New Dashboard - Final Testing
Hey everyone, I just wanted to let you know that the new dashboard has entered the "Final Testing" phase. You can read more about it on the blog.
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Comments
Colin
On an already existing app, what happens to our 128x128 activity icons if we were to just hit the build button? Would our app look really bad or is it going to put everything in place for the most part? Do we have to re-adjust colors again or will the new dashboard use the existing theme, if you will? Just curious.
I hope to avoid tweaking the dashboard on every single app I have just because I want to go quickly go back and add a simple activity like a FB link to them. What if I don't want to customize things further because it is time consuming? I am lazy.
This is a big change so some of your colours will be lost. If you are building a new app after the release you should probably check it to make sure you get what you want. Once you are used to the new dashboards the process will probably become much more automatic.
We tried to make it so that if you just hit build things would look pretty good, it might not be what you had before, but it should look good together.
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I keep getting the folowing error when trying to use a custom action bar theme file: "Must be an action bar theme .ZIP file"
Not sure what's wrong as I am using the site you recommended to create the custom anction bar file.
Any insights?
Steve
If you're receiving a build error notification, there are 3 different types of error messages that may be returned, each with specific text. If you let us know what the exact text is, we'll be able to tell you more.
Beyond what Lorne stated, you'll also want to make sure you select "Sherlock" instead of "Holo" next to "Style compatibility".
For more information, take a look at the article http://support.andromo.com/kb/application-settings/action-bar-style-generator
Also what size device are you testing on?
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Lorne / Darryl,
Thanks for the help and speedy reply. It appears that it was not accepting my switch from Halo to Sherlock. I had to click it a few times but eventually it worked and I can now test the new action bar with different colors, etc.
Thanks again for the help.
Steve