The Screen Jungles

We briefly mentioned in the previous chapter how difficult it is to support multiple screen resolutions. Yet today, apps should run in full screen to be the most appealing. Although Corona SDK helps a lot, it’s still difficult to understand all the refinements of this topic.

In this chapter I’m going to give you some tips on how Corona SDK supports multiple resolutions, and we’ll finish With a sample showing you how to support smartphones and tablets.

The Content Area

The minimal config.lua, and the one generated by the Corona Simulator when you create a new project, look almost identical: ifig0163.jpg

The width and the height are ...

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