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LiveCode Mobile Development Beginner's Guide (2nd Edition)

You're reading from   LiveCode Mobile Development Beginner's Guide (2nd Edition) Create interactive mobile apps for Android and iOS with LiveCode

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2015
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ISBN-13 9781849699655
Length 256 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Colin Holgate Colin Holgate
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Joel W Gerdeen Joel W Gerdeen
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Preface 1. LiveCode Fundamentals FREE CHAPTER 2. Getting Started with LiveCode Mobile 3. Building User Interfaces 4. Using Remote Data and Media 5. Making a Jigsaw Puzzle Application 6. Making a Reminder Application 7. Deploying to Your Device A. Extending LiveCode Index

Time for action – getting started with MobGUI


As with the other add-ons to LiveCode, MobGUI needs to be installed in the LiveCode plugins folder. On Windows, this will be at My Documents/My LiveCode/Plugins. On Mac, it will be at ~/Documents/My LiveCode/Plugins. This default location can be changed under the LC Preferences menu and Files & Memory. The following steps will guide you through getting started with MobGUI:

  1. Download the latest version of MobGUI from http://mobgui.com/download.php.

  2. The .zip file will expand to become a LiveCode stack named MobGUI_V1-28.livecode for the current version. Hopefully, there will be a newer version when you download this.

  3. Drag the stack into the plugins folder and reopen LiveCode.

  4. Make a new Mainstack.

  5. From the Development menu, choose Plugins/revMobGUI. This window will appear when you do so:

  6. The MobGUI window is much like a combination of the LiveCode Tool palette and Inspector palette.

  7. Try dragging different items on the card and look at the options...

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