I've discussed properties a couple of times before but never in a condensed video tutorial like the one we have here. In this video we review the value proposition behind properties as a step by step process.
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SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) is an XML based image format that represents an image as vectors instead of pixels (raster). An SVG file is represented by the set of lines & shapes that make it and can thus be rendered at any resolution without quality degradation due to scaling. It has some other neat tricks up its sleeve but I'm only going to discuss that specific feature today.
A developer recently asked me why Display is called Display when it has such a broad purpose?
The reason is historic with roots in Codename One's origin back in 2007, when we formed the company Chen advocated for a rename of that class and I disagreed. In retrospect I was wrong, the name doesn't work.
Image masking allows us to adapt an image which we acquired from an external source to fit our design e.g. if we want to show an image cropped to a circle we could apply a mask to it in order to get an intelligent crop. This is a very powerful tool as a designer can supply a hardcoded mask image and build some pretty complex shapes that include an alpha channel as well (making it superior to shape clipping).
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