Re: LC iOS Command 'mergPopActivity'

2020-10-22 Thread Graham Samuel via use-livecode
The subject of this conversation is a bit wrong now, but I will keep so that the thread continues. Looking at this a bit further, it looks like there is more than one scheme for getting one app to open another. I find that the Dictionary entry for ‘launch url’ doesn’t quite conform to the

Re: LC iOS Command 'mergPopActivity'

2020-10-22 Thread Graham Samuel via use-livecode
Thanks Bernard - looks very promising! I will experiment. Means a lot of installation into an actual phone, I think, due to the limitations of the Xcode simulator (can’t load existing apps).. Very helpful Graham > On 22 Oct 2020, at 01:08, Bernard Devlin via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi

Re: LC iOS Command 'mergPopActivity'

2020-10-21 Thread Bernard Devlin via use-livecode
Hi Graham I wondered if this information is of use. URL calls are not limited to "http://;. Having a LC app respond to a URL call: http://lessons.livecode.com/m/4069/l/58672-using-custom-url-schemes Apps and their URL schemas:

Re: LC iOS Command 'mergPopActivity'

2020-10-21 Thread Graham Samuel via use-livecode
reenshot >> of part of the screen and trying to share to Facebook or Twitter. >> >> export snapshot from rect tExportRect of this card to file tFilePath as PNG >> >> mergPopActivity "Indiana On Tap just hooked me up!",tFilePath,”" >> >> >>

Re: LC iOS Command 'mergPopActivity'

2020-10-19 Thread Andreas Bergendal via use-livecode
Graham wrote: ”[…] iOS Deployment, for me a nightmare compared with simply coding and debugging.” Indeed - I know the feeling, as do many of us, I believe. I wise man (Richard Gaskin actually) once said: ”Mobile development is like building a ship in a bottle.” I find that a very apt and

Re: LC iOS Command 'mergPopActivity'

2020-10-19 Thread Graham Samuel via use-livecode
ortRect of this card to file tFilePath as PNG > > mergPopActivity "Indiana On Tap just hooked me up!",tFilePath,”" > > > —Andrew Bell > > >> >> Message: 13 >> Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 12:58:50 +0200 >> From: Graham Samuel mailto:livf...@

Re: LC iOS Command 'mergPopActivity'

2020-10-18 Thread Andrew at MidWest Coast Media via use-livecode
just hooked me up!",tFilePath,”" —Andrew Bell > > Message: 13 > Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 12:58:50 +0200 > From: Graham Samuel > To: How to use LiveCode > Subject: LC iOS Command 'mergPopActivity' [was Re: The iOS "Files" > folder] > Message-ID: &

LC iOS Command 'mergPopActivity' [was Re: The iOS "Files" folder]

2020-10-18 Thread Graham Samuel via use-livecode
I have been trying to use this command, initially to allow an iOS app to put something in the “Files” folder on an iPhone, but I’m now more interested in the whole idea of Activity Views and how to exploit them in an iOS app. I believe that the LC ‘mergPopActivity' command is a wrapper for some