When will network for Windows emulator work

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Hey,

I’m a long time user. Still waiting for the “final version”. No just kidding but when are network going to be supporter on the Windows emulator? Just silly that it isn’t.

Cheers

#2

I don’t understand this question, but as far as my testing has shown, all networking functionality works in the simulators (Corona is not really emulating hardware, but rather running on the development OS).

What specific function or feature are you trying to use that isn’t working (please give a small code snippet and be sure to check out the api docs.)

PS - To be clear (the use of emulator in your title has confused me a little), Corona has these ‘flavors’:

  • Simulators on OS X and Windows (for development) - Most features (excluding a few native and plugins) supported.
    • These are your primary development environment.
  • Compile to Android - For running in an emulator or on hardware.
  • Compile to iOS - For running in an emulator (i.e. xCode device emulators) or on hardware.
  • Compile to OS X desktop.
  • Compile to Windows desktop (beta).
  • Compile to Apple TV (beta)
#3

Ok, are I missing something because my latest download of the “Cornona simulator” for windows can not use webviews or any network communication.

It even says so here: https://docs.coronalabs.com/daily/api/library/native/newWebView.html

Further more as an off topic it can not build for iOS on a PC.

#4

I think the issue you’re referencing is a bit ambiguous. There is a Corona library called “network”, and those calls should be working on Windows machines.

https://docs.coronalabs.com/daily/api/library/network/request.html

From your most recent post, it would appear that you are more concerned with the native.newWebView API, which is not functional on Windows. This is due more to Windows limitations than a problem on Corona’s side.

#5

So network request should work on Windows machine?

Thanks for your answer. Please explain these limitations of Windows?

#6

I’m not even close to qualified to explain every limitation Windows has, and the differences between it and OSX. I’d suggest a thorough forum search to get more information on this topic, as it’s been brought up several times in the past.

And to answer off-topic note, Apple only allows iOS apps to be built on OSX.

#7

Ok, thanks for the answers.

#8

I don’t understand this question, but as far as my testing has shown, all networking functionality works in the simulators (Corona is not really emulating hardware, but rather running on the development OS).

What specific function or feature are you trying to use that isn’t working (please give a small code snippet and be sure to check out the api docs.)

PS - To be clear (the use of emulator in your title has confused me a little), Corona has these ‘flavors’:

  • Simulators on OS X and Windows (for development) - Most features (excluding a few native and plugins) supported.
    • These are your primary development environment.
  • Compile to Android - For running in an emulator or on hardware.
  • Compile to iOS - For running in an emulator (i.e. xCode device emulators) or on hardware.
  • Compile to OS X desktop.
  • Compile to Windows desktop (beta).
  • Compile to Apple TV (beta)
#9

Ok, are I missing something because my latest download of the “Cornona simulator” for windows can not use webviews or any network communication.

It even says so here: https://docs.coronalabs.com/daily/api/library/native/newWebView.html

Further more as an off topic it can not build for iOS on a PC.

#10

I think the issue you’re referencing is a bit ambiguous. There is a Corona library called “network”, and those calls should be working on Windows machines.

https://docs.coronalabs.com/daily/api/library/network/request.html

From your most recent post, it would appear that you are more concerned with the native.newWebView API, which is not functional on Windows. This is due more to Windows limitations than a problem on Corona’s side.

#11

So network request should work on Windows machine?

Thanks for your answer. Please explain these limitations of Windows?

#12

I’m not even close to qualified to explain every limitation Windows has, and the differences between it and OSX. I’d suggest a thorough forum search to get more information on this topic, as it’s been brought up several times in the past.

And to answer off-topic note, Apple only allows iOS apps to be built on OSX.

#13

Ok, thanks for the answers.