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LiveCode Mobile Development Beginner's Guide (2nd Edition)

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LiveCode Mobile Development Beginner's Guide (2nd Edition)

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Table of Contents (15 chapters)
LiveCode Mobile Development Beginner's Guide Second Edition
LiveCode Mobile Development Beginner's Guide Second Edition
Credits
Credits
About the Authors
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
LiveCode Fundamentals
LiveCode Fundamentals
Background history and metaphors
You do have LiveCode, don't you?
Learning the lay of the land
Time for action – it's a drag, but you'll like it!
Time for action – making cards and navigating between them
Making a simple calculator application
Time for action – making the calculator buttons
Other interface controls
Debugging
Summary
2
Getting Started with LiveCode Mobile
Getting Started with LiveCode Mobile
iOS, Android, or both?
Becoming an Android developer
Becoming an iOS developer
Before we make our first mobile app…
Time for action – starting an Android Virtual Device
Time for action – adding Kindle Fire to ADB
Time for action – using the iOS simulator
Appiness at last!
Time for action – testing a simple stack in the simulators
Time for action – testing a simple stack on devices
Further reading
Summary
3
Building User Interfaces
Building User Interfaces
Setting up a test bed mobile app
Time for action – making the test bed stack
Time for action – calling the native e-mail application
Time for action – trying the test bed stack on devices
Time for action – calling the native browser application
The mobile-only date picker
Time for action – displaying a date picker
Time for action – loading pictures for a mobile device
Making OS-styled buttons
Time for action – using Photoshop to prepare button states
MobGUI to the rescue!
Time for action – getting started with MobGUI
Time for action – using MobGUI to make a test bed app
Time for action – using native controls from MobGUI
Time for action – a simple code layout example
Time for action – using the Geometry Manager to position buttons
Resolution independence
Summary
4
Using Remote Data and Media
Using Remote Data and Media
The stack structure
Loading and saving external data
Time for action – creating a data save stack
Creating a web "scraper" app
Time for action – setting up the tab navigation
Time for action – adding the browser controls
Time for action – making a links extraction function
Time for action – adding the links card's init handler
Time for action – setting up the Text card
Time for action – extracting a list of media links
Time for action – setting up the Media card scripts
Time for action – setting up the Keepers card
Summary
5
Making a Jigsaw Puzzle Application
Making a Jigsaw Puzzle Application
Image data format
Misusing imageData
Time for action – testing a getPixel function
Time for action – making a map of the United States
Time for action – making a racecourse
Time for action – making a racecar
Making a jigsaw puzzle
Time for action – creating the pieces and choosing an image
Time for action – transferring imageData
Time for action – setting up touch events
Summary
6
Making a Reminder Application
Making a Reminder Application
Different types of reminders
Timing of notifications
Time for action – creating date and time pickers
Where?
Time for action – trying out native location tracking
Information needed in a reminder
Making the reminder app
Time for action – creating the reminder app screens
Time for action – adding stack-level functions
Time for action – making the home card buttons work
Time for action – making the location card work
Time for action – taking in information about the reminder
Summary
7
Deploying to Your Device
Deploying to Your Device
Standalone application settings
Building Apps for Beta Testers
Creating an app store submission file
Uploading to the app stores
Summary
Extending LiveCode
Extending LiveCode
The story so far…
Extending LiveCode
Creating your own add-ons
A New World of Extensions
Index
Index

Making the reminder app

Ok, enough groundwork! Let's start making the reminder app. Rather than adding a feature at the time, along with any scripts, we'll make the various cards that will be needed to create the app's GUI (graphical user interface) first and then go back and add the scripts.

Laying out the cards

We're going to make the first card of the stack be a place where you can see the current reminders, sort them by time or location, and add new reminders and locations. Then, we will make a second card to enter the location details and a third card to enter the details for a new reminder.

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