iPhone Pre-Alpha Update

[heatherlaine]

Dear Forum Members,

We're excited to let you all know that we have churned out another update to the iPhone pre-alpha. We're rather proud of it, as we have added the following features and fixes:

- The orientation of the device can now be determined, and an application is notified when the orientation changes.
- An application can change its interface orientation at will.
- Basic support is present for core location - an application can request updates to the location of the device.
- An application can prompt the user to send an email, using the standard iPhone mail composer interface.
- Support has been added for 'specialFolderPath()' to allow easy fetching of 'standard' folders.
- A bug with file path 'root' problems has been fixed. All paths are now reported relative to the filesystem root, rather than the home directory.
- A bug with the mouseLoc returning an incorrect y-coord has been fixed.
- A bug with animated gifs not displaying correctly has been fixed.
- Disabled controls are no longer considered when working out the target of touch messages (just as it is for mouse messages)
- The answer command now returns the chosen button in the 'it' variable as it should

This is still designated a pre-alpha since the UI has not yet been added and you still can't build for the App store, but nonetheless, judging from the feedback we're getting from early purchasers, we think you'll find these features interesting, useful and fun!

Don't forget to check out our lessons area, which now has a dedicated revMobile section:

http://lessons.runrev.com/spaces/lessons/buckets/1004

If you've already purchased, you should now have an email from us letting you know how to get this update. If you haven't, and you want to know more, you can read all about revMobile here:

https://secure.runrev.com/store/browse/ ... t=RVSLMBLE

Remember you only have until the end of March now to purchase the special pre-order plus conference Simulcast/DVDs, these benefits will not be part of the package come April 1st.

As always if you have any questions about purchasing, email us at support@runrev.com.

Warm Regards,

Heather


Heather Nagey
Customer Services Manager
http://www.runrev.com/
RunRev - Software construction for everyone