Issue with Lesson 2 Icons

[fredotechGA2742]

When I test the Lesson 2 code with the icons added by mobgui the icons do not appear in iOS emulator when i try to test it. all teh code works just the icons are not there.

[fredotechGA2742]

I downloaded the LC Lesson 2 file and updated the icons and tried it in the simulator and it seems to work. I will go with that version for now but Im curious what the root cause is.

[cavenewt]

I finally got a nice clean stack through the end of lesson 2 where everything works great, except the icons in the Simulator. I downloaded and used the icons provided on the lesson resource page. They look great in LC's Run mode, but in the simulator they are just gray boxes. I guess I will deconstruct the provided stack for the finished lesson 2*, but I was wondering if anyone has figured this out yet? Having had trouble with it on my first attempt, I followed Elanor's instructions very carefully using both the video and the PDF.

*Later: so, when I open up the provided stack from the resource page (it came with lesson 3 but is the finished stack as of the end of lesson 2), I found I had to reload the button icons in mobGUI, as they were looking for the C drive on Eleanor's computer. Even after that, and specifying the right things in File/Standalone Application Settings, and then launching the Simulator, not only are the icons just white squares, but the buttons are not even clickable.

I must have overlooked something obvious in making Elanor's stack work on my Mac.

[elanorb]

Hi all

Sorry, I must have neglected to mention this. Because the icons are addressed by filename you need to include them in the Copy Files pane of the Standalone Application Settings, so they are included in the app bundle.

You also need to ensure that the pathnames are relative to where the icons will be in the app bundle so for example if you copy in an icons folder the paths in MobGUI should be

icons/contacts.png

I hope that helps.

Kind regards

Elanor

[cavenewt]

Because the icons are addressed by filename you need to include them in the Copy Files pane of the Standalone Application Settings, so they are included in the app bundle.

You also need to ensure that the pathnames are relative to where the icons will be in the app bundle so for example if you copy in an icons folder the paths in MobGUI should be icons/contacts.png

Thank you Elanor, after I did both suggestions it fixed my icons in the Simulator!

For icons, would it alternatively work to use LC File/Import as control? Or is that for a different purpose?

I see there is also an icons section in the main iOS Standalone Application Settings. When would that be used rather than the Copy Files window of Standalone Application Settings?

Thank you