Controls on mobile apps - am I missing something?

Mark Waddingham mark at livecode.com
Mon Jul 4 07:19:22 EDT 2016


On 2016-07-04 13:13, Ben Rubinstein wrote:
> On 01/07/2016 17:28, Richard Gaskin wrote:
>> Buttons are already quite good on macOS, as are fields, tabs, progress 
>> bars,
>> and most others.
> 
> Does that mean that these items are drawn by LiveCode, rather than
> using native API calls?  If so, couldn't the iOS default to this macOS
> "theme" rather than Motif? That would immediately represent a massive
> upgrade.

No, the Windows, Mac and Linux 'native' themes are rendered using 
platform-specific API calls - so they aren't available on any platforms 
apart from the platform they are for.

Warmest Regards,

Mark.

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