On 30/04/2012 09:34, Roderick McCALL wrote:
We are currently looking into using LiveCode for a variety of
location-aware programs that we want to test on Android and IOS. One
key issue is battery life with many viewing any cross-platform tools
as having a negative impact. Therefore does anyone ha
Rod,
As far as I can tell LC is using the same lower level calls to location
tracking and other iOS services as is available via Xcode which would lead me
to believe that there should not be any differences to battery life while using
these calls. I am not sure how the calls to location service
Dear John and Colin,
Thanks for your replies… Actually I am not sure if it is worse than anything
else but I'll put it this way it is currently the subject of much debate here
in the office. I am genuinely interested in any stats people may have
collected as we would rather go cross-platform i
What would make you think that mobile apps built with liveCode are any better
or any worse than mobile apps built with other software ?
> We are currently looking into using LiveCode for a variety of location-aware
> programs that we want to test on Android and IOS. One key issue is battery
>
You can just listen for location changes, or check manually now and then.
There's no reason to think that LiveCode would drain the battery more than
other apps that would do the same thing.
One thing to know though, your app quits when you press the home button, at
least on iOS. So, you would b
