It is much more simple... it is up to the app author. If they don’t want you to display on an external screen they disable the ability.
I have my internet through the cable company. They have an app that shows live local stations. They don’t allow it to be shown on a big screen unless you subscribe to the cable service. Thanks, Brian On Jul 17, 2018, 9:48 AM -0500, Graham Samuel via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>, wrote: > Those of us who use iOS devices to watch video sometimes want to see stuff on > a big screen. One way of doing this is to buy a (very expensive) Apple > Lightning to HDMi connector and connect your device (iPhone or iPad) to an HD > TV using an HDMI cable. Bingo! Only sometimes it doesn’t work… it’s OK for > example with Netflix, but there are other apps (NowTV in the UK for example) > that report that the connection is not allowed. This seems to imply that > Apple have an API for this feature that is somehow restricted - maybe you > have to pay Apple to implement such a link. I was thinking of doing something > like this in LC, but I need to understand this restriction first. > > Is there anyone here that understands Apple’s arcane rules sufficiently to > explain what’s going on? > > TIA > > Graham > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
