Corona SDK Application Design -- Table of Contents -- Corona SDK Application Design -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Downloading the color images of this book -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Getting Started with Your Mobile Adventure -- What is Corona SDK? -- Prerequisites for Corona SDK -- Downloading, installing, and using Corona SDK -- Installing for Mac OS X -- Installing for Microsoft Windows -- Using Corona SDK -- Summary -- 2. Learning Lua -- Using variables with Lua -- Using the terminal -- Expressions and operators -- Arithmetic expressions -- Comparison operators -- Making decisions -- The if-then statement -- The if-then-else statement -- Loops, loops, and loops -- The for loop -- The while loop -- More flexibility with tables -- Using functions -- Summary -- 3. Creating Your First App -- Using a text editor -- Notepad++ -- Sublime Text -- Corona-specific editors -- Creating a new project -- An introduction to Storyboard -- The createScene function -- The enterScene function -- The exitScene function -- The destroyScene function -- Switching scenes -- Destroying scenes -- Using widgets -- Starting with main.lua -- view1.lua - about us -- view2.lua - your BMI -- view3.lua - contact us -- config.lua - setting up dynamic content resolution -- App icons -- Summary -- 4. Creating a Puzzle App -- A quick introduction to puzzle games -- Downloading the starter kit -- My Jigsaw Puzzle -- build.settings -- config.lua -- main.lua -- menu.lua -- gameplay.lua -- Getting local libraries -- Creating variables.

Creating display groups -- The shuffle function -- Creating the shuffle function -- Dragging-and-dropping display objects -- Creating the drag function -- Summary -- 5. Testing and Publishing -- How to test your app -- iOS -- Android -- Publishing your app -- Publishing to Apple's App Store -- Publishing to Google Play -- Other resources and the Corona community -- A. Tools, Services, and Marketing -- Third-party tools -- Third-party services -- Marketing tips -- Index.