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Open sourcing the “quilt” view for iOS

56 points by michaelfairley 14y ago

Kerrick 14y ago
I prefer the horizontal "quilt" style to the vertical; I prefer rows with differing widths [1] to columns with differing heights [2]. [1]: https://plus.google.com/photos/116367707637773884266/albums/5629024228917844321 https://plus.google.com/photos/116367707637773884266/albums/... [2]: http://pinterest.com/ http://pinterest.com/
- michaelfairley 14y ago
  We used to have a horizontal quilt[1]. We got rid of it both for design reasons, and because the math behind it is much trickier and limits the layout (e.g. you can't do arbitrary ordering of the photos). 1: http://www.iftf.org/system/files/images/Screen%20shot%202011-02-03%20at%204.28.36%20PM.img_assist_custom-557x447.png http://www.iftf.org/system/files/images/Screen%20shot%202011...
- joshavant 14y ago
  Here's my MIT licensed implementation of a horizontal 'quilt' view: http://github.com/joshavant/JAGridView http://github.com/joshavant/JAGridView In fact, the inspiration behind this layout was Google+/Picasa albums!
  - christina_b 14y ago
    The horizontal one looks pretty cool too.
aaronbrethorst 14y ago
Nice! I'd love to see you guys submit this to http://www.cocoacontrols.com http://www.cocoacontrols.com
- bvrlt 14y ago
  Done! http://www.cocoacontrols.com/platforms/ios/controls/tmquiltview http://www.cocoacontrols.com/platforms/ios/controls/tmquiltv...
  - kreeger 14y ago
    You also may want to investigate adding a podspec for CocoaPods. http://cocoapods.org/ http://cocoapods.org/
  - aaronbrethorst 14y ago
    thanks!
MaxGabriel 14y ago
Is the conversion to ARC something you guys are doing or is it an open-source effort? This looks really great, by the way :)
- bvrlt 14y ago
  It's in our plans but we don't have any urgency in doing it. If you feel like doing it, it shouldn't be too hard and we would be happy to integrate your changes.
akaru 14y ago
I wonder how UICollectionView might help in designing these kinds of components.
mikeevans 14y ago
Anyone done anything like this for Android?
- Bretthuneycutt 14y ago
  We have (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thousandmemories.shoebox&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thousandme...). We're considering open sourcing this as well in the coming weeks.
christina_b 14y ago
That's nice.

I prefer the horizontal "quilt" style to the vertical; I prefer rows with differing widths [1] to columns with differing heights [2]. [1]: https://plus.google.com/photos/116367707637773884266/albums/5629024228917844321 https://plus.google.com/photos/116367707637773884266/albums/... [2]: http://pinterest.com/ http://pinterest.com/

michaelfairley 14y ago
We used to have a horizontal quilt[1]. We got rid of it both for design reasons, and because the math behind it is much trickier and limits the layout (e.g. you can't do arbitrary ordering of the photos). 1: http://www.iftf.org/system/files/images/Screen%20shot%202011-02-03%20at%204.28.36%20PM.img_assist_custom-557x447.png http://www.iftf.org/system/files/images/Screen%20shot%202011...
joshavant 14y ago
Here's my MIT licensed implementation of a horizontal 'quilt' view: http://github.com/joshavant/JAGridView http://github.com/joshavant/JAGridView In fact, the inspiration behind this layout was Google+/Picasa albums!
- christina_b 14y ago
  The horizontal one looks pretty cool too.

aaronbrethorst 14y ago

Nice! I'd love to see you guys submit this to http://www.cocoacontrols.com http://www.cocoacontrols.com

bvrlt 14y ago
Done! http://www.cocoacontrols.com/platforms/ios/controls/tmquiltview http://www.cocoacontrols.com/platforms/ios/controls/tmquiltv...
- kreeger 14y ago
  You also may want to investigate adding a podspec for CocoaPods. http://cocoapods.org/ http://cocoapods.org/
- aaronbrethorst 14y ago
  thanks!

MaxGabriel 14y ago

Is the conversion to ARC something you guys are doing or is it an open-source effort? This looks really great, by the way :)

bvrlt 14y ago
It's in our plans but we don't have any urgency in doing it. If you feel like doing it, it shouldn't be too hard and we would be happy to integrate your changes.

akaru 14y ago

I wonder how UICollectionView might help in designing these kinds of components.

mikeevans 14y ago

Anyone done anything like this for Android?

Bretthuneycutt 14y ago
We have (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thousandmemories.shoebox&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thousandme...). We're considering open sourcing this as well in the coming weeks.

christina_b 14y ago

That's nice.