On 07/03/2017 09:35 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote:
"reachability"? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? I'd love to hear the backstory
on that name choice. It has the scent of things like "srcBic", adopted
from the arbitrary choices of neckbeards who define OS APIs. Maybe
there's an API for iOS called NSReachabilityChanged.
Well, you've got Apple to blame for that one.
https://developer.apple.com/library/content/samplecode/Reachability/Introduction/Intro.html
If nothing else it's perhaps the most truly English-like token in the
language, steeped as it is in vague ambiguity just like so much in
natural languages. ;)
There are various interpretations of 'reachability' for iOS:
"Of course, Apple knows that many iPhone users want the option to
perform many functions with one hand, so it created a nifty little
feature called “Reachability.”"
https://bgr.com/2014/09/22/iphone-6-apple-features-iphone-6-plus/
According to the dictionary there are three LC functions here:
reachabilityChanged, iphoneReachabilityTarget, and
iphoneSetReachabilityTarget. I assume this "iphone" nomenclature is
what's known as painting yourself into a corner.
And iOS only? What do we do for the other 80% of the world?
Android:
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/ConnectivityManager.html
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Mark Wieder
ahsoftw...@gmail.com
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