LiveCode Create Preview Adds Data Binding and more

by Heather Laine on December 22, 2023 9 comments

We’re really thrilled to be able to bring you this update to LiveCode Create, just in time for Christmas. It came right down to the wire but we got there! There is so much added and improved in this release, we’re excited that LiveCode Create is really starting to take shape. Some way to go yet but a big leap forward today.

What’s in the box?

  • A functioning Data Store
  • Improvements to the Property Inspector (more to come on this)
  • Many new Actions
  • Many improvements to widgets and objects

We’ve added the first iteration of the Data Store, with data binding and collections working for the first time. You can add, edit and delete data. While this is very much a first iteration and it is still not a “real” cloud version, it does mean you can try out binding your data to your apps. We’ve also made the first tranche of improvements to the Property Inspector, loads more to come there but it’s already significantly easier to use. More widgets have been added and many improvements have been made to existing widgets. Many more Actions have been added and are working.

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LiveCode 10 dp-7. iOS 17, Sonoma fixes

by Heather Laine on December 12, 2023 1 comment

This LiveCode 10 release adds support for Xcode 15 and iOS 17 apps. Sonoma fixes for menus, date and time items are included in this release.

Below is the complete list of enhancements for 10 dp-7. These include items added to 9.6.11, plus a list of specific additions for the 10 cycle.

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LiveCode 9.6.11 Stable released

by Heather Laine on November 16, 2023 3 comments

We’re pleased to announce the release of 9.6.11 Stable. As well as support for Xcode 15 and iOS 17 apps, the experience on Sonoma has been improved with fixes to menus and date/time formats.

This release adds only one item to the list for the release candidate – the updater tool has been fixed. There have been issues using the automatic updater for some time, these should now be resolved and going forward you will be able to use the automatic updater again successfully.

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LiveCode and Ventura Racing

by Heather Laine on November 16, 2023 No comments

LiveCode Ltd. are proud to be sponsoring the team from Gillespies High School, in their efforts with F1 racing in schools. Their team name is Ventura Racing, and they’ve just passed stage 1 with flying colors – they won the Regional Finals in Scotland!

F1 in Schools

This competition is for teams of 3-6 high school students to design, manufacture and race a miniature model FI car, initially locally, then nationally and ultimately against teams from around the world. This is not the first year Gillespies have competed, last year they almost got as far as worlds!

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LiveCode 9.6.11 rc-1 released. Support for iOS 17

by Heather Laine on November 2, 2023 2 comments

We’re delighted to bring you LiveCode 9.6.11 rc-1 today, which most importantly adds support for Xcode 15 and iOS 17 apps. This, together with fixes to the date and time formats and reworked menus means your experience on Sonoma will be much better. You can now easily build for the latest iOS versions on Sonoma.

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6 Reasons to Get Help with Your App

by Heather Laine on September 22, 2023 No comments

When might it be a good idea to get outside help with your app? You’re a developer, nobody knows your code like you do – so why would you need expert help with it? Here are some of the top reasons that people come to us with a project they would like us to complete.

1.) You’ve run out of time

Happens to everyone. You started that app full of excitement and got a good long way with it, but then life happened. Your code is still gathering dust on a corner of your hard drive waiting for you to have the time to come back to it. Meanwhile, OS’s are moving on, customer expectations are changing, new options and competitors are appearing… Maybe it would be a good idea to get someone else to complete that code and get it out there, in the hands of your clients or customers. 

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LiveCode 10 dp-6: Web Fonts and API 33

by Heather Laine on August 31, 2023 4 comments

We’re pleased to announce that LiveCode 10 Developer Preview 6 is now available. This test release includes the use of Web Fonts in your Web apps, and supports Android API 33, now required for submission to the Google Play store. In addition to this, the Web engine is now around 4mb smaller, owing to added compression and our use of Web Fonts.

What are Web Fonts and why does it matter?

Your Web apps will now use fonts provided by the browser. This makes a big difference to how your app text displays, as well as reducing the size of your Web App significantly. You no longer need to bundle specific fonts with it to ensure a consistent display. Additionally, you can easily specify as many fonts you need, either mapping to local fonts on a user’s system, fonts you have uploaded to your domain, or any available through a web fonts provider such as Google Fonts. This represents a significant part of the improved rendering project for Web we are working on for LiveCode 10.

Google Play Store support

We’ve updated the supported Android API in this release to API 33 so that you can go on submitting your Android apps to the Google Play store without issues. Note that you need to use the Build Tools SDK version 31 with this, do not update your Build Tools to a version later than 31.

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LiveCode 9.6.10 Stable Released

by Heather Laine on August 29, 2023 2 comments

We are delighted to announce the release of 9.6.10, stable. This will now become the latest shipping edition of LiveCode and you can download it from your account. This release comes with more than 20 bugfixes and improvements since the last stable version.

FEATURES ADDED:

  • Android API 33 update
    The Android engine is now built using version 33 of the Android API, a requirement for new apps submitted to the Google Play Store. Note you’ll have to install “Android API 33” using the SDK Manager in Android Studio.

  • RSA encryption padding modes
    The rsa encryption (and decryption) commands now accept an optional padding phrase. If no padding phrase is specified, then pkcs1 is used. For more details, see the release notes.

  • SQLite improvements
    The version of SQLite included in revdb’s dbsqlite driver has been updated to version 3.42.0.
    In addition to this the SQLite math functions have been included, as well as an implementation of the regular expression operations. For more details, see the release notes.
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