Devlog: May 28, 2023

Been busy starting a new job this week, but I’ve also managed to get a couple things done in ScreenCred.

Profile Pictures

This one was pretty straightforward, but I managed to complicate it.

Screenshot of ScreenCred app showing the common cast and crew between the show Andor and the movie Rogue One, with rounded rectangle profile images of the person.Putting a name to a face

To fit the design of the app, I knew I wanted rounded corners. Matching the corner radius was a simple matter of maths. But I felt like they were taking up too much space. I think square was the way to go.

Screenshot of ScreenCred app showing the common cast and crew between the show Andor and the movie Rogue One, with rounded square profile images of the person. The outside corners of the image are rounded less than the inside corner.This is differenter

Next, I made them square. I like the spacing much more. I tried giving different corner radiuses to the outside corners. I’m surprised this is not a built in feature of RoundedRectangle. I kinda like this look, but don’t love it. Then started thinking about adding a black border as well as how in the world I’d support RTL languages. So just scrapped that idea.

Screenshot of ScreenCred app showing the common cast and crew between the show Andor and the movie Rogue One, with rounded square profile images of the person. The image has a black border around it.Not too bad

This is where I landed. Square, all the same corner radii, and a black border to make it match the design a bit more. Happy with it.

It’s a simple change, but I think it makes it better having photos there when they are available.

The next thing I worked on was adding the ability to search people. I will write more about that tomorrow.



Date
May 28, 2023