Index

A

• ADB
  • about / Using Kindle Fire
  • Kindle Fire, adding / Time for action – adding Kindle Fire to ADB
• add-ons
  • creating / Creating your own add-ons
  • custom controls / Custom controls
  • externals / Externals
  • open source / Open source
  • quality control / Quality control
• AirLaunch
  • about / AirLaunch
  • URL / AirLaunch, AirLaunch
  • FAQs, URL / AirLaunch
• alarm clock
  • about / Different types of reminders
• Amazon Appstore
  • about / Amazon Appstore
  • URL / Amazon Appstore
• Amazon testing / Amazon testing
• Android
  • testing / Getting ready for test development on an Android device
  • installers, creating for / Using "over the air" installers for Android
• Android App
  • sending, to testers / Sending an Android app to testers
• Android developer
  • becoming / Becoming an Android developer
  • Amazon Appstore / Amazon Appstore
  • Android SDK, downloading / Downloading the Android SDK
  • LiveCode, pointing to Android SDK / Pointing LiveCode to the Android SDK
  • Android code names / Pop quiz – tasty code names
• Android developer information
  • URL / Basic application settings
• Android Keytool application
  • searching / Finding and using the Android Keytool application
  • using / Finding and using the Android Keytool application
  • URL / Finding and using the Android Keytool application
• Android Release Notes
  • URL / The Browser card
• Android SDK
  • downloading / Downloading the Android SDK
  • URL / Downloading the Android SDK, Further reading
  • installing, on Mac OS X (Intel) / Installing the Android SDK on Mac OS X (Intel)
  • installing, on Windows / Installing the Android SDK on Windows
  • LiveCode, pointing to / Pointing LiveCode to the Android SDK
• Android section
  • about / Android
  • Basic Application Settings / Basic application settings
  • Requirements and Restrictions options / Requirements and restrictions
  • Application Permissions / Application permissions
  • User Interface Options / User interface options
• Android testing
  • Android virtual device, starting / Time for action – starting an Android Virtual Device
• Android virtual device
  • starting / Time for action – starting an Android Virtual Device
  • creating / Creating an Android Virtual Device
• animationEngine
  • about / animationEngine
• app
  • uploading, to app stores / Uploading to the app stores, What's similar
• Apple
  • about / What's different
  • URL / The story so far…
• Application Permissions options, Android section / Application permissions
• apps
  • creating, for beta testers / Building Apps for Beta Testers
• app stores
  • app, uploading to / Uploading to the app stores, What's similar
  • comparing / What's different
• app store submission file
  • creating / Creating an app store submission file
• AVFoundation framework / mergExt

B

• Basic Application Settings, Android section / Basic application settings
• Basic Application Settings, iOS section / Basic application settings
• BetaBuilder
  • about / BetaBuilder
  • URL / BetaBuilder
• beta testers
  • apps, building for / Building Apps for Beta Testers
• birthday reminder
  • about / Different types of reminders
• Browser card
  • about / The Browser card
  • browser controls, adding / Time for action – adding the browser controls
• Build for settings, iOS section / The Build for section

C

• calculator buttons
  • creating / Time for action – making the calculator buttons
• card handlers
  • adding / Adding the card handlers, Variable types in LiveCode
• cards
  • creating / Time for action – making cards and navigating between them
• Christmas present list
  • about / Different types of reminders
• code, LiveCode hierarchy
  • about / Where does the code go?
  • cards, creating / Time for action – making cards and navigating between them
• collision detection
  • maskData, using for / Using maskData for collision detection
• collision detection map
  • creating / Time for action – making a map of the United States
• colored image
  • URL / Misusing imageData
• ControlManager
  • URL / The ControlManager IDE
• ControlManager IDE
  • about / The ControlManager IDE
• Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) / Pop quiz – OA (odd acronyms!)
• Copy Files section, Standalone Application Settings option
  • about / The Copy Files section
• custom controls
  • URL / Custom controls
• Custom URL Scheme, iOS section
  • about / The Custom URL scheme
  • URL / The Custom URL scheme

