Mobile Tutorial Videos
 
For more mobile tutorials and to download the source files for the projects shown in these videos please visit our lessons portal.
Supported Features
 
iOS 5 Compatible
Up to the minute app development for the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S with support for iOS 5
 
In App Purchasing

Maximize your revenue by leveraging additional monetization strategies. Free to download apps can still generate considerable revenue for developers with In App Purchases.

See the lesson on In-App Purchasing

 
Hardware Accelerated Graphics

Utilizes graphics hardware acceleration and OpenGL, animated sprites, textures and scrolling backgrounds, collision detection, vector graphics in popular formats, drop shadows, transition effects, and multi-channel audio and video.

Use Open GL in a Scrolling Group

 
Native Text Control

Give your app that iOS look and feel. Autocorrect, magnifier, copy and paste… all the standard iOS text functionality that users expect and enjoy.

See the lesson on Native Text Controls

 
iOS External SDK

Access iOS native API's using the LiveCode iOS Externals SDK. Bring in features written in C, C++ or Objective C to enrich your Apps

Learn how to use iOS Externals

 
Multi Channel Sound

Great for rich multimedia and games. We give you more control over the audio experience for your end user.

See the lesson on Multi Channel Sound

 
Custom Fonts

Pixel perfect text rendering for the perfect presentation. Include whatever custom fonts you need to build the perfect interface.

See the lesson on installing Custom Fonts

 
 
Multiple Cameras

Use multiple cameras, query available features, take photos on command with our rich camera support and multiple camera access.

See the lesson on using the Camera

 
Native Video

Render high performance video within your app. Flexible native video control. Full or part screen playback. Intersperse your video with commentary.

See the lesson on using Video

 
SQLite

Manipulate data using industry standard data storage within your app. Whether you want to write an address book, manage a diet sheet or catalogue products in your store.

See the lesson on using SQLite

 
Place Voice Calls,
Open Maps / Launch URLs
We’ve added support for launching URLs, which as well as allowing HTTP links to open in Safari, will also allow phone calls to be placed using the ‘tel:’ prefix, and also links to open a location in the iPhone’s ‘Maps’ application.

See the Lesson on placing a call

 
Playing Sound Files
Basic support for playing sounds has been added using a variant of the play command. A single sound can be played once or as a loop.

See the Lesson on playing sounds

 
Multi-Touch
Create stunning interfaces that use gestures. Move multiple objects on screen with multiple fingers or create the pinch effect.

View the Multi-touch tutorial Video

 
Keyboard
While the SDK does not provide direct control over the iPhoneOS software keyboard, if you have a text field which is focusable then whenever it has focus the iPhone keyboard will appear and allow basic text editing functionality.

Lesson Coming Soon

 
Send Mail
Your LiveCode application can prompt the user to send an email, using the standard iPhone mail composer interface. This uses the same revMail command that we implement on the desktop.

See the Lesson on using Mail

 
Shake Motion Detection

Want to undo when your customer shakes the phone? Or change the picture? It’s easy to detect when your iPhone has been shaken.

See the Lesson on using Shake

 
Accelerometer
Make your apps respond as your customer moves the phone. It’s as simple as using the new accelerationChanged message.

See the Accelerometer Lesson

 
Core Location
Need to use iPhone location information in your app? Now you can. We've added basic support for core location - your application can request updates to the location of the device.

See the Lesson on Core Location

 
Orientation
The orientation of the device can now be determined, and an application is notified when the orientation changes.

Lesson Coming Soon