Evaluating corona for in house application

Getting Started Newbie Questions
#1

We are looking at converting some exist apps and create some new apps with corona.I have some general questions.

  1. Is it possible to create an Iphone and android app and use on our own devices and clients without going through the apps stores.
  2. Are there any sdk for bluetooth printing to portable bluetooth printers.
  3. Can we directly access MYSQL tables and import export to and from.
  4. If a device has an external monitor / hdmi out does this screen simply duplicate the main screen or this available as a second screen (is this then accessable

Hardware
5. Anyone found a good supplier of andriod tablets that actually work.
6. Is there a PDA device with built in printer running on android.
7. Anyone able to capture video / snapshots on the camera?
Interface

  1. Is there any chance of a drag and drop interface. It seems odd in this day and age that we have to write code to put a button on a screen etc. ( or am I lazy)

Any help, code links etc appreciated
Cheers for now. [import]uid: 4585 topic_id: 2445 reply_id: 302445[/import]

#2
  1. On iPhone, you can provision files with a developer certificate. This can be installed on a small number of devices, but these expire after a few months so they are not permanent. However, there is a class of enterprise developer account that can exceed these restrictions. See the Apple site for details. On Android, there aren’t really these kinds of restrictions, and you can install apps directly on device.
  2. Today Corona does not have this feature. What kind of printing are you looking to do?
  3. We support sqlite databases.
  4. We’ve never actually tried this in house.
  5. We’d love to know this too. We looked at the Samsung Galaxy Tabs recently that looked nice although they are a little on the small side.
  6. I haven’t heard of any…
  7. Corona has access to the Camera (although this isn’t in the Android version quite yet)
  8. We have had requests for this but we don’t have any announcement at this time.

Thanks for the feedback! [import]uid: 54 topic_id: 2445 reply_id: 7686[/import]

#3
  1. Today Corona does not have this feature. What kind of printing are you looking to do?

we have a car park management system that takes images and produces a parking ticket for violations. This is on Windows Mobile. The SDK is around www.fieldsoftware.com which provide a dll that you call and send the text / images etc. If it is something you may look at we have can send you a bluetooth device for testing.

  1. I meant is there a way to sync the internal database with a remote MYSQL database.

  2. If you get 10 mins can you try. We are developing a messaging system and it would be good if we could output the material onto larger screens. Or if there was ‘multiple monitor’ system as on windows. [import]uid: 4585 topic_id: 2445 reply_id: 7727[/import]