Time for action – modifying our application

Before we dive into more complex examples, let's alter some minor things in your program.

  1. Let's alter the second line of main.lua to display as follows:
    textObject = display.newText( "Hello World!", 50, 40, native.systemFont, 36 )
    textObject:setTextColor( 124,252,0 )
    
  2. Save your file and go back to the CoronaSimulator. The simulator will detect a change from your file and automatically re-launch with the new changes. If the simulator doesn't re-launch automatically upon saving your file, press Command + R (Mac)/Ctrl + R (Windows).
    Time for action – modifying our application

    Note

    As you continue learning more Corona functions, you'll notice that some of the text values will be optional. In this case, we need to use all five values.