eDriven.Gui - GUI for programmers

Sorry for not responding until now, but I got no notification from forum system somehow

I'll answer your questions probably tomorrow evening. Cheers!

 

And yes, in the future, please ask your questions in Q&A thread, here: http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/148424-eDriven-Q-amp-A

Thanks!

PS I appologise to other subscribers for pinging them..

 

Just responded in Q&A thread: http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/148424-eDriven-Q-amp-A?p=1050567&viewfull=1#post1050567

Cheers!

 

eDriven buyers - you've been nice! I'm very satisfied with sales, as well as with eDriven audience.

News:
I completely understand the lack of documentation, so started to write eDriven Programming Manual in PDF format. Starting with current Q&A and working out from there to cover everything from general Core and Gui concepts to building custom components, styling, tweening etc. Examples and code snippets included.

As soon as I'll have a usable version, I'll put it online.

ps Q&A thread really shows the topics which I need to cover, so feel free to ask questions.

 

eDriven.Gui 1.5 out now: http://u3d.as/content/adjungo/e-driven-gui/36Q



Changelog:

1. Added TooltipStyleMapper:





2. Fixed a few glitches. One of the glitches was the "background bug", which was happening when scrolling the panel and the background got rendered over the panel header:





Also updated eDriven.Core source and binaries.

 

Hi Danko
i'm searching for a full 2D GUI engine for iPhone/iPad apps
i guess your eDriven ecosystem is really huge

1) how does it work on iOS? any incompatibilities?
2) is everything really skinnable? i want to achieve a very iOS native like ui, especially scrollable lists, sliders and panels
3) is it already full tested with Unity 4.0?
4) since your only interesting competitor is Squid (which is beta.. far from production).. could you give us a synthesized comparison table (i'm looking the the most iOs useful one ?

note: the price tag is ok, we prefer you to make some money and keep developing it (manly docs, as you're doing)

thank you!

 

Hi!

We did the iOS demo and it worked. But having this type of problems. Looking into solving it.

You should check the eDriven.Gui.Mappers.Styles namespace in the API for a list of skinnable components. When making a new component, I'm also adding its style mapper to the project. This is also possible for custom components built in C# (planning a tutorial on that eventually) - the component author could make it skinnable via its StyleMapper.

Yes.

 

I don't usually comment on another packages.

What you have sent me is the a list of features (no demos, videos etc.). No offense to its authors, but you don't expect me to make a comparison table with each and every vaporware that appears online, do you?

From my experience: building a GUI system in Unity is very - uhm - "Unity specific". It's an engineering challenge to make multiple rendering systems even inside the same technology. For instance, I'm thinking about additional eDriven renderer - a 3D renderer - but it would be a monumental task. So, couldn't imagine how hard it would be to build a generic GUI framework for multiple plugins. Would it work? Would it be optimized? What would be the size of it?

Additionally, I've never understood teams announcing their products before they are finished and usable. eDriven is already released, tested and people are using it in the production. And still, it doesn't have a feature list.

Thank you for recognizing this fact.

Thank YOU. Many cool stuff on it's way!

 

I'd like to add that Squid is not Vaporware - far from it.
The SDK is used by several indie studios and we hope that the Unity version will be just as successful.

 

Me too. Wish you luck!

ps. Please don't mind my comments... It's because of the fact that there is a bunch of GUI attempts and some of them were announced as packages but never published.

 

There is a glitch found in the LoadImages demo, so you could eventually experience some "stale" loading indicators showing up over thumbnails that have already loaded.

This happens because I'm reusing thumbnails via the object pool and didn't dispose the loading mask properly before putting them back to the pool.

If you're experiencing the same problem, just put the following method override inside the Thumbnail class (Thumbnail.cs file):

Code (csharp):

1. public override void Dispose()
2. {
3.     base.Dispose();
4.     _mask.Unmask();
5.     _image.Texture = null; // just in case
6. }

This patch will go into the eDriven.Gui 1.6 build (now we're at 1.5).

The online demo has also been fixed.

 

Back into 4th place of Scripting->GUI->Top Grossing list!

 

More sales than iGUI on Top Grossing list! Wow..

 

Finally! You can now browse the Asset Store from your browser!

So, click to see in details what you get with the package:

 

Just finished working on visual editor (designer) for eDriven.Gui

This is the first visual editor I ever wrote (and have learned a lot about creational design patterns).

It is in beta and goes into the eDriven.Gui 1.6 build for testing (the 1.6 build has just been published on the Asset Store).

It has his glitches and there is the non-implemented stuff. But as with all betas, it will be fixed as the time passes.

