LiveCode Extension Pack

LiveCode comes with a pack of very useful extensions to make light weight of common development tasks. Below is a list of what is included and which license type they are available with. The documentation for these extensions is integrated into the LiveCode product.

mergAccessory

mergAccessory is an iOS external for connecting to and communicationg with accessory hardware using the External Accessory framework.

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mergFTPD

mergFTPD adds an FTP daemon to your app allowing FTP client connections. Use mergFTPD to manage your app’s files from your desktop version.

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mergSocial

mergSocial is an iOS external that adds commands to present twitter, facebook and weibo post modal views.

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mergMK

mergMK is a LiveCode MapKit external that adds a map control which supports showing user location with heading, adding annotation pins and polylines

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mergDoc

mergDoc is an iOS external that adds functions and commands related to document interaction. This currently includes presenting a modal preview, open in app menu, document options menu and requesting the document icons in PNG form. Printing is also available via the preview.

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mergAV

mergAV is an iOS external that adds functions and commands related to the AVFoundation framework. This currently includes using the standard iOS modal dialogs to pick, record, save and edit video and displaying a video preview control to record video and capture still images.

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mergPop

mergPop is an iOS external that adds functions to present an action sheet (popover on iPad) and contextual menu for user interaction.

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mergCL

mergCL implements significant location change and region monitoring. The external will allow iOS to wake your app in the background and receive a message when the user enters or exits a region or moves a significant distance.

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mergSettings

mergSettings is an iOS External that integrates a LiveCode app with the Settings app and also includes InAppSettingsKit to present a matching dialog from within your app.

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mergDropbox

mergDropbox is an iOS external for interacting with a user’s Dropbox account. The external enables you to upload and download files, create folders and manage the files on the user’s Dropbox account.

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mergReader

mergReader is an iOS External that presents a modal PDF reader using the open source vfrReader project.

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mergBLE

mergBLE is an external for iOS and OS X that enables CoreBluetooth (BLE) functionality. You can use the external to discover and interact with peripherals or advertise your app as a peripheral for others to interact with.

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mergAES

mergAES provides easy to use AES 128 and 256 encryption in CBC or ECB mode

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mergNotify

mergNotify is an iOS external that adds a command to request a notification callback whenever the iOS Notification Center receives the event notification.

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mergMP

mergMP is an iOS external that adds functions and commands related to the MediaPlayer framework. This currently includes querying the iPod library and accessing the properties of the found media collections.

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mergBgTask

mergBgTask is an iOS external that adds commands to start and stop background tasks on iOS. Background tasks allow your app to continue executing code while in the backgound.

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mergNIC

mergNIC is an iOS external for obtaining information about the network interfaces active on the device.

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mergBonjour

mergBonjour is an iOS external that implements bonjour service searching and registration.

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mergAWS

mergAWS is an iOS and MacOS X external that adds functions and command for using amazon web services.

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mergGK

mergGK is an iOS external that adds GameKit/Game Center commands and functions to LiveCode.

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mergSocket

mergSocket is an iOS external that provides TCP and UDP (datagram) client and server sockets.

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mergLA

mergLA is an iOS external that adds a command to present a local authentication dialog to the user if they have setup biometric touch id authentication.

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mergButton

mergButton is an iOS external that enables you to add a native button to your app so that it can be layered above other native views

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mergGoogle

mergGoogle is an iOS and OS X external that currently implements the google spreadsheets api

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mergHK

mergHK is a Health Kit External that sends data to the iOS HealthStore so it can be accessed by other apps including Apples Health App

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mergJSON

mergJSON is a JSON encoding/decoding external supporting all the platforms LiveCode supports.

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mergAnswerColor

mergAnswerColor is an iOS external that presents a modal color picker.

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mergDevice

mergDevice is an iOS external to access information from the device that is not currently available in the LiveCode engine.

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mergMarkdown

mergMarkdown is a simple external for translating a markdown file to XHTML using the sundown library. It has one function: mergMarkdownToXHTML.

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mergMicrophone

mergMicrophone is a basic wrapper around the iOS AVAudioRecorder class, enabling audio recording to be performed in iOS applications.

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blur

blur is a simple external for blurring the imageData and alphaData of an image.

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mergScreen

Gets and sets the screen brightness on iOS

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rrehardcopy

Opens the print dialog for a document.

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