D

• data save stack
  • creating / Time for action – creating a data save stack, What just happened?
• date picker, test bed mobile app
  • displaying / Time for action – displaying a date picker
• date pickers
  • creating / Time for action – creating date and time pickers
• debugging, LiveCode
  • about / Debugging
• desktop e-mail application, test bed mobile app
  • invoking / Invoking the desktop e-mail application
  • native e-mail application, calling / Time for action – calling the native e-mail application
• distance
  • between two points on Earth, calculating / Calculating the distance between two points on the Earth
  • URL / Calculating the distance between two points on the Earth
• distribution certificate
  • creating, for iOS / Creating a distribution certificate for iOS
• dot syntax
  • about / Verbosity, synonyms, and "me"
• DropTools
  • URL / Custom controls
• DropTools Palette
  • about / The DropTools palette
  • URL / The DropTools palette

E

• e-mail test, test bed mobile app
  • installing, on devices / Installing the e-mail test on devices
• egg timer
  • about / Different types of reminders
• emulator
  • URL / Creating an Android Virtual Device
• extensions
  • about / A New World of Extensions
  • inside extensions / Inside extensions
• external data
  • loading / Loading and saving external data
  • saving / Loading and saving external data
  • URL, querying / Querying a URL
  • text file, reading from / Reading and writing to a text file
  • text file, writing to / Reading and writing to a text file
• externals / Creating your own add-ons
  • URL / Externals

F

• Flash
  • URL / The story so far…
• full screen scaling mode, Resolution Independence feature
  • about / The full-screen scaling mode
  • syntax / Syntax
  • empty mode / The empty mode
  • showAll mode / The showAll mode
  • letterbox mode / The letterbox mode
  • noBorder mode / The noBorder mode
  • exactFit mode / The exactFit mode

G

• General section, Standalone Application Settings option
  • about / The General section
• Geometry Manager
  • used, for positioning buttons / Time for action – using the Geometry Manager to position buttons
  • URL / The exactFit mode
• getPixel function
  • testing / Time for action – testing a getPixel function
• GitHub
  • URL / Open source
• GMT
  • about / Timing of notifications
• Google Play
  • URL / Google Play
  • about / Google Play
• Google testing / Google testing
• GPS
  • about / Where?
• Graphical User Interface (GUI)
  • about / Making the reminder app

H

• handlers
  • about / Where does the code go?
• hierarchy, LiveCode
  • stack structure / The stack structure
  • code / Where does the code go?
• home card scripts
  • about / Home card scripts
  • adding, to reminders app / Time for action – making the home card buttons work
• HTML5 support / Roadmap
• HTML content
  • parsing, URL / The Links card
• HyperActive Software
  • about / AirLaunch
• HyperCard / Background history and metaphors

I

• iAd banner / mergExt
• Icons area, iOS sectiobn / Icons
• Icons Tools, iOS sectiobn / Icon tools
• image
  • selecting, for jigsaw puzzle / Time for action – creating the pieces and choosing an image
• imageData
  • about / Mystery byte…
  • misusing / Misusing imageData
  • transferring / Time for action – transferring imageData, What just happened?
• image data format
  • about / Image data format
• inspector palette
  • used, in simple calculator application / Inspector clues, oh!
• installers
  • creating, for iOS / Using "over the air" installers for iOS
  • creating, for Android / Using "over the air" installers for Android
• interface controls
  • about / Other interface controls
  • Video player control / The video player control
  • still image control / The still image control
  • rollover buttons / Rollover buttons
• iOS
  • testing / Getting ready for test development on an iOS device
  • testingTopicniOS simulator used / Time for action – using the iOS simulator
  • installers, creating for / Using "over the air" installers for iOS
  • distribution certificate, creating for / Creating a distribution certificate for iOS
• iOS 8
  • URL / Time for action – using Photoshop to prepare button states
• iOS App
  • preparing / Preparing an iOS app so that it can work on someone else's device
• iOS developer
  • becoming / Becoming an iOS developer
  • URL / Becoming an iOS developer
  • LiveCode membership, URL / Becoming an iOS developer
  • iOS code names / Pop quiz – iOS code names
  • Xcode, installing / Installing Xcode
• iOS Provisioning Portal
  • URL / What just happened?
• iOS Release Notes
  • URL / The Browser card
• iOS SDK
  • URL / Further reading
• iOS SDKs
  • LiveCode, pointing to / Pointing LiveCode to the iOS SDKs
• iOS section
  • Build for settings / The Build for section
  • Basic Application Settings / Basic application settings
  • Icons area / Icons
  • Icons Tools / Icon tools
  • Splash Screens / Splash screens
  • Orientation Options / Orientation options
  • Custom URL Scheme / The Custom URL scheme
  • Requirements and Restrictions options / Requirements and restrictions
  • Status Bar option / A status bar
• iOS simulator
  • using / Time for action – using the iOS simulator
• iPhones
  • differerences, URL / Multiple density support

