I have a google sheet I need to cast to a separate monitor, but all the data must be displayed without scrolling so I need to have the sheet displayed in portrait mode.
I have to build the spreadsheet using Excel then paste it into a Google Sheet in order to cast it. Any idea how to cast to a monitor that is setup for portrait mode so that all the data will fit on one screen? Thanks so much for ANY advice!!
If you are trying to cast in a vertically mounted TV (Portrait), I think this is not possible as per Chromecast Help Forum post. It was also identified that the rotation of the display using Chromecast is not possible as it is a work that should be done by the settings of the mobile/PC device you are casting from. Also, to help you understand more, check the overall design principles.
Wound up using Chromebits. It was a bit more expensive but the option to change the screen orientation is built in to the OS.
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I want to change default loading screen when i navigate between pages on WP8 app but I don't know how to do it.
Thank you
So there is many ways of doing it and you need to address what exactly is your best solution.
So the splash screen is the first place to start, here you can specify images that should be used upon start the app. It is also possible to introduce animations.
Your case (As far as I understand) is referring to navigation in-app. Again here I assume you use Silverlight, and not Win-RT?
For this you can create either popups or change the PhoneApplicationFrame. Popups can be displayed across pages during navigation. This however has the issue with memory leak and low performance, because of the popup implementation in WP.
I would therefore go with changing the PhoneApplicationFrame, you can follow this: Specify Popup location, throughout page navigation
Very little information about you app, but maybe this will help:How to create a custom indeterminate progress bar for Windows Phone 8
To apply orientation support to my game, I have been trying to get the screen orientation via
Windows::Graphics::Display::DisplayProperties::CurrentOrientation
But this throws an immediate exception. I searched on the net what might be the cause of it, but couldnt find any helpful resources. In this link , http://developer.nokia.com/community/discussion/showthread.php/246733-DisplayProperties-CurrentOrientation-not-supported-in-XAML-app a similar exception is discussed , and as a solution using App.RootFrame.Orientation in c# side is proposed.
But I need to get the orientation in native code. What could you suggest on this?
You could use the Accelerometer sensor to get the exact orientation when the device doesn't move much or simply use the Frame dimensions.
Is there a way to alert a user if he accesses my webpage on his mobile device ?
The reason for this is because this particular webpage is not coded in a way to be looked at on a mobile device (at least not yet)
So, if any would access the webpage on his mobile a pop-up will appear saying something like: "This webpage is currently not supported by mobile devices".
Would this be hard to do ?
Yes it is possible, you need mobile detection script, have a look at following project on github. I have used it myself for similar requirements. This solution is for PHP (you haven't mention which technologies you been using).
https://github.com/serbanghita/Mobile-Detect
You can easily do this with Javascript as well, just google for Javascript Device Detection and you'll find enough. Another possibility is using CSS Media Queries; create a pop up, set it to display: none, and in your query make it visible again.
I take several photos using iPad. I take them in different orientations (rotate iPad every time on 90 degrees).
Then I download them to my Windows laptop and what I see? I don't see them as I saw them on the screen of iPad. Actually, there is only one valid image. Others are rotated.
I found this problem in browser (FF & Chrome). When you display image using img html tag it is rotated. But if you display it by entering image's full URL - it's totally OK.
I checked pictures via Safari on iPad - they look fine (in img tag), but don't in Windows.
Is there some metadata which shows that image should be rotated or smth like this?
As you know, the iPad has a hardware device in it that tells it the device orientation, which is how it determines how to display the screen to the user. While the hardware instantly knows how it's positioned at any given time, they seem to have engineered a lag into the software registering this change to improve the user experience (so the screen doesn't flip back and forth several times in a single second). However, this lag might lead to some unexpected results when taking a photo.
I have found that the orientation is most often unexpected with the iPhone / iPad when I am taking photos with my screen facing downward (i.e. taking a picture of something on a tabletop, for example). I assume landscape but get portrait, and vice versa. In that scenario (downward / flat), it is more difficult for the device to know what my intended orientation is.
I find the best way to resolve this is to hold the device in the clear orientation that I want for a second before I take the photo, then point the camera downward and snap.
The orientation data is included in an image's metadata (AKA exif data). You can take a look here for more information:
http://www.daveperrett.com/articles/2012/07/28/exif-orientation-handling-is-a-ghetto/
It is relatively easy to retrieve (and modify) the exif data in software. If you are doing lots of batch processing in some type of custom way, libraries are available to help with this for a variety of frameworks. But for small jobs, the absolute most simple way is to click the little "rotate" icon in the image viewer software within Windows which will make the update for you.
I'm developing a win8 / winrt xaml app. In my app I need to know if the orientation of the tablet is vertical or horizzontal..
Where can I find this information? I tried to use ActualWidth and ActualHeight properties but without any success.
I try to take a look at:
Frame
Application
Window
But I can't find what I'm looking for!
Any suggestion?
static property Windows.UI.ViewManagement.ApplicationView.Value will return the following values.
FullScreenLandscape
Filled
Snapped
FullScreenPortrait
Actually, since the ApplicationView.Value is deprecated in Windows 8.1, I'd recommend not using that for your app now. DisplayProperties provides some data here in their API. Also, depending on your scenario you may not want to think only about the device orientation but the Window size itself that your app is in. In Win8.1 since you can have 50/50 split, your app may be in a "taller than wider" viewport which effectively is a portrait view as well.
If your app relies on knowing portrait to make assumptions about edges of the physical device, then that is different, but consider looking at Window size and determining if "taller than wider" is a good indication for your app and use that to trigger any changes.