Thank you for that info, Richard. Intents is definitely a step in the right direction.
~Roger On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 11:45 AM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com > wrote: > I would agree that the whole process does seem rather Apple-centric at > times, but did you see the Release Notes for 7.1dp1? The LC engine now > supports Android intents -- see the new mobileLaunchData function. > > This is also a good example of how different OS APIs can make a LiveCode > feature complicated when the team attempts to make it the same on all > platforms: iOS doesn't have intents, using Actions instead. Android > intents are relatively simple to code for and work very similarly to url > schemes, so it's been pretty straightforward for the team to add that. > They do indeed intend to also action Actions support for iOS, but like so > many Cocoa things it's not nearly as simple, and given the full range of > priorities on their plate won't be in v7.1. > > Complete feature parity sounds simple, but once you dive into the > implementation details it's clear that OSes just don't often work the same, > requiring tough decisions about what gets delivered now and what gets > delivered later. > > But at least those of us deploying to the 80% using Android finally have a > feature that isn't all about Apple. And a very useful one at that. > > And in the meantime, anyone in a position to add Actions support to the > engine sooner than the core team can is welcome to submit the pull request. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for Desktop, Mobile, and Web > ____________________________________________________________ > ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com _______________________________________________ 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
