Pro Smartphone Cross-Platform Development: iPhone, Blackberry, Windows Mobile and Android Development and Distribution

Prelim......Page 1
Contents at a Glance......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Foreword......Page 12
About the Authors......Page 14
About the Technical Reviewer......Page 15
Acknowledgments......Page 16
Part 1: Platform Development and Distribution......Page 17
Part 3: HTML Interfaces......Page 18
The Smartphone is the New PC......Page 19
Increase in Mobile Usage and Trend Toward Smartphones......Page 20
Smartphone Landscape......Page 22
Cross-Platform Frameworks......Page 23
The Branded Experience of Mobile Applications......Page 24
Cross-Platform Frameworks......Page 28
About this Book......Page 31
Platform Development and Distribution......Page 33
Introducing Xcode......Page 35
Building a Simple iPhone app......Page 36
Create the Xcode Project......Page 37
Create the Interface......Page 38
Installing the App on the Device......Page 47
Finding Your Device ID......Page 49
Install and Run on the Device......Page 50
Android......Page 53
Setting Up The Development Environment With Eclipse......Page 54
Building a Simple Android Application......Page 57
Simple Application Using Android WebView......Page 64
Building for an Android Device......Page 66
Android Market......Page 68
BlackBerry Platform......Page 69
Set Up for Classic Java Development......Page 70
Create the Eclipse Project......Page 71
Create the Interface......Page 73
Code Explained......Page 75
Simple User Interface Application Using a Label, Text Field, and Button......Page 76
Code Explained......Page 78
Simple Application Using BlackBerry Browser Field......Page 79
Windows Mobile......Page 83
Setting Up for Windows Mobile 6.5 Development......Page 84
Creating a Smart Device Project......Page 85
Setting Up Base Functionality......Page 86
Deploying and Test your Application......Page 90
Fleshing Out the Application......Page 91
Packaging and Distributing Your App......Page 94
Customizing Your Product Name......Page 95
Building and Deploying the CAB File......Page 96
Installing the CAB File......Page 97
Distributing Your Application......Page 98
Cross-Platform Native Frameworks......Page 99
Rhodes......Page 101
Development Architecture......Page 102
Runtime Architecture......Page 103
Database (Rhom)......Page 104
Threading......Page 105
Installation and Setup......Page 106
Building a Rhodes Application......Page 107
Running the Application......Page 109
Running on the iPhone......Page 111
Running on BlackBerry......Page 112
Generating a Model......Page 113
iPhone......Page 118
Rhodes Device Capabilities......Page 119
Contacts Example......Page 121
Camera Example......Page 124
Geolocation and Mapping Example......Page 126
Creating the application......Page 127
RhoSync......Page 131
Data Storage: Why Triples?......Page 132
RhoSync Source Adapters......Page 133
Authenticating with Web Services: Login and Logoff......Page 134
Query......Page 135
Create......Page 137
Delete......Page 138
User Authentication......Page 139
Creating Your Application on RhoHub......Page 140
Creating Your Application on a Local RhoSync Server......Page 145
Testing Your Application......Page 148
PhoneGap......Page 149
Getting Started with PhoneGap......Page 151
Sample Application......Page 152
Android......Page 154
BlackBerry......Page 155
PhoneGap Simulator......Page 156
Writing Hello World in PhoneGap......Page 157
Writing a PhoneGap Application......Page 159
Contacts Example......Page 164
Contact Example Code Explained......Page 167
Camera Example......Page 168
Camera Example Code Explained......Page 170
Getting Started......Page 171
Writing Hello World......Page 173
Titanium Mobile Device Capabilities......Page 175
Camera Example......Page 176
HTML Interfaces......Page 179
Platform Overview......Page 181
Android......Page 182
Screen-Based Approach......Page 183
Navigation......Page 184
Check Boxes......Page 187
Selection Boxes......Page 189
Text Boxes......Page 191
Text Areas......Page 192
Radio Buttons......Page 193
Additional Components......Page 195
WebKit Web Views......Page 196
iWebKit......Page 201
Working With the iWebKit Framework......Page 202
A Few Words of Caution......Page 203
Body......Page 204
Organizing Data with Lists......Page 205
Navigation......Page 212
Forms......Page 214
Phone Integration......Page 218
Creating a Native iPhone Application with iWebKit in Objective C......Page 219
Create an Application......Page 221
Add iWebKit Framework to Application Layout Template......Page 222
Setting up PhoneGap for iWebKit......Page 223
Animated UI with jQTouch......Page 225
Running Example Code......Page 226
Creating a Simple jQTouch Application......Page 227
Adding Screens......Page 229
Loading Additional Screens with Ajax......Page 230
Cancel, Back, and Browser History......Page 232
jQTouch Initialization Options......Page 233
Basic Views......Page 235
Navigation Bar (aka the Toolbar)......Page 236
Customizing Your Views with Themes......Page 239
Integration with PhoneGap......Page 240
Getting Started......Page 243
Adding HTML Text with a Panel......Page 246
Adding Components......Page 249
Creating Interactivity......Page 250
BlackBerry HTML UI......Page 253
BlackBerry Browser UI Controls......Page 254
BlackBerry 4.2 Browser Control......Page 255
Fonts......Page 257
JavaScript......Page 259
Rhodes Tip for Dynamic Layout......Page 260
Display and User Interaction......Page 262
Development Environment......Page 263
The Cascading in Style Sheets......Page 265
CSS Syntax......Page 266
Identifying Elements with ID and Class......Page 267
Common Patterns......Page 268
Common CSS Attributes (Display: block verses inline)......Page 269
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