Unicode on Android

[Ralph DiMola]

I have a "'" that does not render on Android. It displays as a small box.
Character code 146.

Ralph DiMola
IT Director
Evergreen Information Services
rdimola at evergreeninfo.net

-----Original Message-----
From: use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com
[mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Mark Schonewille
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 10:56 AM
To: How to use LiveCode
Subject: Unicode on Android

Hi,

I'm trying to use Unicode on Android devices. I tried to type Arabic text in
a RunRev field on an Android device running Android 4.0.3. In the desktop
version of LiveCode, I can enter Arabic text and with a few tricks I can
make a well-working Arabic text field. On Android, the Arabic text doesn't
render. I can move the text cursor as if the field contains text, but the
text seems to be completely transparent. I have tried to set the textColor,
but that has no effect.

I also tried to run Arabic text on Android 2.3.3. Although the Arabic font
appears visible in the field, the words are rendered incorrectly. Probably,
this is due to the very limited Unicode capabilities of Android 2.3.3. At
least, the text is kind of visible.

I would like to find out whether rendering non-Roman languages is currently
completely impossible with LiveCode for Android. If you tried to use unicode
(Arabic or any other non-Roman language) on Android, regardless of being
successful or unsuccessful, could you please let me know your experiences?

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Best regards,

Mark Schonewille

Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering
Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com
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