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April 12, 2012
Question

iPad app landscape loading screen

  • April 12, 2012
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I have an iPad app that only runs in landscape mode. I made this app using Flash Professional cs 5.5. I would like to have only one image for the loading screen. The image dimensions are 1024x768 and I want this image to only appear in landscape mode no matter which orientation someone is holding their iPad. Below are links to different scenarios of how the loading screen could look. In each scenario I show four images of a basic loading screen, in which each image represents a different orientation of how someone could hold their iPad. The orange square in each image represents the iPad home button.

Image links

Scenario 1

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e53/joder2006/sen1.jpg

Scenario 2

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e53/joder2006/sen2.jpg

Scenario 3

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e53/joder2006/sen3.jpg

I would prefer scenario 1, but scenario 2 works too, but I don’t want to have scenario 3 happen, where it squishes the landscape image to make it fit the portrait screen. So how do I get my loading screen to look correct?

Unfortunately I don’t own an iPad so I can’t test my app on an iPad.

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2 replies

Adobe Employee
April 13, 2012

You need to mention aspectRatio as landscape in the application descriptor and package Default-Landscape.png and Default-Landscape@2x.png with your app and you are done!

Colin Holgate
Inspiring
April 13, 2012

The @2x variation is for the iPad retina display, and won't be used unless you publish the app using iOS 5.1 SDK. If you're not, then you just need Default-Landscape.png.