Templates for LiveCode Externals

Developed by Monte Goulding

Check out my externals at mergExt.com

Setting up LCIDLC

These templates require the use of the lcidlc compiler and shell scripts found in the LiveCode repo

Build LCIDLC and then symlink lcidlc to somewhere on your $PATH

The templates assume you have cloned the LiveCode repo to ~/livecode and will look for the shell scripts in ~/livecode/lcidlc/ and headers in ~/livecode/lcidlc/include/. If for some reason you cloned the repo elsewhere then change LIVECODE_REPO_ROOT in the project build settings before trying to build.

Android support assumes you have setup the Android toolchain as instructed by the instructions in the LiveCode repo and build Android. After building you also need to rename Classes-Community to Classes-Community.jar.

Xcode Templates for iOS, OSX and Android LiveCode Externals

Once installed will be able to choose the templates when creating a new project in Xcode.

Installing the templates

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/montegoulding/livecode-external-templates.git
cd livecode-external-templates
./install-xcode.sh

When you create a new project in Xcode you will now see options for LiveCode externals under iOS, OS X and Other (for android)

The android template (and possibly others in the future) need to access some files in the template directory when building the external. Unfortunately there must be no spaces in the path so at present it assumes you have cloned the templates to ~/livecode-external-templates. If for some reason you cloned the repo elsewhere then change LIVECODE_EXTERNAL_TEMPLATES_DIR in the project build settings before trying to build.

Roadmap

• Visual C++ Wizard
• Linux make or shell scripts