New Users - Start Here!

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Chris Hughes
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New Users - Start Here!

Hello, come in, sit down.

We've a very active community of MoSync developers here, and new members are always welcome.

To access all the features of the forum and other parts of our website you will need to register. The easiest way to do this is the download the MoSync SDK and start it up. You will be shown a registration form when the SDK first starts. (You can also register in the SDK by clicking Help > Register.)

Many of MoSync's core developers are active on the forums and you can send private messages to any member. Use the Messages link in the Forum menu at the top of the page, or click the Send PM button on one of their posts.

To set your profile picture, click the My account link in the Forum menu, then Edit. While you are there, why not provide a few details about yourself so that the other members can get to know you?

You can see all your posts -- and all new posts, today's posts, and this week's posts -- through the links in the Forum menu. (You can also get an overview of the community's activities in our Mobile Developer Center.)

There is an excellent post here by forum regular Sam Pickard that gives advice about what to put in your posts when you need advice from other forum members. Please read that post as it will save you time later when people ask you to provide more details.

But the forum is not just about asking questions and solving problems. We have a great code swapping forum (the Cookbook) where you can share code snippets, and even complete applications, with other members. Paste your code straight into your post using the yellow Syntaxhighlighter pen in the editing region's toolbar, or add the code as a file attachment.

If you need help getting started with MoSync, check out our extensive online documentation. Once you have downloaded and installed the MoSync SDK, take a quick tour through the Eclipse IDE features, explore our coding guides and tutorials, and try out our example applications. When you are ready to start coding, dig deeper into our APIs and Libraries in our reference manuals. For a complete overview of the device features the MoSync SDK supports, see our Feature/Platform Support page.

As well as the MoSync SDK we have a rapid HTML5/JavaScript development tool called MoSync Reload. It lets you edit your HTML5 code in a browser and then instantly "reload" your application on multiple devices and emulators.

If you would like new features added to the MoSync SDK or to MoSync Reload, discuss them first in the Feature Requests forum, then post them to our Issue Tracker.

Happy coding!

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SteveW
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I'm really enthusiastic about being able to do mobile development with an elegant language like Lua but MoSync seem to be hiding their light under a bushel. I can't seem to find any documentation or tutorials on the MoSync site to help me get started using Lua.

Come on guys, you're creating something great here!

Is there a tutorial / demo / api reference for using Lua with MoSync?
Am I right in thinking you just create a stub application that evaluates and loads a Lua script?
Can you create a Maui interface directly in Lua and handle all the events?
How complete are the Lua bindings?

Thanks for any help you can offer.

Mikael Kindborg
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Hi Steve,

Sorry for the very late reply.

Really glad to hear that you are interested in using Lua. It has quickly became on of my very favourite languages. Lua on MoSync is an onging project still in an early stage, thus lack or proper documentation. It has however reached a point where you are able to use all the MoSync syscalls from Lua and write apps written in Lua. You cannot use MAUI from Lua, the present options are to either create your own UI in Lua, or use NativeUI (works on Android and iPhone).

The MobileLua project contains some code examples, but be aware that the style of these examples vary. We are working on creating a nice high-level library for Lua and the style to use is not set yet. Input and feedback is most welcome!

The website and source code repository is here:
http://www.mobilelua.org

Here is a getting started guide:
https://github.com/MoSync/MoSync

And here is a blog post about the LuaLive editor and client app:
http://www.mosync.com/blog/2011/05/mobilelua-live-editor-and-client-app

Best regards, Mikael

khaber
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I am a new user. I started with "Creating Your First Application". How to deploy it on my mobile?

Regards,

Naveed Asif
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Hi Khaber, Good to hear that you are interested in developing with MoSync.

Regarding your question "How to deploy it on my mobile?", Go to http://www.mosync.com/documentation and follow the "Getting Started" part.

 I hope this will help, if you have anymore questions please don't hesitate to ask. Best Regards, Naveed.

Sanyaade Adekoya
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I have just taken a look at MobileLua and it seems promising. I will ha a go on it.

I am also try to see if I could do a word document and pdf edition of some of MoSync user guide. My students have been
asking me for a download editions of the user guide (s) (I mean offline edition)

I teach 2hrs Mobile App Development with MoSync every Mondays (5-7pm)

Many thanks for this gorgeous RAD kit

God blesses!!!

Best regards,
Sanyaade

Sam Pickard
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Wow - that's fantastic! We're busy updating documentation for the release of MoSync 3.0, so let's see what we can produce for you to use with your students.

Sanyaade Adekoya
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Oh Great news about new edition so I will wait a bit. Good for my students as well.

God blesses!!!

Best reagrds,
Sanyaade

Mikael Kindborg
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Hi Sanyaade,

Do you mean a downloadable version of the MobileLua user guide?

Very glad to hear that you are using MobileLua. You can also try the new MoSync Reload tool, then you program in HTML/JavaScript. Go to mosync.com and you will find it.

Please let me know more about how you are using Lua if you want to share this with us.

Best regards, Mikael