Thanks very much for that. Sadly on a first look, in this particular case there is little or no additional detail about the command. Nevertheless I think there should be a link to the Merg web site in the LC Dictionary itself.
I rely heavily on the Dictionary, and only venture elsewhere when I am completely foxed, as with iOS Deployment, for me a nightmare compared with simply coding and debugging. It is also true that the Simulator is very limited, in particular in showing what’s happening when things go wrong (silent failure being a factor which has bitten me several times). Under the Simulator, my GPS-related app can only use a couple of limited examples built in to Xcode. Probably there is a way to roll your own, but only in the monstrous xCode universe, so very different from the familiar environment of LC. I am really too old to start learning all that stuff. Apart though from my own bruised ego, there is the issue of one of the key USPs of LC - simplicity - being damaged by the difficulty of deployment. I’m ranting, I suppose… will study the Merg info, but sadly still need Elanor to ride to the rescue! Graham > On 19 Oct 2020, at 03:23, Andrew at MidWest Coast Media > <and...@midwestcoastmedia.com> wrote: > > The limited documentation is at http://mergext.com/home/mergpop/ > <http://mergext.com/home/mergpop/> > Glad to hear that Elanor might be working on some more documentation. This > feature (like push notifications and mobile camera) are difficult to test > since the emulator either doesn’t work or has extremely limited functionality. > > I found this code snippet in an old project where I was taking a screenshot > of part of the screen and trying to share to Facebook or Twitter. > > export snapshot from rect tExportRect of this card to file tFilePath as PNG > > mergPopActivity "Indiana On Tap just hooked me up!",tFilePath,”" > > > —Andrew Bell > > >> >> Message: 13 >> Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 12:58:50 +0200 >> From: Graham Samuel <livf...@mac.com <mailto:livf...@mac.com>> >> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> >> Subject: LC iOS Command 'mergPopActivity' [was Re: The iOS "Files" >> folder] >> Message-ID: <769b3120-fcf5-4ecb-9683-ac0a303e2...@mac.com >> <mailto:769b3120-fcf5-4ecb-9683-ac0a303e2...@mac.com>> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 >> >> I have been trying to use this command, initially to allow an iOS app to put >> something in the ?Files? folder on an iPhone, but I?m now more interested in >> the whole idea of Activity Views and how to exploit them in an iOS app. I >> believe that the LC ?mergPopActivity' command is a wrapper for some function >> in the iOS native universe - connected with ?UIActivityViewController', but >> so far I haven?t worked out which one, since I don?t really understand much >> of Apple?s iOS Developer documentation (I always hope that using LC removes >> the need to do so!). >> >> Elanor Buchanan of the mother ship has been extremely helpful about this, >> and has said she hopes to improve the almost non-existent documentation of >> this command, but meanwhile I?m interested if anyone on this list has any >> insights, as I?m quite stuck and don?t want to bug Elanor too much. >> >> When you invoke the ?mergPopActivity' command in an LC script, it opens a >> modal window which gives a gateway into services available on your device, >> like email, printing, saving to ?Files?, sending to social media etc - it >> depends on what your device is capable of, and the apps it has loaded; so I >> believe that the LC command essentially implements the ?sharing? activity in >> iOS, which is usually invoked via an icon consisting of a square with a >> North-pointing arrow in it. >> >> So far so good, but I?ve only been able to do one thing so far, which is to >> offer a text string originating in the app to these various services. So far >> I have not been able to find a way to offer a file (for example, a file >> containing a text rather than the text itself - easy to generate within an >> app, but no luck in offering to email it etc). There is a ?URL? parameter >> but I can?t work out what it does. >> >> Anyone got any clues or shall I apologise (again) to Elanor and ask her for >> more help? >> >> Graham >> >> ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
