mobile

Confused about Bitmap scaling when supporting different resolutions in Android

I'm confused about how to write resolution independent code for an Android game and I'm looking for some concise tips and guidelines as I'm never sure what to do about the multiple versions of Android. Here's what I specifically want to do: I want to load a 100x100 pixel .png file into a Bitmap object. When the bitmap it loaded, I want...

Why not vanilla Jquery for mobile? i.e. in contrasts to mobile-specific jquery-based libraries (jqtouch/sencha)?

Hi all, This may seem like a basic/stupid/obviously-answered question, but I wanted to check: why use a mobile-oriented javascript library (e.g. jqtouch) instead of straight jquery? The context: We're looking at enriching the mobile-view of our web-app. I tried the various jqtouch demos on my android 2.1 (Motorola droid). Many of the...

accesskey on mobile browser

Is accesskey still be supported among the current browsers on mobile? How can I navigate website with accesskey on mobile browser? I have tried to search online but can't find any answer. Thanks. ...

Communicating between two smartphones without using a Cellular Tower - Peer to Peer

Lets say I have 2 mobile phones which are 50 meters away from each other and I would like to send a very small packet of data from mobile-A to mobile-B, without using any communication to cellular tower. To make it simpler, I would like to build an app which implements a Peer to Peer connection for 2 mobiles in the same radius (in the s...

mobile j2me map viewer library

Is there any open source gis library for mobile devices to work on J2ME? I need to create simple gis application on mobile device and to be apple to retrieve and enter data. ...

Can not find InternationalizationShoppingContextServlet.java

Hi, In ATG Mobile-Server module InternationalizationShoppingContextServlet.java class is missing? What is the impace of this class? cannot find symbol [javac] symbol: class InternationalizationShoppingContextServlet Regds, Sudhahar.S ...

which book to refer?

hi all of you, i am going to take mobile computing as one of my elective subject i want suggestion form you for book my university course for mobile computing is as follow UNIT – I Introduction to Personal Communications Services (PCS): PCS Architecture, Mobility management, Networks signalling. Global System for Mobile Communication (...

Mobile Application Technology

Hi, I want to develop a mobile application which can be supported on Iphone,blackberry and mobiles supporing Java. Is there is any single technology like (j2me,anaroid,objective c) can be used for all. If not, what will be the best approach to develop this application. Thanks Pravin ...

Android: Accessing Contacts from SIM card memory

I've been tryin to develop an app which requires to access contacts from SIM memory. Here is the code i've used but there is runtime exception. { Uri simUri = Uri.parse("content://icc/adn"); c=getContentResolver().query(simUri, null, null, null, null); startManagingCursor(c); getContacts(); } private void ge...

differences between uiwebview and mobile safari

Have looked far and wide for info and have found no definitive list. Please add your observations. I'm sure it will come in handy to all. ...

How do I detect a mobile browser, and direct appropriate content to it?

I've read that its bad (not advised) to use User Agent Sniffing to send down the correct content for a mobile browser, so I'm wondering what IS the best way to do this? I'm using ASP.NET MVC, and I've built my site and it works well on desktop browsers, so I'm looking to begin building a mobile version. When a mobile browser comes to m...

How to get started with mobile development?

Hi, I want to get started with mobile development , I know HTML,CSS,JavaScript,PHP and C#. What is the best way to get started? I know that for example, if i want to create an iphone application i need to know objective c (and get mac),Which language is the best for mobile development (and cross platform - works on Nokia,IPhone,android,p...

HTML5 Geolocation, GPS Only

Is there a way to make HTML5's Geolocation only work, if it is using a GPS device to get the location? ...

How to make sure the GPS position sent to the server are accurate?

Hello, here is my problem : I have a mobile app, and I want to give the user some information depending on their position ( think something like FourSquare ). But how to make sure the user position is real ? I mean let's say the client uses a request to the server via http : http://www.myserver.com/getdata?lat=X&long=Y ...

Blocking device rotation on mobile web pages.

Is it possible to detect on my page, for example using Javascript, when user visit it using mobile device in portrait mode, and stop orientation changing when user rotate its phone to landscape? There is game on my page, optimized for portrait display only and I don't want it in landscape. ...

mobile asp.net techniques

What are your techniques to using mobile with asp.net, I know how to detect mobile but I'm stumped trying to find a good way to show my pages on a mobile device. I'm thinking of just doing a Multi-View and showing the mobile view when they are mobile, however that would not work with our masterpage unless I do same, I'd rather just have...

AT-Command to view Recent Call , Dialled, Recieved using Bluetooth Modem on Phone

Hi, What at-command or set of at commands using hyperterminal on Windows XP with Motorola phone supporting at-commands, I can view/list Recent Call , Dialled, Recieved etc. using Bluetooth Modem on Phone. Pls give the commands I can run all other commands like viewing phonebook or messages etc. Urgent reply ...

Specify clickable phone-number

With mailto: exisits a widely available possibility to specify an email address that opens the email-client if executed. Does exist somethin similar for phone-numbers, so that if it's used in a html-link or in a .net Process.Start-call, a mobile or a pc with a modem will call the specified number? ...

iOS 4 web app viewport scaled in landscape

Hello, I have trouble with Safari included in iOS 4. I created application which should have same scale in portrait and landscape mode. However, iOS 4 zooms the viewport when changing from portrait to landscape orientation, although I included following viewport meta tag: <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale...

best way to detect handheld device in jQuery

Is there a solid way to detect whether or not a user is using a mobile/handheld device in jQuery? Something similar to the css media attribute? I would like to run a different script if the browser is on a handheld device. The jQuery $.browser function is not what I am looking for. ...