Re: Where do copied files go on mobile?

2020-04-20 Thread Mark Talluto via use-livecode
On Apr 20, 2020, at 11:00 AM, Mark Talluto wrote: > > function csi_soundDirectory > local tPath > > --USEFUL FOR GETTING THE ROOT FOLDER OF THIS APP > set the itemDel to slash > put specialFolderPath("resources") & slash into tPath > return tPath & "/sounds/" &

Stack Files

2020-04-20 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I am beginning to move a lot of things over to script only stacks to be used by behaviors. I created a script only stack from an existing object’s property, and it was working fine, but after closing and re-opening the stack, the behavior doesn’t work. When I try to re-select the behavior for

Re: Issues with Mobile Native controls

2020-04-20 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Some thoughts on icons. I have a focus group of about 10 people, mostly in London, one older woman in France. The "old" FontAwesome as used by Livecode out of the box (I have yet to explore Brian option for bringing in your own or use the "new" FontAwesome While the icon are a bit bold

[ANN] This Week in LiveCode 222

2020-04-20 Thread panagiotis merakos via use-livecode
Hi all, Read about new developments in LiveCode open source and the open source community in today's edition of the "This Week in LiveCode" newsletter! Read issue #222 here: https://bit.ly/2VCpWo4 This is a weekly newsletter about LiveCode, focussing on what's been going on in and

Re: Issues with Mobile Native controls

2020-04-20 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
I've been using Brian's tool a lot lately, it sure beats doing all that work yourself. I export my new icon family to a file and then import the array file into a custom property of the stack. When the app starts up it sets the icon family to the array and it just works. -- Jacqueline Landman

Re: Where do copied files go on mobile?

2020-04-20 Thread Mark Talluto via use-livecode
> On Apr 19, 2020, at 9:37 AM, Graham Samuel via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi Klaus > > Thanks for your continued interest. In fact I got it working! As stated > earlier, I converted my sound to .m4a (there are internet services for this > kind of conversion) and included it in the

Re: Issues with Mobile Native controls

2020-04-20 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 4/20/20 12:05 PM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode wrote: It´s from Todd Fabacher and his team. And here´s a link to a discussion about it in this list https://www.mail-archive.com/use-livecode@lists.runrev.com/msg93988.html OK - now I looked as well. Still not sure what that is. The

Re: Issues with Mobile Native controls

2020-04-20 Thread matthias rebbe via use-livecode
It´s from Todd Fabacher and his team. And here´s a link to a discussion about it in this list https://www.mail-archive.com/use-livecode@lists.runrev.com/msg93988.html - Matthias Rebbe Life Is Too Short For Boring Code > Am 20.04.2020 um 20:52 schrieb improve-revolution-010...@m-r-d.de: > >

Re: Issues with Mobile Native controls

2020-04-20 Thread matthias rebbe via use-livecode
I´ve purchased it already in 2018. In my account it shows now version 1.0.0, but the download is still the same beta as the one from 2018 when it was released. The files are still from 2018. Maybe the people at LC did not update the d/l link. I will ask Heather by e-mail tomorrow. -

Re: What makes everything on a card unresponsive?

2020-04-20 Thread Mark Talluto via use-livecode
On Apr 19, 2020, at 10:34 AM, Graham Samuel via use-livecode wrote: > > Any ideas welcome, including a debugging strategy. I use: --quick a dirty value check answer “VariableName:” && tVariable —did my code get this far answer “Handler name, label that may provide extra context”

Re: Issues with Mobile Native controls

2020-04-20 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Graham Samuel wrote: > I’ve recently bought Mobile Native Essential pack... Curious, I looked it up. Who is "LiveCode Factory" (the vendor), and how is anything labeled "essential" not in the base install? Is it essential or not? -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Software Design

Re: Issues with Mobile Native controls

2020-04-20 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 4/20/20 10:53 AM, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode wrote: I know Apple and Google have designs that are looking for the "Wow, new look!" ... but frankly e.g. their flat new button style (we used in the web for a recent UI) ... people did realize it was a button! To make such a

Re: Stack Files

2020-04-20 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
They are a little more than text files. My first attempt I tried simply creating a text file that ended in .livecodescript and it didn’t work. The Lesson says you need to create a new stack and select the Script Only Stack, then edit the script of the stack. Also, creating a behavior in the

Re: Stack Files

2020-04-20 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Isn’t that just for standalone building? Bob S > On Apr 20, 2020, at 2:10 PM, scott--- via use-livecode > wrote: > > Bob, I don’t use script only stacks but aren’t they just text files? If they > were all in the same folder you could just add that directory in the Copy > Files pane. > >

Re: HTTPHeaders

2020-04-20 Thread Devin Asay via use-livecode
In my experience they are persistent throughout a session, sort of like setting the defaultFolder. Devin > On Apr 20, 2020, at 3:11 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > wrote: > > Are the httpHeaders persistent or do I need to set them before each server > call? > > -- > Jacqueline

Re: Issues with Mobile Native controls

2020-04-20 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
The one I mean is actually a widget but we're probably talking about the same thing. I like it because you can set the theme and it displays correctly for either iOS or Android. I'd love to see more themed widgets like that, maybe a mobileButton widget for example. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay

Re: HTTPHeaders

2020-04-20 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Thanks Devin, that'll save me some code. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On April 20, 2020 5:08:53 PM Devin Asay via use-livecode wrote: In my experience they are persistent throughout a session, sort of like setting

Re: Google Play Wants Us to Use Android App Bundle?

