mobile

Deciding on a comprehensive mobile strategy

I have an idea for a mobile application (initially targeting iPhone but would like to target others in the future) and am trying to decide the best way to package/sell the product. For lack of a better term, the app would be a "platform" that potential clients could use to create their own branded application. There will be a server-side...

Is it worth waiting a couple of milliseconds on a TextChanged event?

I have a textfield for a filter customers action on a mobile device. I am wondering if I should wait for a few milliseconds before launching my code when the user typed in less then 3 chars, and only execute the code if the text is longer or equal than 3 chars. The executed code takes longer(sql like syntax on a larger database), and th...

Has BluetoothAuthenticateDevice Stopped Working Since Vista SP2?

The Win32 call BluetoothAuthenticateDevice doesn't seem to function properly since Vista SP2. If you pass in null for the PIN code, the Bluetooth Connection Wizard is supposed to be displayed, allowing the user to enter the pin code and pair the device. This was working fine until I installed SP2. Now, BluetoothAuthenticateDevice is fa...

How to automatically resize a Windows Mobile application when the keyboard appears?

I'm looking into Windows Mobile development but there is one thing which I haven't quite figured out yet. In all applications already installed on the device (Internet Explorer, configuration windows, etc) whenever the on-screen (soft?) keyboard appears, the user interface automatically resizes so the keyboard doesn't cover or obscure th...

Android floating view (over other views)

I've been messing around with this for a few days now, hopefully someone here can lend me a hand. I have a simple two-column layout, the left side is a navigation bar with buttons, the right side is a content panel. When the user taps one of the buttons (say, the third one down), I'd like to have a floating view aligned to the right of...

How to get regional timezone on Compact Framework and then convert UTC date to local date?

How to get regional timezone on Compact Framework and then convert UTC date to local date? ...

How to create a BlackBerry App that access low level hardware?

Hello all. I've written some BlackBerry apps, but now i'm trying to write one that must access the hardware (keyboard) in some low level way, and I can't seem to find a way to do it, nor any help to it in the 'official' boards. The thing is, I need to know when, at any time, the '$' key is pressed in the blackberry keyboard, so my app...

Where to start with programming Android Applications

Hi, I am a student and would like to develop softwares for Android Phones. Please suggest me where to start. I have alwayzs programmed in C++, Matlab, Javascript. I do not have so much experience in programming Java. Appreciate your support and help. Thanks Kiran ...

SEO-safe detect mobile user agent (iphone, htc, ...) and redirect to mobile version of website

What's the best way to automatically detect mobile vs. full screen devices and redirect to mobile site automatically? I'm concerned about SEO so it is safe to do a detection with PHP and redirect to mobile version without unwillingly sending Google to that mobile version? If PHP is ok, what are good libraries to use? ...

XSLT vs MVC vs CSS for flexible mobile/normal layouts

I'm building a new front end for an existing forum project, and I'm undecided on the best route to take for the user front end. The project will be built in ASP.Net 3.5. The requirements are as follows: 1) User selectable themes/templates must be supported - I have forum goers who will want to contribute forum themes, so the layout sys...

Direct file download vs reading a file back as download

Is there any difference between creating a direct link to a file on a server, and doing something like reading the file from a location and setting the content type header then streaming back the data. I'm curious because I have a webserver that i'm using to download apps to a blackberry, if i create a file and have a direct link to tha...

how to create rounded corner for mobile web view

Is it possible to create rounded corner that viewable on opera mini (version 4) ? friend of mine asking whether i could create a mobile view site that has rounded corner on their design. ...

C# MOBILE APPLICATION WM5.0

I Got An Error After I insatlled the CAB File into Device .When i select the EXE in the device. I got An Error:::::::: "internal Error: Sql server compact made an unsupported request to the operating system" Pls Help Me..... Thanks In Advance..... ...

Ideas for an overlay for really long webpages for mobile phones

I like reading faqs from GameFaqs.com and I'd like to read them on my iPhone. The problem is most game faqs are really, really long, which makes scrolling through them a big pain. Flicking through screen after screen of text takes a very long time. I am not a web developer, but would there be a way to somehow create an overlay through w...

CSS3 support in mobile browsers

What, if any, support is there for CSS3 in mobile browsers? The specific browsers I'm curious about are the ones used in the iPhone, Android, and Blackberry phones. Any links to relevant resources would also be greatly appreciated. ...

Are android wallpapers persistent?

I have an application that sets the user's background. Is it possible to remove the wallpaper if my app is uninstalled? ...

find mobile model no using mobile no

in my appliction i want to know mobile model no when i give any persons contact no so give me any website which provides that functionality. ...

Is there user agent detection code for none smartphones out there?

Hi all, I'm looking to write an ASP.Net MVC ActionFilter to redirect users of mobiles that aren't in the ambiguos smartphone category to our WAP site. Does anyone know of such code out there? I've found http://detectmobilebrowser.com/, http://mdbf.codeplex.com/ and http://www.51degrees.mobi/Products/NETMobileAPI already. I prefer the ...

How to put data into clipboard on a Windows Mobile device written in .NET?

I want to put some data in the clipboard using c# and the Compact Framework. I am using a Windows Mobile device. How to put data into clipboard on a Windows Mobile device written in C#? ...

How do I set a width for the mobile AND the desktop?

Right now, the width of my DIV is 100%. It's great on mobile. It stretches, and it doesn't require the user to scroll left or right. It just "fits". However, on a big monitor...the DIV is stretched out, and all the stuff on float:left are to the left, whereas all the float:right are all the way to the right! I would like a style solu...