However, this is only true if you make a deterministic application that runs in only one screen resolution and aspect ratio. Yes, it is possible to make an app quickly in a drag-and drop style using the graphical interface of livecode. In our own experience, we found this to be slightly deceiving, or at least a limited view. Livecode is advertised as a very easy language to program applications very quickly. This will not only make it possible to add your own functionality with basic programming skills, but it is also expected to lead to a rapid increase in the development of third-party plugins and in the frequency of LiveCode updates that integrate some of these plugins into the main LiveCode software. However, this is about to change soon, as LiveCode is working on a next generation of LiveCode that will make it much easier to add externals. The procedure of modifying the LiveCode open source version (which is required for adding unsupported functionality on Android devices) is difficult and largely undocumented.
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Using the iOS externals ( ) or modifying the LifeCode software itself by using the open source version, LiveCode can be extended with modules written in C or C++ that make (better) use of platform specific features that are not (yet) available from LiveCode itself. This is very useful to create interactive objects on the basis of an XML specification, where not only content but the number of objects has to be adaptable. Even though Livecode has a graphical user interface to create objects such as buttons and text fields, all elements can be also be created, modified and deleted from the programming code itself during runtime.īecause objects contain programming code as their editable property, even the program code itself can be changed by the program while running. LiveCode is a very flexible, adaptable programming language.
The following evaluation is based on Livecode versions 6.6.2 and 7.0 (dp 6). Livecode is a multi-platform programming language, IDE and compiler that is capable of compiling to mobile devices. This LiveCode review is by Dr Jeroen Lichtenauer, programmer for the HandsOnTurkish project.
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