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Autore |
Holgate Colin |
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Titolo |
LiveCode mobile development beginner's guide : create fun-filled, rich apps for Android and iOS with LiveCode / / Colin Holgate |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Birmingham, : Packt Pub., 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-51974-7 |
9786613832191 |
1-84969-249-1 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (247 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Smartphones - Programming |
Operating systems (Computers) |
Application software - Development |
Mobile computing - Programming |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Learn by doing : less theory, more results." |
Includes index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1:LiveCode Fundamentals; Background history and metaphors; You do have LiveCode, don't you?; Learning the lay of the land; Main windows; Time for action - it's a drag, but you'll like it!; Creating a hierarchy; Stack structure; Where code goes; Time for action - making and navigating between cards; Making a simple calculator application; Inspector clues, oh...; Time for action - making the calculator buttons; Verbosity, synonyms, and ""me""; Adding the card handlers |
Variable types in LiveCodeExtending the calculator; Other interface controls; Video player control; Still image control; Rollover buttons; Many More Controls...; Debugging; RunRev's online tutorials; Summary; Chapter 2:Getting Started with LiveCode Mobile; iOS, Android, or both?; Becoming an Android developer; Android Market; Amazon Appstore; Downloading the Android SDK; Installing Android SDK on Mac OS X (Intel); Installing Android SDK on Windows; Pointing LiveCode to the Android SDK; Becoming an iOS developer; Installing Xcode; Pointing |
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LiveCode to the iOS SDKs |
Before we can make our first mobile appGetting ready to test for Android; Time for action - starting an Android virtual device; Connecting a physical Android device; Using a Kindle Fire; Time for action - adding a Kindle Fire to ADB; Getting ready to test for iOS; Time for action - using the iOS simulator; Appiness at last!; Time for action - testing a simple stack in the simulators; Time for action - testing a simple stack on devices; Further reading; Summary; Chapter 3:Building User Interfaces; Setting up a test bed mobile app; Time for action - making the test bed stack |
Invoking the desktop e-mail applicationTime for action - calling the native e-mail application; Installing the e-mail test onto devices; Time for action - trying test bed stack on devices; Opening a web page; Time for action - calling the native browser application; Mobile-only, date picker; Time for action - showing a date picker; Mobile-only, loading pictures; Time for action - loading pictures; Making OS styled buttons; Using bitmaps; Time for action - using Photoshop to prepare button states; MobGUI to the rescue!; Time for action - getting started with MobGUI |
Test bed app, the MobGUI wayTime for action - using MobGUI to make a test bed app; MobGUI native controls; Time for action - using native controls from MobGUI; Adjusting things for different screen sizes; Layout using a resize handler; Time for action - simple code layout example; Layout using the LiveCode Geometry Manager; Time for action - using the Geometry Manager to position buttons; Layout using MobGUI; Time for action - using MobGUI to remember layouts for us; Further reading; Summary; Chapter 4:Using Remote Data and Media; Stack structure; Code driven and manually created layouts |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Create fun filled, rich apps for Android and iOS with LiveCode |
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