Configure Start Screen Content

Introduction

The Dynamic Configurable start screen feature allows the UBIK^® user to tailor the buttons on the start screen according to the needs of the customer.

Setup

The first step is to configure the start screen data using an xml in order for UBIK^® to recognize the different tabs and buttons. The xml file, which must have the name css_config.xml, should be placed in the UI Configurations folder.

After the folder is configured, the next step is to validate the XML configuration file against the schema using an online validator. A solution can be found at Online XML Schema Validator.

The following xml shows an example configuration (also can be downloaded as Start_Screen_Configuration.zip an xml file):

<StartScreenConfiguration>
<Tab caption="Content">
<ContentBrowserButton caption="Content Browser"/>
<ContentBrowserButton caption="Events" UBIK-UID="31aaa5c9-85dd-4243-9cf8-89d712d32405" iconPath="events.png"/>
</Tab>

<Tab caption="AR1">
<MapsButton/>
<POIViewButton caption="AR View"/>
<CustomIntentButton caption="Map of Linz" iconPath="linz.png">
<TargetURI>
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Linz/@48.295065,14.327405,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x47739595fa99854d:0x7c53292c577975c4
</TargetURI>
</CustomIntentButton>
<CustomIntentButton caption="Skype">
<TargetClass>
com.skype.raider.Main
</TargetClass>
</CustomIntentButton>
<CustomIntentButton caption="Maps">
<TargetClass>
com.augmensys.ubik.demo.lib.ui.activities.ar.map.UBIKMapActivityDemo
</TargetClass>
</CustomIntentButton>
<TargetMapsButton caption="Flow Controller 213" UBIK-UID="2ccd91c0-9cee-42f3-9d1d-be745908457d"/>
</Tab>

<Tab caption="AR2">
<IDMarkerScanButton caption="ID Marker Scan"/>
<QRCodeScanButton caption="QR Code Scan"/>
<ConfigurableARButton caption="Configurable AR"/>
<ConfigurableImageMarkerButton caption="Configurable Image Marker"/>
<ARNavigationButton caption="Flow Controller 213" UBIK-UID="2ccd91c0-9cee-42f3-9d1d-be745908457d"/>
<NavigationMapsButton caption="Flow Controller 213" UBIK-UID="2ccd91c0-9cee-42f3-9d1d-be745908457d"/>
<DemoMapsButton caption="Flow Controller 213" UBIK-UID="2ccd91c0-9cee-42f3-9d1d-be745908457d"/>
<RFIDScanButton caption="RFID Scan" />
</Tab>
</StartScreenConfiguration>

The config file has to be named css_config.xml.

Tab groups

The user can configure tab groups in the XML. They will be used as groupings for buttons.

Buttons

Buttons should be placed inside tab elements and can be parameterized. Buttons are configurable in terms of

Icon (Parameter: iconPath)
Caption (Parameter: caption)
Group/tab (name of tab group)
Object UID if needed (Parameter: UBIK-UID)

The icons are specified by their relative paths under SD_CARD/Android/data/APP_PACKAGE_NAME/files/UIConfigurations/CSSButtonIcons

The supported button types are as follows:

Content Browser Button
Custom Intent Button
Maps Button
Target Maps Button
ID Marker Scan Button
QR Code Scan Button
POI View Button
Configurable AR Button
Configurable Image Marker Button
Navigation Button
AR Navigation Button
Barcode Scan Button
RFID Scan Button
OCR Scan Button

Button	Purpose	Parameters
ContentBrowserButton	Opens a content browser for displaying an object or the root if no object/uid is specified.	UBIK-UID: UID of object to be shown on map
CustomIntentButton	Launches a certain application or URI for the specified intent (using a customized intent URI or target class).	TargetClass: name of an activity or an application TargetURI: link information
MapsButton	Opens UBIK^® map.	-
TargetMapsButton	Opens UBIK^® map for a target object.	UBIK-UID: UID of object to be shown on map
ID MarkerScanButton	Starts ID marker scanning.	-
QRScanButton	Starts QR code scanning.	-
POIViewButton	Opens UBIK^® POI view.	-
ConfigurableARButton	Opens the ID marker 3D view.	-
ConfigurableImageMarkerButton	Opens the markerless view.	-
ARNavigationPOIViewButton	Opens UBIK^® POI view with the AR navigation support.	UBIK-UID: UID of object to be navigated to
ARNavigationMapsButton	Opens UBIK^® map for the specified object.Starts navigating to the specified object.	UBIK-UID: UID of object to be navigated to
BarcodeScanButton	Starts barcode scanning.	-
RFIDScanButton	Starts RFID scanning.	-
OCRScanButton	Starts OCR scanning.	-

Color of Buttons

If no user is logged in the buttons are de-saturated. Once a user is logged in the buttons are colored according to following behaviour:

If default buttons are used the buttons are colored programmatically. The button and the color can be customized by the Development.
If custom buttons are used (specified by the parameter "iconPath") the original color of the button is retained.

Configuration guidelines

See UI Configuration (Mobile Client)
The maximum number of tabs is 6. Once this limit is exceeded, the configuration is invalid and won't be shown.
The captions of tabs are optional. In case there's only one tab, the tab will be invisible.
The buttons should always be nested inside tabs. Otherwise, the configuration is also invalid.
Captions and icons of buttons are optional. Default values are used for the unspecified ones.
While configuring the custom intent button, one should always specify one and only one of the target class and the target URI. Otherwise, the button is invalid and an error will be shown.
The configuration of the UBIK-UID parameter should always be specified for AR Navigation POI View Button, AR Navigation Maps Button, Demo Maps Button and Target Maps Button.

The configuration is only applied when the app starts. Close the app completely (not only move it to the background) and restart it to make sure the configuration is read.