Ios9 causes app to shrink on screen

[Nick_F_2]

Since installing ios9 a number of my apps only fill about 80% of the screen there is a large black margin at the top and bottom.

Even scrolling does not move the app into these margins.

[Amrita_C_Intel]

Hello,

I can check this. Can you tell me which device are you using? iphone 4,5 or 6?

[Amrita_C_Intel]

Or try building with 5.1.1 Cordova CLI.

[Nick_F_2]

iPhone 5s

[Nick_F_2]

Where do I set the Cordova version.

Thanks

[Elroy_A_Intel]

You can set the Cordova version on the Projects Panel > Cordova Hybrid Mobile App Settings > Build Settings > <desired_mobile_platform> tab.

There should be a Cordova CLI Version field.

[Nick_F_2]

Hi
I have now compiled with 5.1.1 Cordova CLI and it has not made any difference.

Applications are still compressed visually to the middle 80% of the screen.

[Nick_F_2]

Hi Moritz

Thank you for confirm the other devices are OK. I only have an iPhone 5s /iOS9 to use.

To also confirm this issue occurs under UI Framework JQuery Mobile and App Framework (Apps that I have created).

[Nick_F_2]

Another observation is that the iPhone status bar normally at the top of the screen is moved down roughly equivalent to the depth of a header and likewise the bottom is moved up equivalent to the depth of a footer.

I have attached a screen grab for reference. Sorry but blurred the contents for my piece of mind.

[PaulF_IntelCorp]

It sounds like this might be due to the size of the launch screens, as weird as that sounds. If that is correct, my suspicion is the launch screen is being used to determine the size of the webview window when initialized. Not sure if this is an iOS 9 or a Cordova issue.

See these posts:

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32569119/how-to-set-up-launch-images-to-support-ios-6-through-ios-9
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32589832/ios9-causing-iphone-5-optimization-to-be-lost
• https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/18351

[Nick_F_2]

Hi Paul

Thanks for the info, but I'm stuck on how to fix this. My splash screens are set as per XDK for all Portrait resolutions. What does make sense is that according to Moritz, this does not occur on the iPhone 6 with iOS9.

How do you change the launch screens if the images are set within XDK

[Amrita_C_Intel]

Hello Nick,

I would suggest you going through this article- https://software.intel.com/en-us/xdk/articles/android-splash-screens-using-nine-patch-png

which might be helpful

[PaulF_IntelCorp]

Nick, I've asked some of our iOS experts to take a closer look at this problem, it's not obvious what the solution is at this time.

[Nick_F_2]

Any news on this please.

I have a demo of a new app to show a client on Monday and it won't look good in its current state.

[PaulF_IntelCorp]

No news, we don't understand what is causing this problem at this time.

[Nick_F_2]

Well not sure what the issue was, but recompiled both apps suffering the screen shrinkage and the problem is now fixed.

No code changes so assuming it was a Cordova issue.

[Ian_Ippolito]

I am also running into this problem on iOS with the iPhone 5. It worked perfectly fine before the upgrade, but now has a black empty space on the top and bottom causing the entire screen to be shrunk about 20%.

Paul, have you figured out anything since this was posted last month?

 

[PaulF_IntelCorp]

See this forum thread, appears to be some useful info there: https://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/intel-xdk/topic/597945

[Ian_Ippolito]

that is really helpful. Thanks Paul!