New(?) Idea for Standalones

[Roger Guay]

Could be, but that requires you to be an Apple Developer. Too much hassle! A LiveCodeLight from RunRev that runs stacks without the IDE would be easier.

Roger


> On Mar 27, 2021, at 10:18 AM, ELS Prothero via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> I thought that if you set up beta testers, with the id of the device an app would be run on, others could run your app as a beta tester. But, perhaps,you need an apple license to do even that?
> Bill
> 
> William Prothero
> https://earthlearningsolutions.org
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>> On Mar 26, 2021, at 10:10 PM, David Squance via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks for the confirmation.
>> Dave
>> 
>>> On Mar 26, 2021, at 10:05 PM, Roger Guay via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> You’re right, David. I was specifically addressing standalones for Mac, Windows and Linux. They are easily created without licenses etc. for use on your own computer, but cannot be distributed w/o licenses etc
>>> 
>>> Roger
>>> 
>>>>> On Mar 26, 2021, at 9:39 PM, David Squance via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> It was my understanding that iOS apps can’t even be created without a license from Apple. Mostly what I would want to share would be games I made for my grandson and he only uses iOS devices.
>>>> 
>>>> I’ve never tried making a standalone for iOS, even for testing, because I didn’t think I could. Is that not the case?
>>>> 
>>>> Dave
>>>> 
>>>>> On Mar 26, 2021, at 3:54 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Roger Guay wrote:
>>>>>> Has anyone thought of building a “legal” and “blessed" app for
>>>>>> Mac, WIndows and Linux that would open standalones for for each
>>>>>> of those platforms? Why put each of us through the agony (and
>>>>>> expense) of shifting/changing requirements to be able to easily
>>>>>> distribute standalones? Just as Microsoft Word is required to
>>>>>> open .doc files why not have something like LCreader app open
>>>>>> .livecode files
>>>>> 
>>>> 
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