Picker too narrow?

hi,
sorry if this is too obvious.
i have a picker which shows the user three options (resume, save, discard).
i have used the picker sample as reference.

my problem is that the region of the screen where strings are shown is very narrow. i guess it is device specific. in my case it is shown in a fr230, fr235.

so that the whole text is shown, i have to use fonts in small size. they are difficult to read for some users.

is there any straightforward way to make this region wider?

otherwise i would need to find suitable icons, or write my own picker class, right?

thank you in advance

jim_m_58 over 8 years ago

Unless you need to use a picker for some reason, why not use a menu with "Resume,Save,Discard"? The standard menu is used and you don't have to worry about anything device specific, and get the same functionality as in menus in native apps (for example, on a menu like "Resume,Save,Discard", there is a 4th option - The back key. That's a way to keep the recording paused, but go back and look at the various screens.

You don't get icons like on some of the native app's menus, but you get the same interface. I may be wrong, but using a menu is probably a good amount cheaper memory-wise than doing a picker. You could do your own version with icons, but that means you might have to change it for any devices you support, and depending on the size of your app, there could be a time where you're looking to free up a few hundred bytes.

danielp27 over 8 years ago

oh!
i had overlooked that class. damm. thanks a lot!