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Hi,
Mobione looks awesome and I am just wondering if it might be suitable for an application I have, as it would certainly be great to avoid the iPhone SDK! 🙂
There are two aspects to my project which might not be possible, so I hope you won’t mind me asking about them:
1. I want to display live data. Would it be possible to use socket IO in Javascript to receive a feed of text for display on this platform? Is there a better way to handle that?
2. Is there any way to access the geolocation function of the iPad/iPhone when using mobione?
Thanks,
Alex>1. I want to display live data. Would it be possible to use socket IO in Javascript to receive a feed of text for display on this platform? Is there a better way to handle that?
The HTML5 spec includes WebSockets for this purpose. You will need iOS 4.2 or greater.
See http://dev.w3.org/html5/websockets/. Note the Test Center emulator does not support web socket api yet.>2. Is there any way to access the geolocation function of the iPad/iPhone when using mobione?
Yes, a key benefit of the MobiOne Design Center is that it generates HTML5 mobile webapps. The HTML5 spec includes a JavaScript geolocation api. The MobiOne Test Center includes an example geolocation app. Here is an introduction to geolocation apis in mobile safari from apple
Thanks Wayne. That’s awesome.
If I understand correctly, what I would be building is an HTML based app rather than a native IOS app. That leaves me with some more questions (probably being a dumb non-iPhone app/MAC developer here!)
1. Can I deploy a mobione app for sale via the app store?
2. Could I create a shortcut to the app on the desktop of the IOS device?Thanks,
Alex>2. Could I create a shortcut to the app on the desktop of the IOS device?
Yes, see the section “Adding the App Icon to the Home Screen” in
http://genuitec.com/mobile/docs/splashScreenHomeIcon/splashScreenHomeIcon.html>1. Can I deploy a mobione app for sale via the app store?
The Apple AppStore is limited to app in the form of native iOS binaries. We are working to provide a solution for this in the next 2 months. There are other appstores that will accept webapps. I can provide more details if there is interest in non-Apple appstore options.
