Meme IDE Training Material

1. Cross Platform Design
● Windows Mobile 6.5
● Android 2.1 +
● Two Form Designs
● One set of
● Functions
● Menus
● Data structures

2. Layout in WM
● Absolute Layouts
● At present screen
assumed to be
240x320
● Auto scaling for
same aspect ratio

3. Layout in Android
● Flow Containers
● Add controls to flow container not directly to
Form
● Multiple controls in a flow layout, arranged
horizontally
Flow container markers

4. Layout in Android
● Flow containers can be dragged about
● Layout width – space divided between
controls
● Layout height – default
● But image-items a special case
● Image height determines control height

5. Layout in Android
● Outline View is useful

6. Linked Screen Designs
For any form
● Android design can be linked to Windows Design
or not
● If linked, then when you add a control to WM
designer it automatically gets added to Android
design
● A sensible default layout is attempted by Meme
IDE
● Unlink a form when the design diverges

7. Unlinking a Design

8. Primary Platform
● Linked screen
designs
● At present, if
designing for
Android and
WM, then WM
MUST be
primary

9. Re-linking
● If you re-link after making unlinked changes
● Those changes vanish
● They will reappear if you unlink again straight
away

10. Summary
● Two platforms
● WM – absolute layout
● Android – layout containers
● Linked or unlinked designs