One of the MnCreator's advantages – the opportunity to playback apllications created with it almost on any mobile devices and computers. Canvas area is divided into to 2 parts: "mandatory" part and "optional".

Parameter Main workspace in application form defines area's size on canvas indicated by a solid line. This area is surely shown on any device.

Parameter Canvas size in application form determines area's size indicated by a dashed line. This area will be shown only if aspect ratio of device coincides with aspect ratio of application. In most cases the contents of this area are cut horizontally or vertically, or both sides at once. So, it is not recommended to add there any significant elements.

By default canvas size is 1280x800 (aspect ratio is 16:10), main workspace size – 1024x720. Division into 2 parts with such values allows MnCreator to support almost any aspect ratio and screen sizes of popular devices:

Mobile device Screen resolution Displayed area
Apple iPad 1024x768 Main workspace – 1024x720 + regions of 24 pixels above and below from workspace
iPhone 5 1136x640 Main workspace area is scaled by 88,(8)% to 910x640 + regions of 113 pixels on the right and left (128 in application resolution).
iPhone 6 1334x750 Main workspace area is scaled by 104% to 1066x750 + regions of 134 pixels on the right and left (128 in application resolution)
Android (16:9) 1280x720 or 1920x1080 Main workspace area is not scaled at all, or scaled by 150% to 1536x1080 + regions of 128 pixels on the right and left (196 for 1920x1080, but 128 in application resolution)
Android (16:10) 1280x800 or 1440x900 As aspect ratio of device coincides with aspect ratio of application, the whole canvas is displayed without scaling or with scaling by 112,5% to 1440x900

In this case "regions" mean canvas' areas beyond main workspace, not empty areas. Empty areas can appear only if application and screen differs drastically, for example, application is created in landscape orientation, and device works in portrait orientation.

Screens

In Playback mode you can watch the way application behave on different screens and devices. To do so, you just need to choose the device from submenu, and application automatically adapts to chosen screen. You can control this list – add, delete or edit screens from it. To call screens management window – in MnCreator menu choose Settings, then Screens.

Screen parameters:

Name Description
Description Short text to identify screen in the list.
Screen width Screen width in pixels. Value by default – 1280
Screen height Screen height in pixels. Value by default – 800
Pixels density To get physical size of the screen, width and height values are divided by this number. For example, if you create screen size 2048x1536 (iPad Retina) with density 2, this screen is equal to screen 1024x768 with density 1. Value by default – 1.