What's with lack of native controls?

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Jeremy_R
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What's with lack of native controls?

Post by Jeremy_R » Tue Aug 21, 2012 6:41 am

I'm puzzled to find LiveCode go from a Drag-Drop to a Code-Compile when creating mobile applications, why can't a scrolling field be scrolled natively with gestures? It's very odd and goes against the design philosophy of LiveCode and it's predecessors. Is there a specific reason we require coding to create native controls? Or have I been running myself into the ground and missed the obvious? That does happen :P

Another bother, what's with the dog-awful motif design of the UI? Would be nice to get a real UI for mobile devices, some nice radio buttons at least. Having to create visuals and code for elements that LiveCode already has built-in != RAD.

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Re: What's with lack of native controls?

Post by Klaus » Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:35 pm

Hi jeremy,

you are completely right!

Send your complaints to: support@runrev.com
Maybe it helps... 8)


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Re: What's with lack of native controls?

Post by colourpixels » Tue Sep 04, 2012 5:30 am

Agree, that struck me as weird (and took more time to learn) when first starting IOS development using Livecode. If it wasn't for Mobgui I probably would have tossed livecode altogether.
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