2020-04-20 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
When I looked into it, x86 had almost no users any more and hasn't for years. So I just built 2 apps for ARM, 32-bit and 64-bit. I'm thinking I may not need 32-bit either, except that Chromebooks only support 32-bit and we have a few users who run our app on those. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay |

Re: Issues with Mobile Native controls

2020-04-20 Thread Graham Samuel via use-livecode
Yes, I was probably quite hasty paying for it - if it’s in beta still after two years, it looks kind of abandoned. I would certainly say it looks unfinished, even though the individual widgets are described in the LC dictionary. And in my environment, which is not new but not that old, the

Re: What makes everything on a card unresponsive?

2020-04-20 Thread Graham Samuel via use-livecode
Thanks Mark - I am very glad you reminded me of the way puts go into the console window. I knew about that once (two or three years ago, when I last tried to do a mobile app) and just forgot about it. I have kind of emerged, blinking, into the light after being in the dark for a long time. I

Google Play Wants Us to Use Android App Bundle?

2020-04-20 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Trying to upload the latest release of my app for Android I rolled out the my app Google Play console 2 arm versions-together - v24 2 86 versions together - v25 Google Play accept the rollout (with a 7-day review disclaimer) and says: -- Warning: This APK results in unused code and

Re: What makes everything on a card unresponsive?

2020-04-20 Thread Brian Milby via use-livecode
Look into the log command.  When you disable that, there is no performance impact and you don’t need to remove all of the individual calls. Thanks, Brian On Apr 20, 2020, 5:04 PM -0400, scott--- via use-livecode , wrote: > (requires the LC Business version) > > > On Apr 20, 2020, at 11:25 AM,

Re: Issues with Mobile Native controls

2020-04-20 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 4/20/20 3:57 PM, Graham Samuel via use-livecode wrote: I would like there to be a library of such things, and hoped they’d be SVGs. Still hoping. Make your own icon family using Brian's tool. There are thousands of SVG icons on the web, mostly free. Go here, for a start:

Re: Issues with Mobile Native controls

2020-04-20 Thread Rick Harrison via use-livecode
Are you referring to the switch button? If so, yes it is in Indy. Rick > On Apr 20, 2020, at 5:48 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > wrote: > > I've used LC's built-in switch widget without any problems. I don't know if > that's included in Indy though.

Re: What makes everything on a card unresponsive?

2020-04-20 Thread scott--- via use-livecode
(requires the LC Business version) > On Apr 20, 2020, at 11:25 AM, Mark Talluto via use-livecode > wrote: > > —breakpoints > Sometimes the remote debugger works and sometimes it doesn’t. When it does, > you breakpoint will fire in your app and show up in the LC IDE

Re: Issues with Mobile Native controls

2020-04-20 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
On 4/20/20 3:50 PM, Graham Samuel via use-livecode wrote: the switch widget crashed the simulator I've used LC's built-in switch widget without any problems. I don't know if that's included in Indy though. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software

Re: Issues with Mobile Native controls

2020-04-20 Thread Graham Samuel via use-livecode
Well, looking at my iPhone, there are many many designs for apps, but there are very often (OK, not always) tidy little icons which lead to settings/preferences or give information, or make it clear that you can close something. I don’t know if my finger uses them as buttons exactly, but I find

Re: Stack Files

2020-04-20 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Hmmm… it seems to be sticking now. I wonder if I had a crash before getting a chance to save the stack. So false alarm I guess. Bob S > On Apr 20, 2020, at 2:23 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > Isn’t that just for standalone building? > > Bob S > > >> On Apr 20, 2020, at

HTTPHeaders

2020-04-20 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Are the httpHeaders persistent or do I need to set them before each server call? -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: Stack Files

2020-04-20 Thread scott--- via use-livecode
Bob, I don’t use script only stacks but aren’t they just text files? If they were all in the same folder you could just add that directory in the Copy Files pane. Scott Morrow Elementary Software (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) web https://elementarysoftware.com/ email

Native Switch Button Widget [was: Re: What makes everything on a card unresponsive?]

2020-04-20 Thread Graham Samuel via use-livecode
My ideas were wrong. What I think now was that the whole of my app was halted by the existence of a Native Switch Button widget on the card I was trying to go to. I am not sure if I have time to prepare a proper bug report, but i found it by a process of elimination of all other objects on the

Issues with Mobile Native controls

2020-04-20 Thread Graham Samuel via use-livecode
I’ve recently bought Mobile Native Essential pack in a slightly desperate attempt to get my mobile app look more native, but I’ve had trouble with the bits I’ve used: Labels - sometimes are not visible even when the vis is definitely true; strange scheme which means that the name you give it

Re: Issues with Mobile Native controls

2020-04-20 Thread Brian Milby via use-livecode
Icons can be updated to anything you want. See this thread about the SVG Icon Tool that I developed. The package on my website has a large number of icons included that you can browse and combine into your own Icon Family. http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=10=30411 Once you change the

Re: Issues with Mobile Native controls

2020-04-20 Thread Graham Samuel via use-livecode
Just a quick addition - it’s a whole world out there, isn’t it? I am so behind the curve… anyway very useful. I am not sure why so many icon designers go for chunky designs - it’s as if they preferred bold type over regular. The little icons at the top and bottom of the screen in your own tool

Re: Issues with Mobile Native controls

2020-04-20 Thread Graham Samuel via use-livecode
Thanks Brian, that looks really useful. I am looking for icons that are tools, such as for settings (often a cogwheel or a set of horizontal bars) and stuff like that - anyway I will have a good look. I am very pleased that the system is more flexible than I first thought, since it isn’t