LiveCode Mobile Development Beginner's Guide -- Table of Contents -- LiveCode Mobile Development Beginner's Guide -- 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 -- Time for action - heading -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - heading -- Have a go hero - heading -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 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! -- What just happened? -- Creating a hierarchy -- Stack structure -- Where code goes -- Time for action - making and navigating between cards -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - best name? -- Making a simple calculator application -- Inspector clues, oh… -- Time for action - making the calculator buttons -- What just happened? -- Verbosity, synonyms, and "me" -- Adding the card handlers -- Variable types in LiveCode -- Pop quiz - try to remember… -- Extending the calculator -- Have a go hero - getting to the root of things -- Other interface controls -- Video player control -- Still image control -- Rollover buttons -- Many More Controls… -- Debugging -- RunRev's online tutorials -- Summary -- 2. Getting Started with LiveCode Mobile -- iOS, Android, or both? -- Becoming an Android developer -- Android Market -- Amazon Appstore -- Pop quiz - when is something too much? -- Downloading the Android S -- Installing Android SDK on Mac OS X (Intel) -- Installing Android SDK on Windows -- Pointing LiveCode to the Android SDK -- Pop quiz - tasty code names.

Becoming an iOS developer -- Pop quiz - iOS code names -- Installing Xcode -- Pointing LiveCode to the iOS SDKs -- Before we can make our first mobile app -- Getting ready to test for Android -- Time for action - starting an Android virtual device -- What just happened? -- Connecting a physical Android device -- Using a Kindle Fire -- Time for action - adding a Kindle Fire to ADB -- What just happened? -- Getting ready to test for iOS -- Time for action - using the iOS simulator -- What just happened? -- Appiness at last! -- Time for action - testing a simple stack in the simulators -- What just happened? -- Time for action - testing a simple stack on devices -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - Nook -- Further reading -- Summary -- 3. Building User Interfaces -- Setting up a test bed mobile app -- Time for action - making the test bed stack -- What just happened? -- Invoking the desktop e-mail application -- Time for action - calling the native e-mail application -- What just happened? -- Installing the e-mail test onto devices -- Time for action - trying test bed stack on devices -- What just happened? -- Opening a web page -- Time for action - calling the native browser application -- What just happened? -- Mobile-only, date picker -- Time for action - showing a date picker -- What just happened? -- Mobile-only, loading pictures -- Time for action - loading pictures -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - getting the big picture -- Making OS styled buttons -- Using bitmaps -- Time for action - using Photoshop to prepare button states -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - the cost of things these days -- MobGUI to the rescue! -- Time for action - getting started with MobGUI -- What just happened? -- Test bed app, the MobGUI way -- Time for action - using MobGUI to make a test bed app -- What just happened? -- MobGUI native controls.

Time for action - using native controls from MobGUI -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - other tests and pretty icons -- Adjusting things for different screen sizes -- Layout using a resize handler -- Time for action - simple code layout example -- What just happened? -- Layout using the LiveCode Geometry Manager -- Time for action - using the Geometry Manager to position buttons -- What just happened? -- Layout using MobGUI -- Time for action - using MobGUI to remember layouts for us -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - other sizes -- Further reading -- Summary -- 4. Using Remote Data and Media -- Stack structure -- Code driven and manually created layouts -- Locations for code -- Pop quiz - name that structure -- Loading and saving external data -- Querying a URL -- Reading and writing to a text file -- Using another stack to store data -- Time for action - creating a data save stack -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - other special places -- Creating a web "scraper" app -- Time for action - setting up tab navigation -- What just happened? -- The Browser card -- Time for action - adding the browser controls -- What just happened? -- The Links card -- Time for action - making a links extraction function -- What just happened? -- The missing links -- One more thing… -- Time for action - adding the Links card "init" handler -- What just happened? -- The Text card -- Time for action - setting up the Text card -- What just happened? -- The Media card -- Time for action - extracting a list of media links -- What just happened? -- Time for action - setting up the Media card scripts -- What just happened? -- The Keepers card -- Time for Action - setting up the Keepers card -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - add some preset locations -- What now? -- Summary -- 5. Making a Jigsaw Puzzle Application -- Image data format -- Mystery byte….

Misusing imageData! -- Time for action - testing a getPixel function -- What just happened? -- Pop-Quiz - how many bits in a byte? -- Simulating lots and lots of buttons -- Time for action - making a map of the United States -- What just happened? -- Pop-Quiz - getting the big picture -- Using maskData for collision detection -- Time for action - making a racecourse -- What just happened? -- Time for action - making a race car -- What just happened? -- Pop-Quiz - calculate this! -- Making a jigsaw puzzle -- Going to pieces… -- Time for action - creating the pieces and choosing an image -- What just happened? -- Time for action - transferring imageData -- What just happened? -- Adding interactivity -- Time for action - setting up touch events -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - one for the kids -- Summary -- 6. Making a Reminder Application -- What is a "reminder"? -- When? -- Date and time pickers -- Time for action - creating date and time pickers -- What just happened? -- Pop-Quiz - AO (Odd Acronyms!) -- Where? -- Time for action - trying out native location tracking -- What just happened? -- Calculating the distance between two points on Earth -- Pop quiz - what floor is my apartment on? -- What? -- Making the reminders app -- Laying out the cards -- Time for action - creating the reminder app screens -- What just happened? -- Stack level scripts -- Time for action - adding Stack level functions -- What just happened? -- Home card scripts -- Time for action - making the Home card buttons work -- What just happened? -- Creating a location card -- Time for action - making the location card work -- What just happened? -- Reminder entry form -- Time for action - taking in information about the reminder -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - nice transitions -- Summary -- 7. Deploying to Your Device -- Standalone Application Settings.

General -- Stacks -- Copy Files -- iOS -- Build for -- Basic Application Settings -- Icons -- Splash Screens -- Orientation Options -- Custom URL Scheme -- Requirements and Restrictions -- Status Bar -- Android -- Basic Application Settings -- Requirements and Restrictions -- Application Permissions -- User Interface Options -- Building Apps for Beta Testers -- Sending an Android App to testers -- Preparing an iOS App so that it can work on someone else's device -- Creating "over the air" installers for iOS -- AirLaunch -- BetaBuilder -- TestFlightApp.com -- Creating an app store submission file -- Finding and using the Android Keytool application -- Creating a distribution certificate for iOS -- Uploading to the app stores -- What's similar -- What's different -- Bottom line -- Summary -- A. Extending LiveCode -- The story so far… -- Extending LiveCode -- MobGUI -- tmControl -- DropTools Palette -- mergExt -- Creating your own add-ons -- Custom controls -- Externals -- B. Pop Quiz Answers -- Chapter 1, LiveCode Fundamentals -- Pop Quiz - best name? -- Pop quiz - try to remember… -- Chapter 2, Getting Started with LiveCode Mobile -- Pop quiz - when is something too much? -- Pop quiz - tasty code names -- Pop quiz - iOS code names -- Chapter 3, Building User Interfaces -- Pop quiz - getting the big picture -- Pop quiz - the cost of things these days -- Chapter 4, Using Remote Data and Media -- Pop quiz - name that structure -- Pop quiz - other special places -- Chapter 5, Making a Jigsaw Puzzle Application -- Pop-Quiz - how many bits in a byte? -- Pop-Quiz - getting the big picture -- Pop-Quiz - calculate this! -- Chapter 6, Making a Reminders Application -- Pop-Quiz - AO (Odd Acronyms!) -- Pop-Quiz - What floor is my apartment on? -- Index.