J

• Java Runtime Environment (JRE) / Installing the Android SDK on Mac OS X (Intel)
• jigsaw puzzle
  • creating / Making a jigsaw puzzle
  • pieces, creating / Time for action – creating the pieces and choosing an image, What just happened?
  • image, selecting / Time for action – creating the pieces and choosing an image, What just happened?
  • URL / Time for action – creating the pieces and choosing an image
  • imageData, transferring / Time for action – transferring imageData, What just happened?
  • touch events, setting up / Time for action – setting up touch events, Have a go hero – one for the kids
• JRE 6
  • URL / Installing the Android SDK on Mac OS X (Intel)

K

• Keepers card
  • about / The Keepers card
  • setting up / Time for action – setting up the Keepers card, Have a go hero – add some preset locations
• Kindle Fire
  • using / Using Kindle Fire
  • adding, to ADB / Time for action – adding Kindle Fire to ADB

L

• layouts, using LiveCode Geometry Manager
  • about / Laying out using the LiveCode Geometry Manager
  • buttons, positioning / Time for action – using the Geometry Manager to position buttons
• layouts, using resize handler
  • about / Laying out using a resize handler
  • simple code layout example / Time for action – a simple code layout example
• lessons
  • URL / Online lessons
• Lingo language
  • about / Verbosity, synonyms, and "me"
• Links card
  • about / The Links card
  • links extraction function, making / Time for action – making a links extraction function
  • missing links / The missing links
  • init handler, adding / Time for action – adding the links card's init handler, What just happened?
• links card init handler
  • adding / Time for action – adding the links card's init handler, What just happened?
• LiveCode
  • history / Background history and metaphors
  • newsletters, URL / Background history and metaphors
  • downloading / You do have LiveCode, don't you?
  • download, URL / You do have LiveCode, don't you?
  • Start Center window / Learning the lay of the land
  • online lessons / Online lessons
  • main windows / Main windows
  • icons, dragging from tools pallete / Time for action – it's a drag, but you'll like it!
  • edit tool / To select edit or not…, What just happened?
  • hierarchy, creating / Creating a hierarchy
  • interface controls / Other interface controls
  • controls / Many more controls…
  • debugging / Debugging
  • online tutorials, URL / Debugging
  • pointing, to Android SDK / Pointing LiveCode to the Android SDK
  • pointing, to iOS SDKs / Pointing LiveCode to the iOS SDKs
  • OS styled buttons, creating / Making OS-styled buttons
  • MobGUI / MobGUI to the rescue!
  • reminders app, creating / Making the reminder app
  • extending / Extending LiveCode
  • contributing to, URL / Open source
• LiveCode application
  • external data, loading / Loading and saving external data
  • external data, saving / Loading and saving external data
  • URL, querying / Querying a URL
  • text file, reading / Reading and writing to a text file
  • text file, writing / Reading and writing to a text file
  • another stack, used for storing data / Using another stack to store data
  • data save stack, creating / Time for action – creating a data save stack, What just happened?
  • Web Scraper app, creating / Creating a web "scraper" app
• LiveCode Builder
  • about / LiveCode Builder
• LiveCode Community
  • URL / Open source
  • contributors agreement, URL / Open source
• LiveCode Geometry Manager
  • used, for layouts / Laying out using the LiveCode Geometry Manager
• LiveCode Marketplace
  • URL / animationEngine
• location card
  • creating / Creating a location card
  • working / Time for action – making the location card work, What just happened?

