It sounds like you need a backend. I suggest Parse https://parse.com/ It speaks RESTful http, so access from LiveCode shouldn't be a problem.
Jamie, CMSNISO, EuroTalk On 16 Jul 2012, at 14:27, Richard Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm looking for ideas on how to allow an app to share data between friends. > For example, if someone has a picture on their phone they want to share with > another, how can this be done elegantly and simply, directly from inside the > app? Obviously, they can send it via SMS, but that takes place outside the > app. Email can also be used, but that lacks elegance. > > One option would be for the app to maintain a list of the user's friends, > perhaps referenced by some phone-specific ID. The app can then send a picture > to another by storing the pic on my server under the ID of the friend, which > is then retrieved by the friend via the server. Is there any such built-in ID > to work from, or do I need to assign ID's? > > Any other ideas on how to accomplish this? I don't want to rely on some > external shared app like Facebook or Twitter. > > Thanks. > Richard Miller > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
