Super COOL idea (maybe not possible) – Using device as simulator as quick as simulator

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Hi,

I don’t know very well how the build process works but considering device crash logs pointing to a particular lua file and a particular line, it looks as if a corona app is like a lua interpreter running lua scripts on runtime.

If this was right, then it should be possible to require files from the system.documentsDirectory.

By doing this one could update the files on the app without the pain of building it and relaunch a new version almost immediately, and there could be other uses.

So anyone knows how to require files from system.documentsDirectory??

Hope you find this interesting.

PD. I am Ernest, Norman’s developer, not Norman himself.

#2

The device builds are converted to native code. If you need to change the way the code works an update is the only way.

If you want to add levels, replace images etc you can set up a routine in your app that checks your server for new content and downloads it, then program your app to use original content unless new content is available.

#3

The device builds are converted to native code. If you need to change the way the code works an update is the only way.

If you want to add levels, replace images etc you can set up a routine in your app that checks your server for new content and downloads it, then program your app to use original content unless new content is available.