M

• Mac OS X (Intel)
  • Android SDK, installing / Installing the Android SDK on Mac OS X (Intel)
• main windows, LiveCode
  • about / Main windows
• map
  • creating, of United States / Time for action – making a map of the United States
  • URL / Time for action – making a map of the United States
• maskData
  • used, for collision detection / Using maskData for collision detection
• Media card
  • about / The Media card
  • media links, extracting / Time for action – extracting a list of media links, What just happened?
• Media card scripts
  • setting up / Time for action – setting up the Media card scripts
• mergExt
  • about / mergExt
  • URL / mergExt
• mergMK
  • URL / Where?
• MetaCard / Background history and metaphors
• MobGUI
  • about / MobGUI to the rescue!, MobGUI
  • downloading / Time for action – getting started with MobGUI
  • URL / Time for action – getting started with MobGUI, MobGUI
  • used, for creating test bed app / Time for action – using MobGUI to make a test bed app
  • features / MobGUI native controls
• MobGUI native controls
  • features / Time for action – using native controls from MobGUI, What just happened?
• mobile notifications / Timing of notifications
• modules
  • about / Modules
• multiple density support, Resolution Independence feature
  • pixels / Pixels and points
  • points / Pixels and points
  • image naming convention / Image naming convention

N

• native location
  • tracking / Time for action – trying out native location tracking, What just happened?
• Nook
  • URL / Have a go hero – Nook

O

• Object-oriented Programming (OOP) / Locations for code
• Open Language / A New World of Extensions, Roadmap
• Orientation Options, iOS section / Orientation options
• OS styled buttons
  • creating, bitmaps used / Using bitmaps
  • Photoshop, used for preparing button states / Time for action – using Photoshop to prepare button states, What just happened?

P

• packages
  • about / Packages
• Pascal
  • about / Image data format
• Photoshop
  • used, for preparing button states / Time for action – using Photoshop to prepare button states
• physical Android device
  • connecting / Connecting a physical Android device
  • connecting, Kindle Fire used / Using Kindle Fire
  • Kindle Fire, adding to ADB / Time for action – adding Kindle Fire to ADB
• Physics Engine / Roadmap
• pictures, test bed mobile app
  • loading / Time for action – loading pictures for a mobile device
• pieces
  • creating, for jigsaw puzzle / Time for action – creating the pieces and choosing an image
• Plus / Background history and metaphors
• Project Browser
  • URL / The stack structure
• Pythagorean theorem / Time for action – setting up touch events

Q

• Quality Control Center
  • URL / Quality control

R

• racecar image
  • creating / Time for action – making a racecar
• racecourse
  • creating / Time for action – making a racecourse
• regular expression
  • URL / The Links card
• reminder
  • about / Different types of reminders
  • required information / Information needed in a reminder
• reminders app
  • creating / Making the reminder app
  • cards, laying out / Laying out the cards, Time for action – creating the reminder app screens, What just happened?
  • screens, creating / Time for action – creating the reminder app screens, What just happened?
  • stack level functions, adding / Time for action – adding stack-level functions
  • home card scripts, adding / Time for action – making the home card buttons work
  • location card, working / Time for action – making the location card work, What just happened?
  • entry form / The reminder entry form, Time for action – taking in information about the reminder, Have a go hero – nice transitions
• Requirements and Restrictions options, Android section / Requirements and restrictions
• Requirements and Restrictions options, iOS section / Requirements and restrictions
• resize handler
  • used, for layouts / Laying out using a resize handler
• Resolution Independence feature
  • about / Resolution independence
  • multiple density support / Multiple density support
  • full screen scaling mode / The full-screen scaling mode
• roadmap
  • about / Roadmap
  • URL / Roadmap
• rollover buttons
  • about / Rollover buttons
• RunRev
  • URL / Background history and metaphors, You do have LiveCode, don't you?, Pop quiz – name that structure, The Links card, The story so far…, Extending LiveCode
• RunRev Quality system
  • URL / TestFlight
• Runtime Revolution
  • about / The story so far…

