Before we can do neat things…
Creating stacks that do something useful or eventually become a mobile app that you can sell is a very gratifying process. Minute by minute, you can make progress and instantly see the improvements you have made. Unfortunately, there is a lot of less gratifying work to be done before and after you make your masterpiece. This chapter will take you through the "before" part.
LiveCode makes mobile apps by taking the stack you have made along with any supporting files you have added, and compiles the application file using the developer kit that you download from the mobile OS provider, Google for Android and Apple for iOS.
In this chapter, we will:
Sign up for Google Play
Sign up for Amazon Appstore
Download and install the Android SDK
Configure LiveCode so that it knows where to look for the Android SDK
Become an iOS developer with Apple
Download and install Xcode
Configure LiveCode so that it knows where to look for iOS...