Plugins vs. the Mac app bundle

[Scott Rossi]

At least one reason: one of the more significantly needed
user-modifications is the ability to disable UIApplicationExitsOnSuspend
in the iOS pList settings.

Is this now an option in v8?  I don't see it in dp16 but maybe I'm missing
it.

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, UX/UI Design




On 4/12/16, 10:02 AM, "use-livecode on behalf of Richard Gaskin"
<use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com on behalf of
ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote:

>On 12/04/2016 17:08, Paul Hibbert wrote:
> > Peter,
> >
> > Does this affect solutions such as the one posted here:
>http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17292 - Comment 6?
> >
> > I¹m curious because I usually modify the revMenuBar stack to add
> > in my own preferred shortcuts, there are also people like Richmond
> > that like to change the tool bar icons etc., so I¹m assuming this
> > type of activity will also break code signing validity.
>
>Well, if you want to truly own your computer there's always Ubuntu, or
>any other Linux. :)
>
>Apple and Microsoft are proprietary systems.  They each make a fine OS,
>but to use it you play by their rules. In terms of the UX, it's more of
>a lease than a purchase. That's neither a feature nor a bug, just one
>way of working with an OS.
>
>If you like what they provide, enjoy it.  If you want total control over
>the computing experience, I'm hard pressed to think of anything but an
>open source system that'll provide that.
>
>But frankly, even then I'd think twice about modifying signed files.
>Bypassing security is rarely advantageous.
>
>With LiveCode, however, I believe it's not quite so deep.
>
>The issue here is specific to changing the files on disk within the
>application bundle.
>
>But why do that?