iPhone -> iPad

[Alexj17]

Hey All

I have a successful iPhone game which I would like to now make an iPad version of. I used the cocos2d sdk and got a designer to create the sprites for me.

First off how easy is it and where do I tell cocos2d it's an iPad version and also will the current sprites work or will I need to create bigger dimensions ones? If so is it just double the size?

Anyone have any experience converting an iPhone app to an iPad app which uses cocos2d?

Thanks
Alex

[psykano]

There's actually a tutorial for it here which someone from the cocos2d forum found: Cocos2D: Using HD images for iPad in a Universal App Michael's Blog Site

Note, though, that it will leave a bit of a border around the sides. If you don't want a border you might have to rewrite all your positions from scratch since the iPad has a different aspect ratio from the iPhone..

Yes, the sprites should be double the size.

Edit: Err, actually it won't necessarily have a border. That is only if you are using retina display graphics where the background would be 960x640. If you don't want a border, you should make your background 1024x768.

[Alexj17]

Originally Posted by psykano

There's actually a tutorial for it here which someone from the cocos2d forum found: Cocos2D: Using HD images for iPad in a Universal App Michael's Blog Site

Note, though, that it will leave a bit of a border around the sides. If you don't want a border you might have to rewrite all your positions from scratch since the iPad has a different aspect ratio from the iPhone..

Yes, the sprites should be double the size.

Edit: Err, actually it won't necessarily have a border. That is only if you are using retina display graphics where the background would be 960x640. If you don't want a border, you should make your background 1024x768.

Thanks that was a great help, app converted and submitted :-)

[Rosejoy]

I'm planning to buy an iPhone. But before i do that i need to find out if the iphone can view every website just like the one on the computer. Does Safari support all websites including JAVA and flash players.

[Hirephp]

Originally Posted by Rosejoy

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