addChild(btnx2)

What do you think? should the NinePatch be computed inside Pixel setTexture?

Hope this make sense, thank you

hgy29

@MoKaLux,
Pixel can draw its texture in three ways:
- letterbox (the default)
- stretched (texture will take all the pixel size)
- nine patch (only center part is stretched)

Switching to nine patch mode is obvious, you just call setNinePatch.
Switching to stretched mode can be done in two ways:
- At creation:

Pixel.new(width,height,texture) --Here texture is third argument, not first

- At run time:

pixel:setNinePatch()

or

pixel:setNinePatch(0)

The latter is because a nine patch with no fixed borders is equivalent to a fully stretched texture, and Pixel class recognize that.

Note that there is no way to return back to letterbox mode