One of the biggest new features of LiveCode 8 was the Browser Widget. This new control allows any LiveCode application to take advantage of an embedded browser by just dragging and dropping a control onto a card – just like other LiveCode controls. This replaces the previous way you would use an embedded browser in LiveCode – either via revBrowser on Desktop, or mobileControlCreate(“browser”) on Android/iOS. It goes without saying that this widget was implemented using the power of LiveCode Builder!

The new browser widget really does make using an embedded browser so much easier: there’s no cross-platform difference between how you use it; and there’s no need to manage the browser’s lifetime yourself as it works just like a normal engine control (because that is what it is!). We’d like to extend this ease of use to mobile-specific feature which is widely used: the native field control accessible via mobileControlCreate(“input”).

This stretch goal’s proposal is to build a Builder widget which uses a native layer to make it possible to drag-drop native mobile field controls onto your stacks and use them, with exactly the same functionality as currently provided via the mobileControl functions, but in a way much more in keeping with how LiveCode should be.

SQLite databases are used ubiquitously in modern applications. Whether they be used as caches for downloaded data (so apps can run offline), as a file format for document editing apps or just for persistent data storage. Indeed, we feel that they are so important that they deserve their own clean, modern, high-level set of functions in LiveCode Script to access directly – rather than going through revDB.

For this Infinite LiveCode stretch goal we propose to:

• Provide gyp-based descriptions of building the SQLite native code library.
• Wrap the SQLite API using Infinite LiveCode to allow it to be used directly from Builder
• Write a Builder module which allows usage of SQLite databases easily from Builder
• Write a Builder library module which exposes a high-level API for manipulating SQLite databases directly from Script

The LiveCode community is vital to the success of our platform. We want to ensure the community voice is heard loud and clear. To this end, we approached a leading and respected member of the LiveCode community known for his outstanding contributions and for his extremely successful LiveCode built apps.

We asked Trevor DeVore, Director of Technology at ScreenSteps if he would like to interview Kevin & Mark, asking all the questions that he might have as an active LiveCode community member. Trevor kindly agreed and came up with some excellent questions which we are sure will be of interest to a wide audience!