OT: It's Android Jim, but not as we know it (what CPUs does Livecode compile to?)

[Bernard Devlin]

Thanks Roger, that sounds like the first hurdle will be overcome.  As
a machine that I might carry with me to run admin/monitoring apps
written in Livecode, the Transformer is looking better.  I've never
tried to see how much could be done within the scriptLimits but
provided I don't look on it as being a main development machine, then
it may be workable ( I have no need to create standalones on it).  I
too have no real expectation that Runrev would provide an IDE that
runs on Android/ARM - not unless such Android tablets/netbooks sweep
the world :)  Until this week I had pretty much no interest in
developing for iOS/Android.

Do you have a Livecode app in the Android Marketplace I could use to
test on it? If not, I'll take Jacques up on her kind offer offlist.

Also, can one install a Livecode app on a machine without going
through the hassle of listing it in the Marketplace?  Can they be
installed e.g. by downloading them from a URL?

Looks like Runrev are going to be getting me to upgrade my license once again.

Bernard

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 2:39 AM, Roger Eller
<roger.e.eller at sealedair.com> wrote:
> My Android tablet has the nVidia Tegra2 dual-core CPU (which is ARM based),
> and my LiveCode apps are working great, as are many apps I have installed
> from the Android Market.
>
> Earlier, Bernard wrote:
>   > I guess I'm really hoping for too much to think that Livecode could run
> on a Tegra
>   > (I know the Linux IDE is only compiled for intel).
>
> I seriously doubt that RunRev intends for the IDE to run on mobile, if that
> is your intent for getting the Asus Transformer.  As an Android testing
> device, it should be fine.