Here is the WebPlayer demo I made with it:

http://edrivenunity.com/unity/designer_generated

 

eDriven.Gui 1.6 out now: http://u3d.as/content/adjungo/e-driven-gui/36Q



Changelog:

1. fixed some bugs
2. added visual editor (beta)

 

Not having a QA team so having to write the manual *manually*.

 

eDriven Framework Programming Manual 1.0: http://edriven.dankokozar.com/manual/eDriven_Manual_1-0.pdf

This is a draft version - the manual will get constant updates.

 

Added 15 pages to eDriven manual (mostly on Display list and Component Lifecycle).

Link

 

Added 15 pages to eDriven Programming Manual - currently 60 pages total.

Link

 

Giving away a free Unity package containing open-source scripts for:

Slider (Adapter + Editor)
ExampleControl (Control + Adapter + Editor)
ExampleControl2 (Control + Adapter + Editor)
Login (Control + Adapter + Editor)



Component developers:
Use this resource as a reference for programming custom eDriven.Gui controls!

The package is in the attach.
Note: Before installing this package you need to install eDriven.Gui 1.6.

A few screenshots:

 

Just created a simple animation demo.

This demo shows the possibilities of animating GUI elements by pure manipulation of GUI element coordinates, rotation, scale, color and alpha.

"Pure" means: eDriven’s tweening framework isn’t used in this demo.

This demo also shows the basics of component instantiation and destruction. Also it is a good reference for measuring performance, as well as garbage collection (possible memory leaks). Created with Unity 3, version 3.5.7f5.

Try the demo, turn on the auto-instantiation, push it to the limit (observe processor, memory, GC etc).

View Source

 

eDriven.Gui 1.7 is now ready for submission

• Designer moved from Beta to RC (Release Candidate)
• Multiple bug and stability fixes (no designer crashes anymore)
• Wizard for creating a new GUI from scratch (mapping font/audio prerequisites)
• Added additional persistence scenarios (for editing in Play mode)
• Added components from the Extension Pack 1 (with code)
• Manual included
• Additional demos

 

eDriven.Gui 1.7 is now available in the Asset Store.

Please download the latest version! /* the designer is now stable */

Cheers!

Danko

 

eDriven.Gui is in the 24 hour sale (February 27-28)!!!

The package is now officially in the 24 hour sale for February 27-28, from 8am GMT to 8am GMT (or midnight PST-midnight PST).

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Asset Store link

 

eDriven.Gui Free Edition released!!!

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eDriven.Gui 1.8 is now available in the Asset Store.

Please download the latest version:

• Designer in RC state (Release Candidate)
• Bug fixes
• Internal persistence code completely changed
• Added additional persistence scenarios:
  - adding new control parented to new control (recursively)
  - moving multiple controls between different levels int the hierarchy view (multiple selection)
  - removing multiple controls (deleting from the hierarchy view)

You might wanna try before you buy.

Danko

 

24H deals just started!

Don't forget to purchase eDriven.Gui during the next 24 hours because it's 50% off - only $125!!!

 

Just fixed the two remaining iOS bugs. Export to iOS devices now works with no errors/warnings.

You could download the fixed eDriven.Networking DLL immediately from here.

 

After importing the new eDriven.Networking.DLL into your project, it should work on iOS without a problem.

http://edrivengui.com/news/more-ios/

 

eDriven.Gui is on sale (until March 31)!!!

Get it with 30% OFF - only $175!

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Asset Store link

 

Is e-DrivenGUI work for MVVM pattern ? any example ?

 

You can do all the 'modern' ways of programming with it, because it is event driven (in a publish/subscribe way). You could update multiple views subscribed to your model. You could use various design patterns on top of this.

Danko

 

eDriven.Gui 1.10 is now available in the Asset Store.

Please download the latest version:

• Multiple bug fixes
• Fixed bug causing "ghost" styles on scene change
• Now all the style proxies are being destroyed on scene change (default behaviour)
• Additional style mapper option for persisting (caching) particular styles throughout multiple scenes
• Application.isGenuine check is now removed
• Drag drop proxy position problem fixed
• Problems related to TextField focus fixed
• 2 new demos added:
  - drag&drop demo 2 ("inventory demo", example usage of a custom drag proxy)
  - console demo (custom eDriven component with internal logic and source code)

You might wanna try before you buy.

Danko

 

eDriven.Gui 1.11 is pending in the Asset Store.

eDriven.Gui Free already updated to v1.11!

The designer in this version is pretty much stable. You could still have issues when reordering children and adding them to Panel's toolbar groups and Dialog's button groups. That's the only designer thing that's left and (hopefully) will be fixed with v1.12.

