Revision 97 – 2013-05-29 iOS Deployment Release Notes Table of Contents Overview.............................................................................................................................................. 5 Getting Started......................................................................................................................................6 Choosing an SDK............................................................................................................................ 6 Snow Leopard............................................................................................................................. 6 Lion & Mountain Lion................................................................................................................6 Configuring LiveCode..................................................................................................................... 6 Configuring an iOS standalone........................................................................................................7 Testing in the iOS simulator............................................................................................................ 8 A first project................................................................................................................................... 9 Building for a real device.................................................................................................................9 Configuring an iOS Application......................................................................................................... 11 Setting plist options........................................................................................................................11 Adding a splash image (personal and educational)....................................................................... 13 Adding a default launch image (trial)............................................................................................ 14 Adding custom fonts......................................................................................................................14 Adding custom externals............................................................................................................... 14 Copy files restrictions.................................................................................................................... 14 Deployment Features..........................................................................................................................16 Standalone builder messages......................................................................................................... 16 Fast simulator deployment.............................................................................................................16 General Engine Features.....................................................................................................................17 Engine version............................................................................................................................... 17 What doesn't work......................................................................................................................... 17 What does work............................................................................................................................. 17 Debugging......................................................................................................................................18 Windowing and Stacks.................................................................................................................. 18 System Dialogs – answer and ask..................................................................................................18 Non-file URL access......................................................................................................................19 Out-of-bounds group scrolling.......................................................................................................20 Externals........................................................................................................................................ 20 Snapshots....................................................................................................................................... 20 iOS-specific engine features...............................................................................................................22 Multi-touch events......................................................................................................................... 22 Mouse events................................................................................................................................. 22 Motion events................................................................................................................................ 22 Accelerometer support...................................................................................................................23 File Attributes................................................................................................................................ 23 Photo album and camera support...................................................................................................24 Taking or choosing photos........................................................................................................ 24 Saving photos to the users album..............................................................................................25 Keyboard Input.............................................................................................................................. 25 Configuring keyboard type....................................................................................................... 25 Activation notifications.............................................................................................................26 1 Revision 97 – 2013-05-29 Orientation handling...................................................................................................................... 27 Auto-rotation support................................................................................................................27 Querying orientation................................................................................................................. 27 Controlling auto-rotation...........................................................................................................27 Orientation changed notification...............................................................................................28 Initial orientation handling........................................................................................................28 Resolution handling....................................................................................................................... 28 Location and heading tracking.......................................................................................................29 Location tracking (GPS)........................................................................................................... 29 Determining support.............................................................................................................29 Activating and deactivating tracking....................................................................................29 Detection location changes...................................................................................................29 Querying the location........................................................................................................... 30 Heading tracking (digital compass).......................................................................................... 30 Determining support.............................................................................................................30 Activating and deactivating tracking....................................................................................30 Detection heading changes...................................................................................................31 Querying the heading........................................................................................................... 31 Heading calibration.............................................................................................................. 31 Sensor tracking.............................................................................................................................. 31 Sensor availability.....................................................................................................................32 Start tracking sensor..................................................................................................................32 Stop tracking sensor.................................................................................................................. 32 Sensor update messages............................................................................................................ 32 Getting a sensor reading............................................................................................................33 Email composition........................................................................................................................