New(?) Idea for Standalones

[Alex Tweedly]

On 27/03/2021 00:35, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote:
>
> What are you looking for?  When were these "good ol days" in which one 
> could run stack files without an engine, and how did that work?
>
I can describe what I would like; that may be similar to what Roger is 
looking for. Or it may not.
But I think it is :-)


I'd like to be able to develop a stack and give it to a friends or 
family, and have them run it on their iOS or Android devices. I don't 
want to get involved in building iOS standalones (or even installing 
xCode), so ideally I would give them a simple app (i.e. stackRunner kind 
of thing), and then my "app" as a document to load into that 'runner' app.

> There are many reasons it would be problematic to make one generic 
> "player" for everyone's stack files, mostly user experience but also 
> app store restrictions, and additional technical requirements for any 
> devs using it to keep stacks playing nicely together.

I'm not going to sell apps, or distribute them widely, so I (don't think 
I) care about app store restrictions. I also don't care about 'user 
experience' in the sense of branding or feeling like a unique app.

I'm not sure what you mean by  "additional technical requirements..."

If that's feasible, I'd happily buy (or contribute cost towards) such a 
'runner' app. I doubt that I'd be the only one.

Alex.