Distinguish between Gideros Player and native iOS/Android at runtime

totebo

Hi,

Is there a way to separate Gideros' test environment (Gideros Player) from native builds at runtime?

As I understand it there is no way to test functionality such as the Gamekit with a quick Gideros Player export, so it would be helpful to be able to test the logic easily.

I could set a "testing = true" flag, but I'm likely to forget to set it to false when I come to export the game to the app store...

Cheers,

Niclas

aditya

You could do a custom export of the Gideros Player with the plugin, which in this case is gamekit.

Check this: http://members.giderosmobile.com/knowledgebase.php?action=displayarticle&id=77

SinisterSoft

I have something like this at the start:

device=application:getDeviceInfo()
if device=="Windows" or device=="Mac OS" then
pc=true
elseif device=="Android" then
android=true
elseif device=="iOS" then
ios=true
end


Then I just do 'if pc then ....'

phongtt

My solution is like @SinisterSoft 's

totebo

I was hoping to distinguish on the same platform, say iOS, so I can debug with Gideros Player on iOS and run the real code on an XCode exported project; pseudo code:

if( iOS_GiderosPlayer ) then

elseif( iOS_XCode ) then

end

I suppose the phone is unaware of who or what is showing the darn game, so may not be possible!

Niclas

SinisterSoft

This is virtually what I do.. (using my code)

if android then
....
elseif ios then
....
else
.... <-- assumed to be pc
end

ar2rsawseen

@totebo understood your concern and will take note on this for future implementation

totebo

All good!

wbowling

Could you do something like:

if pcall(require, 'gamekit')
then
realDevice=true
end

Untested but should set realDevice to true if loading gamekit doesn't fail.

danii

Is this implemented yet or not?

totebo

I don't think so. I still use application:getDeviceInfo() and work with that data.

SinisterSoft

if application:isPlayerMode() then secret=true end

Then...

if secret then do stuff only for player! end

totebo

Completely missed it. Nice one Sinister!