In this recipe, you will learn how to use a button from the MobGUI plugin. MobGUI buttons are different from regular buttons. The buttons created using MobGUI are groups that contain graphics and a label.
Before using this recipe, you will need to have the MobGUI plugin downloaded and installed on your development computer. See the Setting up MobGUI recipe discussed earlier in this chapter.
Use the following steps to create a button for mobile apps using MobGUI:
Create a new main stack in LiveCode.
From the Development menu, navigate to Plugins | revMobGUI.
Click on the play button, shown in the following screenshot, from the icons on the MobGUI interface.
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Drag the
icon from the MobGUI interface to your stack. This will result in a group being added to your stack.
Right-click on the new Button group and select Edit Script from the pop-up menu. You will see the following script shell assigned to the Button group:
on touchEnd pId mobGUIUntouch the long...