3 strategic questions I have re iOS development

[William Prothero]

Thanks, Mark:
I suspect mergeMicrophone would not be maintained as well and Monte’s mergeAV, where he is actually paid. I don’t blame him. Probably it’s best if I just “bite the bullet” and fork over the $100 for mergeAV, for sound recording. 

Thanks for the info, Mark. It’s a big help!
Bill

> On May 7, 2015, at 5:39 AM, Mark Wilcox <mark at sorcery-ltd.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Hi Bill,
> 
>>> 1. Can iOS do audio recording, without Xtras?
> Not as far as I know. You don't need mergAV though, Monte also has an
> open source external mergMicrophone.
> 
>>> 2. Is it possible for LC to link to iTunes songs. Seems I really only
>>>   need to determine the directory. I notice there is also a mergeMP
>>>   extra, but since I’ll just be playing a selected audio file, I
>>>   wonder if it is needed.
> On iOS you can't access files belonging to other apps directly.
> There are APIs for accessing your media library and hence an
> external is needed.
> 
>>> 3. What is the simplest way to store a file in the iOS dropbox (or
>>>   Google Drive)? Do I need an external for that?
> Monte to the rescue again for the simplest way with mergDropbox. They
> have a REST API though, so free and external free option here:
> http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?t=12549
> 
>>> 4. Is it possible (or feasible) to store data in the user’s iCloud
>>>   storage?
> iCloud drive doesn't have an open web API you could call from LiveCode
> (or they couldn't keep it to Apple devices only) so you'd definitely
> need an external or extension for this. It is entirely feasible though.
> 
> Depending on your timescales and willingness to dig into Apple, Dropbox
> and/or Google documentation, you could just start with LiveCode 8 and
> try building some extensions. Otherwise I think for most of this you're
> still going to need externals.
> 
> Mark
> 
> --
> Mark Wilcox mark at sorcery-ltd.co.uk
> 
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