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

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

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (15 chapters)
LiveCode Mobile Development Beginner's Guide Second Edition
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Time for action – getting started with MobGUI


As with the other add-ons to LiveCode, MobGUI needs to be installed in the LiveCode plugins folder. On Windows, this will be at My Documents/My LiveCode/Plugins. On Mac, it will be at ~/Documents/My LiveCode/Plugins. This default location can be changed under the LC Preferences menu and Files & Memory. The following steps will guide you through getting started with MobGUI:

  1. Download the latest version of MobGUI from http://mobgui.com/download.php.

  2. The .zip file will expand to become a LiveCode stack named MobGUI_V1-28.livecode for the current version. Hopefully, there will be a newer version when you download this.

  3. Drag the stack into the plugins folder and reopen LiveCode.

  4. Make a new Mainstack.

  5. From the Development menu, choose Plugins/revMobGUI. This window will appear when you do so:

  6. The MobGUI window is much like a combination of the LiveCode Tool palette and Inspector palette.

  7. Try dragging different items on the card and look at the options...