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LiveCode Mobile Development HOTSHOT

By : Dr. Edward Lavieri
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LiveCode Mobile Development HOTSHOT

By: Dr. Edward Lavieri

Overview of this book

<p>There are over 2,000 programming languages and several that can be used to program mobile applications. LiveCode has proven itself a strong competitor in the mobile application development market. The power of this easy-to-learn programming environment will get you starting developing mobile apps from the very first chapter.</p> <p>"LiveCode Mobile Development Hotshot is a project-based guide to developing games and other apps for mobile devices using LiveCode. You will learn tricks and techniques for tackling even the most difficult mobile application topics. Best of all, you will be provided with 100% of the source code and have it explained too.</p> <p>"LiveCode Mobile Development Hotshot" will present you with ten exciting projects that will expose you to different LiveCode programming techniques for mobile application development. The hands-on approach provides you with clear, step-by-step instructions in each chapter where a different type of mobile app is tackled. You will enhance your current knowledge of this programming language and build upon it by learning specific techniques and programming approaches to developing mobile applications. You will create your own calculator app, learn how to use menus for mobile apps, and design user interfaces that are optimized for mobile users. In the following projects, you will create a quiz game and learn how to use LiveCode to develop an entire game on one card. Other projects will look at using randomization and animation, as well as database control. Among the advanced features, you will learn about gathering information about a user's device, how to create contextually aware objects, how to transfer scripts, how to use custom properties, how you can analyze and manipulate text, and how to use arrays.</p> <p>"LiveCode Mobile Development Hotshot" is a complete solution for people that are familiar with LiveCode and want to start developing mobile apps.</p>
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
LiveCode Mobile Development HOTSHOT
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Mobile App Development Primer
Index

Mission Briefing


For this final project, we will build an application that incorporates in-app purchasing and in-app advertising. There will be some specific differences in how we implement these schemas depending upon our targeted development platform. We will highlight those differences so there is no confusion.

Our application will consist of a single stack and single card housing a simple user interface. We will have a title, five buttons, and an on-screen persistent ad.

We will call our app IAPAA for in-app purchases and advertising.

The following diagram is a mockup of our app's main interface:

Why Is It Awesome?

This project will help you learn how to implement in-app purchasing and advertising using LiveCode. This is an important skillset to have. The good news is that it is not terribly difficult. Once you complete this project, you will be able to incorporate in-app advertising and purchasing in your own mobile apps.

You will learn how to implement these two important features for both...