Sharing > snap photo
Not exactly sure how this works, but it doesn't seem to do anything. Is it supposed to put an image in ipad pictures?
Fill colour is only working once
Is this an unknown problem, or have I missed something out? I don't really want the user to have to keep pressing the 'page refresh' option all the time..
Also, I can't download any of the sample apps in the program.. could you email them to me and give me information on how to install them?
Thanks x
The FillColor problem is a glitch we're working on fixing soon. Regarding the sample apps, they will be going through updates to reflect some improvements to version 4 of InteractBuilder, but if there are any specific effects or apps that you would be interested in seeing, we could put that together for you and email a link to download the app folder.
cannot login
Whenever I try to login to my account in the InteractBuilder or Player on my computer it does not work. It also does not work on my iPhone 4. Works on the website though, so am I doing something wrong or is this a bug that will be fixed in the upcoming version release?
Hi Jason,
Sorry for the confusion. We have not unified the InteractBuilder software with the web site authentication process. What you need to do is run the InteractBuilder and click the REGISTER button on the opening screen. Register yourself and you should be all set.
Once you register the software you can then share apps and when you share an app the recipient will receive an email indicating their user id (email address) and password to use when logging into the Player.
Let us know if this resolved your issue.
Ezra
Page > Jump UI enhancement
Please consider making the Jump behavior accessible from the top Behavior level rather than having to drill through Page > Jump to define a page number. (One less step for developers and will save us time, and hand fatigue!) Thanks.
What we might do is provide the user the ability to keep a list of favorite behaviors, moving it to the top level is not possible because the top level is used for behavior categories.
About publishing fees
An App for a book (which is only 7-10 pages each), am I thinking it correctly? Or am I misunderstanding the concept of an App?
If each app is relatively short or simple, one option would be to combine a group of them into one app. Maybe if ten of the apps are about a specific topic, you could have an app that has something like a library of those ten books, which would actually all be in the same app. This can also make the app feel more substantial and layered for the end user and worth the price.
The $299 yearly publishing membership does cover one app per year, and the $99 per additional app is for the process of having the additional apps submitted to the app marketplaces. If you use your own developer account instead of ours and submit your InteractBuilder apps yourself, the additional fee does not apply.
Just to clarify since you used the terms "e-book" as well as "app," the main difference between the two is that an app can have many more features like animation, sound effects, video, drawing, and more, while an e-book is usually simply for reading on an e-reader or other device. Some enhanced e-books have more options like simple animations and audio, but apps usually represent a more flexible range of functionality and interactivity. InteractBuilder creates apps and allows for many interactive options.
I hope this helps!
Inna
Ken Burns Effect
template suggestion
So, I'm going through my files to make sure the app is clean and quick. I used a drawing set that is the same on every page with the template option. Now I've got 12 copies of all of the10 elements that I imported with the template. I don't know if it's possible, but it would be great if they could use the same file in future updates.
Thanks!
add iphone photo directly into app
If there isn't a way already that I am not aware of (if there is please tell me) I would like you to consider a way to add a photo taken from an iphone and have it automatically put it into a location on a page in an app.
If you use the InteractBuilder on the iPad (soon to be released), you can import photos directly from the photo album, we do intend to release the InteractBuilder on the iPhone as well, so you will be able to do the same thing directly on your iPhone.
We have no plan integrating the desktop version with a smartphone at this time.
Show at Tap not working
Show at Tap doesn't work when I set an action on an animated graphic element (which has a transition that resolves into place) to on Tap > Show at Tap > a separate Text element. (The text element is hidden until it is revealed on tap.)
When I tap the animated element in Interact mode, the animated element jumps a little distance on screen (not desired) but the targeted text element that I want to show at top remains hidden and doesn't display.
Expectation is that Show At Tap should reveal the targeted hidden element in interact mode. (I'm using a Macbook Pro).
Show at Tap is ment for the element on which the behavior is set. So if you have Show at Tap on the frame element that will Show when you Tap it. I suggest using simple Tap-Show.
How to Stop Narration on all pages?
I tried using the pause narration option, but that only woks on the the current screen.
I don't want them to have to keep clicking a pause audio button on every page as that would be annoying to end users. I want the background music and sound effects on other objects to still play, just pause the narration on all pages.
Thanks for your help.
For every narration file that you have, on it's PlayAudio behavior you will need to set a condition: If the App counter <You global counter name> Value is 1.
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