Thanks, Mark: I suspect mergeMicrophone would not be maintained as well and Monte’s mergeAV, where he is actually paid. I don’t blame him. Probably it’s best if I just “bite the bullet” and fork over the $100 for mergeAV, for sound recording.
Thanks for the info, Mark. It’s a big help! Bill > On May 7, 2015, at 5:39 AM, Mark Wilcox <m...@sorcery-ltd.co.uk> wrote: > > Hi Bill, > >>> 1. Can iOS do audio recording, without Xtras? > Not as far as I know. You don't need mergAV though, Monte also has an > open source external mergMicrophone. > >>> 2. Is it possible for LC to link to iTunes songs. Seems I really only >>> need to determine the directory. I notice there is also a mergeMP >>> extra, but since I’ll just be playing a selected audio file, I >>> wonder if it is needed. > On iOS you can't access files belonging to other apps directly. > There are APIs for accessing your media library and hence an > external is needed. > >>> 3. What is the simplest way to store a file in the iOS dropbox (or >>> Google Drive)? Do I need an external for that? > Monte to the rescue again for the simplest way with mergDropbox. They > have a REST API though, so free and external free option here: > http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?t=12549 > >>> 4. Is it possible (or feasible) to store data in the user’s iCloud >>> storage? > iCloud drive doesn't have an open web API you could call from LiveCode > (or they couldn't keep it to Apple devices only) so you'd definitely > need an external or extension for this. It is entirely feasible though. > > Depending on your timescales and willingness to dig into Apple, Dropbox > and/or Google documentation, you could just start with LiveCode 8 and > try building some extensions. Otherwise I think for most of this you're > still going to need externals. > > Mark > > -- > Mark Wilcox m...@sorcery-ltd.co.uk > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
