imaxinant

Q: Is it possible a transparent background in a widget?

Hello!

 

It seems iBA new release allows running a widget in an iBook page so I've tried but even setting to none the background in the iAd Producer widget, in the iBook it is set to white.

Is it possible to make transparent the background of the widget?

How can I do?

 

Thanks.

iOS 8, iPad Mini Retina

Posted on Oct 22, 2014 11:38 AM

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  • by kiotsukete,

    kiotsukete kiotsukete Nov 13, 2014 3:24 AM in response to imaxinant
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    Nov 13, 2014 3:24 AM in response to imaxinant

    Hi imaxinant,

     

    the background of a widget cannot be transparent, but you can resize the page of the widget in iAd Producer. This will produce the same effect if you embed the widget in your iBooks Author page rather than let it play full screen.

     

    At the top left of your window when you're working on your project, you should see an Overview button like so:

    Screen Shot 2014-11-13 at 2.19.52 PM.png

    Click on this to get a view of all the pages in your project. On the right hand side will be an option to change the page size. Change this to custom and resize it to the full extent of the content in your widget.

     

    Now, create your widget and drag it into iBooks Author. Resize it so that it is as big as you need it to be.

     

    In the Widget panel in the Inspector, turn off Title, Background and Caption in the Layout section and then, in the Interaction section, select Plays on Page and check Plays Automatically. If you don't see these options, you'll need to update your iBooks Author software to the latest version.

     

    I hope that helps you.