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Re: Recreating the iPhone! (WIP)

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monkey1589 is not online. monkey1589
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12 Aug 2014 08:37 PM
Yes, I'm going to attempt to recreate the iPhone! There will be some apps that won't be included due to the limit of Lua's functions (Such as calling)

Texting would probably be limited to only the same server.

If it is possible, I may do email so you can transmit messages to UserIDs in different places that use the iPhone model.

This project will take months in order to complete.

http://www.roblox.com/Test-Smartphone-place?id=170598394


Why am I doing this?

People everyday are starting to use smartphones in their daily lives. Its about time to start incorporating it into Roblox.
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JarodOfOrbiter is not online. JarodOfOrbiter
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12 Aug 2014 08:43 PM
Make sure it includes functions for accessing the catalog, games (To teleport), and maybe sending/receiving messages in game via HTTPService.
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monkey1589 is not online. monkey1589
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12 Aug 2014 08:53 PM
"Make sure it includes functions for accessing the catalog, games (To teleport), and maybe sending/receiving messages in game via HTTPService."

That would be impressive, but I'm not Seranok/Merely. I'm just getting some of the basics down. I'll probably start doing that stuff later when I start to graduate high school. After all, I know nothing about HTML5.
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BowtieMod is not online. BowtieMod
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12 Aug 2014 08:58 PM
Extra cookie points if you build a browser, then redirect traffic through a proxy that requests a mobile site.
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Goodis is not online. Goodis
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12 Aug 2014 08:58 PM
you can't access anything with http thru roblox because it can be a huge vulnerability

your best bet is to recreate the roblox pages and use MarketplaceService if you are buying stuff

^^ that would pretty cool
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monkey1589 is not online. monkey1589
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12 Aug 2014 09:00 PM
@goodis There is a mirror reflection of roblox meant to be used for HTTPService
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BowtieMod is not online. BowtieMod
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12 Aug 2014 09:00 PM
http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php?title=RBX.lua.HttpService_(Object)

B-but
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monkey1589 is not online. monkey1589
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12 Aug 2014 09:11 PM
What is with the But?
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BowtieMod is not online. BowtieMod
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12 Aug 2014 09:17 PM
Oh, I though Goodis meant you can't access HTTP services in Roblox.
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monkey1589 is not online. monkey1589
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12 Aug 2014 09:27 PM
The catalog and the HTTPService method for ingame messages may work. Teleporting to games will be coming very soon, as I'm recreating a Yelp App to review Roblox Places.
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Pinkerten is not online. Pinkerten
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12 Aug 2014 09:50 PM
Make android, Iphones are stupid.
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dogwarrior24 is not online. dogwarrior24
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12 Aug 2014 09:55 PM
"cant make multi-game text"

"take months to complete"

>doesnt mention internet browser
>sais cannot make calling with roblox functions



No

pls.
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monkey1589 is not online. monkey1589
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12 Aug 2014 11:00 PM
@dog

a)Texting is limited to the server, like a private chat room. Email is basically your PM system fetched using the HTTPService Service, so it is basically Multi-server because it is just fetching a web page.

b)Phone calls require talking through, you can't talk through your mic to reach somebody on Roblox. You can't make create sound files of you talking to each other because it costs money to make sounds, and it has to be approved by Roblox.
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eprent is not online. eprent
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12 Aug 2014 11:06 PM
If only ROBLOX had a voice chat API..

Anywho, nice idea. Good luck with it.

I'm a great GUI designer if you need any help.
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dogwarrior24 is not online. dogwarrior24
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12 Aug 2014 11:07 PM
Do you think i'm not a scripter?
I am.


You can easily create the texting system with httpservice too, and i'm sure roblox would allow alphabetical sound files.
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monkey1589 is not online. monkey1589
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12 Aug 2014 11:11 PM
Oh I forgot the point of duplicating the internet!

a)Some websites will be restricted to requests via the server, including www.roblox.com itself! You would need a duplicate of roblox in order to access it

b)You can only have 500 Requests per minute, per server. So if there was a server that had 30 players, they would eat up the 500 requests per minute easily.

c)Sites such as Youtube require plugins, such as Flash Player! Servers wouldn't have somewhere for the download of the plugin to place.

d)Sometimes the Internet websites would be too big to fit in a little screen. Most of them do have mobile versions, but the websites can treat virtual iPhone as a computer, instead of going instantly mobile layout like a real iPhone
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eprent is not online. eprent
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12 Aug 2014 11:12 PM
You could use a user-agent to make sites see you as a mobile and return the mobile version of the website.
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monkey1589 is not online. monkey1589
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12 Aug 2014 11:12 PM
@eprent I'll notify you if I need any help!
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monkey1589 is not online. monkey1589
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12 Aug 2014 11:13 PM
@eprent, well I don't know how to sum it up basically. I would have to jailbreak my real iPhone to get the coding of how to do that.
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eprent is not online. eprent
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12 Aug 2014 11:14 PM
Look into plugins, there is many browser plugins that change your user agent to what you wish
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monkey1589 is not online. monkey1589
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12 Aug 2014 11:23 PM
I explained a point against plugins, saying you have to download them and there would be no place for the server to store and use it
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eprent is not online. eprent
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12 Aug 2014 11:24 PM
Noo, I mean look at the source of a browser plugin to see how they change the user agent

Then maybe you will learn how
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monkey1589 is not online. monkey1589
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12 Aug 2014 11:27 PM
oooooooohhh I see. However they will be mostly encoded into JavaScript or HTML5. I can only understand basic HTML5 and I don't have any knowledge on JavaScript because Roblox uses Lua
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monkey1589 is not online. monkey1589
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13 Aug 2014 07:33 PM
Finished creating a basic catalog, right now it only gives you the gear/hat in game, but I will eventually make it so you buy. I'll keep this and use it as a secret mode that developers can enable if they want to.
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