Daniel Gonzalez
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Eclipse Out of Memory Error
Some users are reporting seeing an out of memory error related to Eclipse, which Designer runs on. In this case, simply allocating more memory to Designer will resolve the issue. You can do this b...
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Generate Condensed .GAPP Output
In earlier versions of Storyboard the toggle to enable condensed output for GAPP files was in the Storyboard Export Parameters tab: With the changes that came to the Storyboard Application Export C...
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Checking Your Application's Memory Footprint
Memory management is especially important on embedded platforms. Storyboard provides a few ways to view an estimation of your application's footprint on your target. The most obvious example of thi...
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How to manually launch Lua Debugger
In order to enable the Lua Debugger in the Simulator, you have to check the Enable Lua Debugger box in the Storyboard Simulator Configurations menu: Normally this makes it so that once you simulate...
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Triggering a Screen Capture from Lua
It’s not uncommon that users wish to take a screenshot of their application for testing purposes, automation, or even for niche UX cases. In a few cases we’ve seen a tendency for some users to try...
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Send An Input Event From Lua
In some cases you may wish to be able to send input/pointer events (gre.press, gre.release, etc.) to your application from Lua. You can do this simply by constructing the desired event with an appr...
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Changing An Application’s Orientation At Runtime
Generally, this kind of behavior is something mostly seen on a mobile device.When the device is physically rotated, the orientation of the screen’s contents are also rotated to match the new positi...
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Character Wrap Marquee Text Effect
Previously we looked at a simple Marquee scrolling effect where a line of text slides towards one direction, exits the screen, then reappears on the other side. If you want to take a look at that e...
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“Press and Hold” Button Functionality
A lot of modern UIs include gestures that are very useful, but at the same time you may not notice until it is gone. One of those is the Press and Hold behavior that is very common across many inte...
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Embedding An Icon Inline With Text
When it comes to working with text in an application, embedding icons within the text can help make a UI more user-friendly. For example, if a certain feature or menu in the application was represe...