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LiveCode Mobile Development Cookbook

You're reading from   LiveCode Mobile Development Cookbook 90 practical recipes for creating cross-platform mobile applications with the power of LiveCode

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2014
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ISBN-13 9781783558827
Length 256 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Dr. Edward Lavieri Jr. Dr. Edward Lavieri Jr.
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Preface 1. LiveCode Mobile Basics FREE CHAPTER 2. Human-computer Interfaces 3. Loops and Timers 4. Managing Text 5. Communications 6. Data Structures 7. External Media 8. Using MobGUI 9. Using Animation Engine 10. Miscellaneous Index

Using a button


In this recipe, you will learn how to use a button from the MobGUI plugin. MobGUI buttons are different from regular buttons. The buttons created using MobGUI are groups that contain graphics and a label.

Getting ready

Before using this recipe, you will need to have the MobGUI plugin downloaded and installed on your development computer. See the Setting up MobGUI recipe discussed earlier in this chapter.

How to do it...

Use the following steps to create a button for mobile apps using MobGUI:

  1. Create a new main stack in LiveCode.

  2. From the Development menu, navigate to Plugins | revMobGUI.

  3. Click on the play button, shown in the following screenshot, from the icons on the MobGUI interface.

  4. Drag the icon from the MobGUI interface to your stack. This will result in a group being added to your stack.
  5. Right-click on the new Button group and select Edit Script from the pop-up menu. You will see the following script shell assigned to the Button group:

    on touchEnd pId
      mobGUIUntouch the long...
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