S

• Samsung testing / Samsung testing
  • URL / Samsung testing
• scripts
  • about / Where does the code go?
• shopping list
  • about / Different types of reminders
• simple calculator application
  • creating / Making a simple calculator application
  • inspector palette, using / Inspector clues, oh!
  • calculator buttons, creating / Time for action – making the calculator buttons
  • card handlers, adding / Adding the card handlers, Variable types in LiveCode
  • variables / Variable types in LiveCode
  • extending / Extending the calculator
• simple stack
  • testing, in simulators / Time for action – testing a simple stack in the simulators, What just happened?
  • testing, on devices / Time for action – testing a simple stack on devices
• simulators
  • simple stack, testing / Time for action – testing a simple stack in the simulators, What just happened?
• Splash Screens option, iOS section / Splash screens
• stack-level functions
  • adding / Time for action – adding stack-level functions
• stack level scripts
  • about / Stack-level scripts
  • adding, to reminders app / Time for action – adding stack-level functions
• Stacks section, Standalone Application Settings option
  • about / The Stacks section
• stack structure
  • about / The stack structure
  • layouts, manually created / Code-driven and manually created layouts
  • code, locations / Locations for code
  • code locations / Locations for code
• stack structure, LiveCode hierarchy
  • about / The stack structure
• Standalone Application Settings options
  • about / Standalone application settings
  • General section / The General section
  • Stacks section / The Stacks section
  • Copy Files section / The Copy Files section
  • iOS section / The iOS section
  • Android section / Android
• Status Bar option, iOS section / A status bar
• still image control
  • about / The still image control
• SuperCard / Background history and metaphors

T

• test bed mobile app
  • setting up / Setting up a test bed mobile app
  • test bed stack, creating / Time for action – making the test bed stack
  • desktop e-mail application, invoking / Invoking the desktop e-mail application
  • native e-mail application, calling / Time for action – calling the native e-mail application
  • e-mail test, installing on devices / Installing the e-mail test on devices
  • trying, on devices / Time for action – trying the test bed stack on devices
  • web page, opening / Opening a web page
  • date picker, displaying / Time for action – displaying a date picker
  • pictures, loading / Time for action – loading pictures for a mobile device
  • creating, MobGUI used / Time for action – using MobGUI to make a test bed app
• testers
  • Android App, sending to / Sending an Android app to testers
• TestFlightApp.com
  • about / TestFlight
  • URL / TestFlight
• Text card
  • setting up / The Text card, Time for action – setting up the Text card
  • URL / The Text card
• time-measuring utility functions
  • creating / Timing of notifications
• time pickers
  • creating / Time for action – creating date and time pickers
• tmControl
  • about / tmControl
  • URL / tmControl
• to-do list
  • about / Different types of reminders
• touch events
  • setting up, for jigsaw puzzle / Time for action – setting up touch events, Have a go hero – one for the kids

U

• unique device ID (UDID)
  • about / Preparing an iOS app so that it can work on someone else's device
• Unix Time
  • about / Timing of notifications
• User Interface Options, Android section / User interface options

V

• variables
  • about / Variable types in LiveCode
• verbose syntax
  • about / Verbosity, synonyms, and "me"
• video player control
  • about / The video player control

W

• web page
  • native browser application, calling / Time for action – calling the native browser application, What just happened?
• web page, test bed mobile app
  • opening / Opening a web page
• Web Scraper app
  • tab navigation, setting up / Time for action – setting up the tab navigation
  • creating / Time for action – setting up the tab navigation
  • Browser card / The Browser card
  • Links card / The Links card
  • Text card / The Text card
  • Media card / The Media card
  • Keepers card / The Keepers card
• widgets / A New World of Extensions, Roadmap
• Windows
  • Android SDK, installing / Installing the Android SDK on Windows

X

• Xcode
  • installing / Installing Xcode
  • URL / Installing Xcode