develop a hybrid app

[Matt Maier]

What's a language token?

On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 10:11 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Matt Maier wrote:
>
> > On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 8:39 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> >
> >> Matt Maier wrote:
> >> > Is there a concise list of what Livecode can do on mobile devices?
> >>
> >> I'm not sure, but filtering the Dictionary with "mobile" will reveal
> >> language elements specific to those platforms.
> >
> > Okay, so am I doing it right if I find "mobileIdleTimerLocked()" and
> > interpret it to mean that on both ios and android I can find out if
> > the user has interacted with the phone because mobileIdleTimerLocked
> > will be false. Or mobileComposeTextMessage will let us bring up a
> > texting program with a message, but the user would still have to send
> > it.
> >
> > I don't see much else.
>
> ...for that specific question.  For the original question of "what
> LiveCode can do on mobile devices", when I filter the Dictionary with
> "mobile" I see dozens of language tokens.
>
>
> >> > Auto-reply - prewritten messages that go out when you're focusing
> >> > to explain what you're doing and when you'll be done. Like "I'm at
> >> > yoga. I'll check my phone at 5".
> >>
> >> That would be handled on the server, no?
> >
> > Wouldn't we need something on the phone to know that a call or text is
> > coming in?
>
> Ah, I see. As worded it wasn't clear what the app would be replying to.
>
> I don't believe LC currently offers a built-in solution for altering how
> incoming calls are handled, but if iOS provides an API for that you could
> write a library for it with LC Builder.
>
>
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