Noobie : Corona features common to Android AND iOS ?

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Hi’ya
Like I say, I’m a Noobie here. Did some developing on Corona (came from PCSoft) about a year ago now but found many of the features I need for my app whilst being available in one platform (mainly iOS if I remember correctly) weren’t available in the other (Android in this case).

This killed my dev with Corona off - although I did find the whole learing process pretty simple and had a cross platform app up and running on both iOS (iPhone3 and Android (ICS) very quickly indeed.

The features I ‘need’ in some semblance of order are Google maps, Camera, Audio (note taking) and BlueTooth (or peer-to-peer WiFi - multiplayer gaming).

I found GPS worked on both platforms (albeit with some differences) but worked fine - it was the lack of Maps (Android), lack of camera (Android) and various ‘issues’ with the audio side (can’t remember exactly now) that forced me back to PCSoft (mainly).

So, to my question (sorry it took so long) : Is there a page / form / table that itemises hardware functionality betwwen platforms / s/w versions for Corona - like I say, specifically wrt Maps, Camera, Audio and Bluetooth intergration - or can someone in the know let me know compatibility status.

I’d really love to get back to Corona and LUA.

Hope someone can point me in the right direction.

TIA

IAN [import]uid: 74519 topic_id: 33109 reply_id: 333109[/import]

#2

This would be great.

I am currently reviewing Corona as a choice for our game development.
Where ALL cross platform tools fail is that they offer cross-platform but it is incomplete and it is always the feature you need for the current project.

An easy comparison list of cross-platform support would help immensely.

Thanks

Jeremy [import]uid: 194492 topic_id: 33109 reply_id: 131542[/import]

#3

This would be great.

I am currently reviewing Corona as a choice for our game development.
Where ALL cross platform tools fail is that they offer cross-platform but it is incomplete and it is always the feature you need for the current project.

An easy comparison list of cross-platform support would help immensely.

Thanks

Jeremy [import]uid: 194492 topic_id: 33109 reply_id: 131542[/import]

#4

I will bring this up as something we should put together.

In the meantime I don’t tend to work with Android but the way I normally check if a feature is cross compatible is to look at CoronaSDK > SampleCode folder - then see the sample using X feature. If it doesn’t support one OS it has a check at the start of the main file to see what OS it’s running on and print a message if it is incompatible.

But yes - a list would be a good idea. Will bring it up in our next meeting.

Peach :slight_smile: [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 33109 reply_id: 131653[/import]

#5

I will bring this up as something we should put together.

In the meantime I don’t tend to work with Android but the way I normally check if a feature is cross compatible is to look at CoronaSDK > SampleCode folder - then see the sample using X feature. If it doesn’t support one OS it has a check at the start of the main file to see what OS it’s running on and print a message if it is incompatible.

But yes - a list would be a good idea. Will bring it up in our next meeting.

Peach :slight_smile: [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 33109 reply_id: 131653[/import]