Oh, yes, and as usual, any incorrect statements I made in said post are simply evidence that my account has been Sims'd, not that I don't know what I'm talking about.
On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 2:51 PM, Mike Kerner <mikeker...@roadrunner.com> wrote: > The short answer is "nope". > • If you have a smart watch, you know that the apps run on the watch, not > on the phone, so even if you get the phone, the watch still wins. > • There is a reason why Nissan is proposing adding Faraday cages to the > center console of the Juke (https://www.google.com/ > search?q=nissan+faraday+cage&oq=nissan+faraday+cage&aqs= > chrome..69i57.3488j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) - because your ability > to conrol someone's phone, or see what they are doing when your app is not > in the foreground, is extremely limited, especially on ios. > • Similarly, "Cinemode" does not work in Cinemark's app on ios ( > https://www.google.com/search?q=cinemode&oq=cinemode& > aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.1737j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) even though it's > a great idea. > • That has nothing to do with LC, it's an Apple thing. Apple is also very > picky about what you can and cannot do when the phone is asleep and when > your app is not in the foreground. AFA screen dimming, activity tracking, > muting, etc. you can't get there from here on ios. > • You also can't hope to keep your app in the foreground, keep it active > while the phone sleeps, and keep the app pinging your server from ios to > tell the server that the user's phone is not doing anything > • You will note that there are plenty of parental control apps for Android > that allow parents to kill devices between hours x and y. On ios, there > are no such apps. > > On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 2:02 PM, Matt Maier via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> What's a language token? >> >> On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 10:11 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> > Matt Maier wrote: >> > >> > > On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 8:39 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: >> > > >> > >> Matt Maier wrote: >> > >> > Is there a concise list of what Livecode can do on mobile devices? >> > >> >> > >> I'm not sure, but filtering the Dictionary with "mobile" will reveal >> > >> language elements specific to those platforms. >> > > >> > > Okay, so am I doing it right if I find "mobileIdleTimerLocked()" and >> > > interpret it to mean that on both ios and android I can find out if >> > > the user has interacted with the phone because mobileIdleTimerLocked >> > > will be false. Or mobileComposeTextMessage will let us bring up a >> > > texting program with a message, but the user would still have to send >> > > it. >> > > >> > > I don't see much else. >> > >> > ...for that specific question. For the original question of "what >> > LiveCode can do on mobile devices", when I filter the Dictionary with >> > "mobile" I see dozens of language tokens. >> > >> > >> > >> > Auto-reply - prewritten messages that go out when you're focusing >> > >> > to explain what you're doing and when you'll be done. Like "I'm at >> > >> > yoga. I'll check my phone at 5". >> > >> >> > >> That would be handled on the server, no? >> > > >> > > Wouldn't we need something on the phone to know that a call or text is >> > > coming in? >> > >> > Ah, I see. As worded it wasn't clear what the app would be replying to. >> > >> > I don't believe LC currently offers a built-in solution for altering how >> > incoming calls are handled, but if iOS provides an API for that you >> could >> > write a library for it with LC Builder. >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Richard Gaskin >> > Fourth World Systems >> > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the 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 >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > > > -- > On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth > On the second day, God created the oceans. > On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, > and did a little diving. > And God said, "This is good." > -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, "This is good." _______________________________________________ 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