Im developing for both iPhone and Android. For iPhone im using iUI to show what the user interface would look like from a browser. Does anyone know if there is a similar javascript/css library which would allow me to mock up the Android interface?
I think you can just use iUI. This guy has an Android theme for iUI - go to Theme Switcher and select Android to see what it looks like.
Not sure what the license is on the css. You should probably ask him.
Im developing for both iPhone and
Android. For iPhone im using iUI to
show what the user interface would
look like from a browser.
Hi! Good choice :)
The Android theme for iUI is not perfect to me but you can use it at its current state.
This theme is now part of the iUI official source tree so feel free to grab it using Hg on the Google code project page. Since it's now part of iUI, it's released under New BSD license.
Does anyone know if there is a similar
javascript/css library which would
allow me to mock up the Android
interface?
http://code.google.com/p/iui/source/browse/#hg/web-app/iui/ext-sandbox/t/android
Have fun :)
Im actually using that to do the
development on the phones themselves
but need an admin page on an ordinary
web site that can simulate what the
controls would look like on android
and iphone.
Then you should also dynamically replace all form elements with custom designed divs, for both iPhone and Android.
Remi
Yeah, there is no Android version, per se - but iUI works just fine. I use it for web-based apps on both Android and iPhone all the time.
jQTouch is also a good solution, but it's considerably less attractive on Android, simply because the page transitions are all geared toward iPhone.
I noticed that the default phonegap (now cordova) app looks alot like an android app. If you want some quick and dirty try that maybe.
Heres a png screen shot:
http://www.thesearethedroids.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/PhoneGap_screen.png
The code associated with this book has the equivalent to iui, more or less:
Pro Android Web Apps
Develop for Android using HTML5, CSS3 & JavaScript
By Damon Oehlman , Sébastien Blanc
http://www.apress.com/programming/css/9781430232766
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I have an app that I built in html and javascript that i would like to test on an iphone. I have a apple developers license. How can I get it from my windows computer to an iphone?
In fact there is a way. Please take a look at this step-by-step guide for that process.And also you can take a look at this question on programmers.stackexchange.com
You need to buy a Mac... no other way around this :(
To build anything development wise for iPhone or iOS in general, must have a Mac.
However, if it is something you need to test that is html and js like you mentioned. Have a look at this plug in for google chrome.
I used this before to develop for multi platform web app. It also simulates accelerometer and gps too.
google plug in Ripple Emulator
Hi i wanted to develop an iphone app with Ruby..
Is Rhodes or Titanium the best option?
i need to integrate GPS and google maps
Rhodes is the only way to actually write a mobile app in Ruby. It is not possible to do so with Titanium or any other framework. Rhodes (and PhoneGap for that matter) emphasize writing interfaces with HTML5 and styling libraries like jQuery Mobile and Sencha Touch (but still to build a native app NOT a web app). Titanium creates its own UI abstractions and does not allow use of such styling libraries. We believe that use of HTML5
If you want to write the iPhone app in Ruby then Rhodes is as far as I know your only choice. I've made several apps with Titanium and the only language(s) you can use is Javascript/Coffeescript (Coffeescript compiles to JS). Titanium's Ruby support is only for desktop as someone has already pointed out.
As far as capabilities for Rhodes check out http://docs.rhomobile.com/rhodes/device-caps. Looks like they have support for Geolocation and Native maps.
Rhodes seems to be a Ruby only solution, while Titanium offers support for Ruby/Python/PHP. Because of this, I would choose Rhodes. Other than that, you should have access to all of the features from all the frameworks.
Anyone know of any flash equivalent software for the iPhone. Need to do some simple masking, animation...
As others have said, you can use AIR, but I'm guessing you want this to run in the browser, not as some native app. That is, you want something you can put on a web page, not distribute as an application through the App Store.
If that is the case, try Wallaby: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/wallaby/
Wallaby can export certain Flash features to HTML5, which can be rendered in mobile Safari.
Hope that helps.
Depending on your exact needs (eg. if you want to work with timeline animations) then using the iOS packager part of AIR is a good option. For most uses however I would consider the performance of Flash iOS apps to be sub-par.