Bug fixes:

• fixed the deletion of the previous scene objects when loading the next level pragramatically
• fixed the selection rectangle issues
• when adding or removing children from the container, the Children view now refreshes automatically
• another text field bug fixed
• no more "persistence" bugs; everything should be saved when the play mode is stopped

Another cool feature I added is automatic game object script analysis.

Based on this the additional icons are being displayed in the hierarchy view. These icons are useful for navigation since they are indicating that a game object contains:

• eDriven.Gui component adapter (blue dot)
• style mappers (red dot)
• font mappers (green dot)
• audio player mappers (orange dot)
• attached scripts with methods having the event handler signature (lightning) - when clicked automatically switches to Events view

 

eDriven.Gui 1.11 is now available in the Asset Store.

Please download the latest version - the designer is now very stable.

Danko

 

eDriven.Gui 50% OFF at Asset Store 24H sale!!!

June 5 at 12:00 am PDT until midnight PDT

Get it for only $125 instead of $250!

Please retweet!

While waiting for the next v1.12 release, check out the news:

Script auto-generation: http://edrivengui.com/news/script-auto-generation/
Rewritting scrollview: http://edrivengui.com/news/rewriting-scrollview/
More iOS: http://edrivengui.com/news/more-ios/

More news: http://edrivengui.com/category/news/

 

eDriven.Gui 50% OFF - 15 hours left!!!

Get it from the Asset Store!

 

eDriven.Gui 50% OFF - 1 hour left!!!

Get it from the Asset Store!

 

eDriven.Gui 30% OFF - End of Quarter Sale!!! (until June 30)

Get it for only $175 instead of $250!

Due to a great succes of the last 24H Sale, I decided to start the End of Quarter sale a little bit earlier, so giving you guys the opportunity for getting eDriven at a more affordable price!!

Note: the 50% OFFs are reserved for the Asset Store sales *exclusively* - I cannot guarantee when will they happen and will they happen at all (they are deciding on whom to call).

While waiting for the upcoming v1.12 release, check out the things to come the news:

Creating iOS and Android applications using C# and Unity: http://edrivengui.com/news/creating-ios-and-android-applications-using-c-and-unity/
Script auto-generation: http://edrivengui.com/news/script-auto-generation/
Rewriting a scrollview: http://edrivengui.com/news/rewriting-scrollview/
More news: http://edrivengui.com/category/news/

Of course, you can always try before you buy: Download the Free edition HERE!

 

Introducing eDriven.Gui 1.12 features with a short video.

Note: this version has not yet been released (the current Asset Store version is 1.11).

Hoping more tutorials will follow soon (as soon as I finish the 1.12 version).

Cheers!

 

eDriven.Gui 50% OFF at Asset Store Daily Deal!!!

August 6 at 12:00 am PDT until midnight PDT

Get it for only $125 instead of $250!

Please retweet!

(while waiting for the v1.12 release, check out the news at http://edrivengui.com/category/news/)

 

After more than a year on the Asset Store (pricing $250), I just thought this is the right time for fine-tuning the eDriven.Gui price.

>>> Read more <<<

 

eDriven.Gui - End of the Quarter SALE - only $125!

>> Until September 30 <<

You are eligible to receive all the future updates!

This is your chance! Get it for only $125 instead of $200!

 

New skinning system almost in place.

Read more

 

Just sharing a few updates...

I'm finally done with skinning and it works great.

Since the current system is very much different than the previous one, I'm thinking about skipping the 1.12 version and going straight to 2.0.

Of course, for the existing eDriven.Gui users all the future versions will be free (the version number doesn't meter).

A few screenshots:


Various image scaling and cropping modes, tiling backgrounds:




Now we can have tiled backgrounds in scrollbars (and so much more, because everything is skinnable):



Read more at eDriven.Gui homepage. You can register and comment on eDriven forum.

Cheers! ^^

 

I’m finally working on the List and other “true” data controls for eDriven.Gui. They'll have:

1. the observable data collection as a source
2. the ability of plugging in an instance of the layout class
3. pluggable item renderers, so the user will have full control over displaying data
4. skinnable and customizable scrollbars

See more at: http://edrivengui.com/implementing-data-controls/

 

eDriven.Gui 2.0 is still pending in the Asset Store.

Meanwhile, take a look at some of the new features.

eDriven.Gui is on sale until Dec 31 - get it for $125 instead of $200!!!

 

eDriven.Gui 2.0 free (evaluation) version released! ^^

Read more grab your copy here: http://edrivengui.com/edriven-gui-v2-0-released/

 

Just posted a video with new demos.

See more at: http://edrivengui.com/new-edriven-gui-demos/