System and method for device skinning
View Patent ↗A plugin for an Integrated Design Environment is provided, including a set of commands for defining an appearance of a UI design window in the Integrated Design Environment. The appearance of the application design window simulates a display screen of a portable electronic device and the set of commands being related to one type of portable electronic device.
1. An apparatus for programming a computing device comprising:
at least one central processing unit, a volatile storage unit and non-volatile storage unit interconnected by a bus;
an input peripheral for receiving input from a user and connected to the at least one central processing unit;
an output peripheral for generating output for presentation to the user and connected to the at least one central processing unit; and
the at least one central processing unit is configured to:
execute a plurality of programming instructions implementing an integrated development environment, and
execute a set of commands in conjunction with the integrated development environment for defining an appearance of a user-interface design window on the output peripheral, the appearance of the user-interface design window simulating a display screen of a portable electronic device and the set of commands being related to one type of portable electronic device.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the set of commands includes multiple sets of commands, each of the sets of commands being related to a different type of portable electronic device.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the set of commands controls parameters selected from the group consisting of: screen size, button location and button appearance.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the set of commands specifies a default simulator for a skin defined by the set of commands.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the set of commands is implemented as an editable file that is separate from the integrated development environment.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the set of commands is based on the Extensible Markup Language (“XML”).
7. A method comprising:
executing a plurality of programming instructions implementing an integrated development environment; and
executing a set of commands in conjunction with the integrated development environment for defining an appearance of a user-interface design window on an output peripheral for presentation to a user, the appearance of the user-interface design window simulating a display screen of a portable electronic device and the set of commands being related to one type of portable electronic device.
8. The method of claim 7 wherein the set of commands includes multiple sets of commands, each of the sets of commands being related to a different type of portable electronic device.
9. The method of claim 7 wherein the set of commands controls parameters selected from the group consisting of: screen size, button location and button appearance.
10. The method of claim 7 wherein the set of commands specifies a default simulator for a skin defined by the set of commands.
11. The method of claim 7 wherein the set of commands is implemented as an editable file that is separate from the integrated development environment.
12. The method of claim 7 wherein the set of commands is based on the Extensible Markup Language (“XML”).
13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:
programming instructions that, when executed, implement an integrated development environment; and
a set of commands in conjunction with the integrated development environment, the set of commands, when executed, define an appearance of a user-interface design window on an output peripheral for presentation to a user, the appearance of the user-interface design window simulating a display screen of a portable electronic device and the set of commands being related to one type of portable electronic device.
14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 wherein the set of commands includes multiple sets of commands, each of the sets of commands being related to a different type of portable electronic device.
15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 wherein the set of commands controls parameters selected from the group consisting of: screen size, button location and button appearance.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 wherein the set of commands specifies a default simulator for a skin defined by the set of commands.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 wherein the set of commands is implemented as an editable file that is separate from the integrated development environment.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 wherein the set of commands is based on the Extensible Markup Language (“XML”).