Xcode 8 / iOS 10 support coming in 8.1.1

[Richard Gaskin]

Fraser Gordon wrote:

 > Adding new platform-specific features to the core engine is
 > surprisingly difficult and writing externals using Android APIs
 > can be tricky (due to needing to use both C++ and Java) so not
 > many third-parties do it, which is why we're busy working on
 > the 'Infinite LiveCode' project 
(https://livecode.com/project/infinite-livecode/).
 > Currently, we're improving LiveCode Builder to get FFI bindings
 > for Java working (see https://github.com/livecode/livecode/pull/4438 
for progress)
 > so that widgets and libraries can be written to access Java APIs,
 > the main use-case of which is to make wrapping Android features much
 > easier.

Thanks for the links, Fraser.  I always learn a lot watching how things 
unfold on Github.

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