A development tool that is fairly similar to Flash programming-wise is Corona SDK:
http://www.anscamobile.com/corona/
Checkout Adobe's AIR. Its a run time that runs on the iPhone. You write in their flash language and then same code can run on iOS and Android.
I would like to design a app for android and iPhone. App will consist of min 10 text pages and search function at the top. which tool is better for designing such a app.
Thanks for help in advance.
If you're trying to create an app that will work on both platforms, the only real choice is to create an HTML5 Web Application (skinned for mobile devices) that can work offline.
If you need some guidance, I would check out:
Mobile HTML5 - Tutorial: Your First Mobile HTML5 App
The second part of the tutorial discusses how to make your app available offline.
Titanium Appcelerator seems to be a good way to do that
I am going to develop a content rich application that ideally should have been an iPhone-app, but since I'm short on time, I will stick with technologies that I can, such as JQuery, CSS and HTML. The more mobile devices my site runs on besides iPhone, the better.
A brief search on the web leaves me with the impression that there are three tools I may use: iWebkit, JQTouch and iUI. I have toyed about with JQTouch, which I find impressive and simple to use.
With simplicity comes lack of customizability; I would very much like to have sliders and other cool features in my GUI.
Any comments on which of these three to go for?
I've talked about this subject a couple of days ago in a WebTuesday meeting, here are the slides of the presentation:
http://www.slideshare.net/akosma/webtuesday-mobile-web-applications-framework-overview
I talk about the following frameworks / technologies:
iUI
jQTouch
WebApp.net
iWebKit
SproutCore / Cappuccino
Yahoo! Blueprint
I personally have used iUI, and then later jQTouch, which I literally fell in love with.
I actually just finished writing and article comparing iUI and jQTouch. In my opinion, go with jQTouch because it covers a greater selection of WebKit browser phones like the Palm Pre, Droid and Nexus One.
It will be a slightly larger in file size because it includes the core jQuery library. But if you are already using jQuery in your site, that shouldn't matter.
You check out my article here: http://www.heinencreative.com/archives/articles/iui-vs-jqtouch/
I have done a short list of frameworks for this type of development see here and am working on an article comparing but the holiday and work intervened.
Personally i have done a site in iUI which was a conversion from a Mac Widget, so reused a lot of code. It was relatively easy to do, the code is solid (for iUI) and there is a site where there is support.
JQTouch looks good and so does iWebkit. Quickconnect is well supported and has a book associated with it (which by now should be wildly out of date) and Quickconnect claims to be useable for other mobile platforms as well.
Only hasving lloked i would probably go for JQTouch next time around as it will have mainstream support just with it being based on JQuery.
jQTouch and iUI work with QuickConnect Hybrid framework and PhoneGap.
jQTouch is jQuery web GUI framework for mobile devices (e.g. iPhone, Android, etc.).
iUI is javascript web GUI framework for mobile devices (e.g. iPhone, Android, etc.).
While QuickConnect and PhoneGap are Hybrid framework for mobile devices. For example in iOS, QuickConnect and PhoneGap use Xcode + iOS SDK + Javascript, while in Android, the two use Java + Android SDK + Javascript.
I use these frameworks, jQTouch is better than iUI at the moment. QuickConnect is also better than PhoneGap. However, PhoneGap is popular since it address other mobile OSes aside from iOS and Android. QuickConnect has support for iOS and Android.
I've gone with JQTouch for some prototyping as it seemed the best fit, and the most convenient for my needs.
Yet I would not recommend to build your main business around a webbased iPhone app. Even though it has quite a good set of features, it just doesn't feel responsive enough, and getting to get the app look perfectly like UX designed it can be some pain in the ass, as not the whole set of iPhone UI elements are implemented.
Yet I have to say that it was a matter of minutes to get a service-consuming app running that looks like a real iPhone app.
Jqtouch has the community support and also certain very helpful libraries now for persistence HTML5 support with inmemory db and even more so very fluid appearence.
I've started with iUI a way back but i'm now using jQTouch wich i find much better, specially if you like working with jQuery like me. Havent tried iWebkit though, but from what i've seen of it it can't compete with JQT.