System and method for device skinning

摘要

A plugin for an Integrated Design Environment is provided, including a set of commands for defining an appearance of a UI design window in the Integrated Design Environment. The appearance of the application design window simulates a display screen of a portable electronic device and the set of commands being related to one type of portable electronic device.

主权项

1. An apparatus for programming a computing device comprising:
at least one central processing unit, a volatile storage unit and non-volatile storage unit interconnected by a bus; an input peripheral for receiving input from a user and connected to the at least one central processing unit; an output peripheral for generating output for presentation to the user and connected to the at least one central processing unit; and the at least one central processing unit is configured to:
execute a plurality of programming instructions implementing an integrated development environment, andexecute a set of commands in conjunction with the integrated development environment for defining an appearance of a user-interface design window on the output peripheral, the appearance of the user-interface design window simulating a display screen of a portable electronic device and the set of commands being related to one type of portable electronic device.