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LiveCode Mobile Development Beginner's Guide

By : Colin Holgate
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LiveCode Mobile Development Beginner's Guide

By: Colin Holgate

Overview of this book

LiveCode is a tool for developing mobile apps designed for those who don't want to use Objective-C, C++ or Java. Although it is a tool full of rich features to create apps it can be challenging to get beyond the basics and build interactive and fun apps. Using this book, you can develop various apps and this book guides you through "till you upload the apps in the appstore."LiveCode Mobile Development Beginner's Guide" will explain how to create applications with the easiest, most practical cross platform framework available, Livecode Mobile and upload the apps to the appstore with minimal effort.Throughout the book, you'll learn details that will help you become a pro at mobile app development using LiveCode. You begin with simple calculator application and quickly enhance it using LiveCode Mobile. Start by learning the interface controls for videos and images of LiveCode's environment. Dig into configuring devices, building user interfaces, and making rich media applications, then finish by uploading the mobile applications to App Stores. You will learn how to build apps for devices such as iPhone, Android with the recently developed LiveCode Mobile through sample applications of increasing complexity.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
LiveCode Mobile Development Beginner's Guide
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Time for action – calling the native browser application


This next test will go faster. Or at least the instructions will be briefer, as we will condense some of the steps into more concise directions.

  1. Copy the Test button on the Email card, and paste it onto the Browser card, just to save you some time making the button look nice.

  2. Edit the Test button script, and change it to the following:

    on mouseUp
       launch url "http://www.runrev.com/"
    end mouseUp
  3. Choose the Run tool and click on the Test button. You should see the RunRev home page in your default browser.

Trying the app on devices is exactly the same as with testing the e-mail feature. For Android:

  1. Select Android in the Standalone Application Settings dialog box.

  2. Select your Android device as the test target from the Development menu (most likely it will already be selected from your previous test).

  3. Select Test from the Development menu.

  4. The previous test of the app will be overwritten, and the new version launched automatically.

  5. Try the Browser...