mobile

How to have a native android app authenticate with web backend?

I'm working on developing a native android application to retrieve data for a user from my company's website. Because the data is specific to the user, I need to authenticate with our web server, but I'm unsure of the best way to go about this. I've been reading about REST/SOAP/HTML form auth, but I can't really find any definite 'this...

QR-Code source that works on Blackberry

hello. i'm trying to develop an app that integrates the qr code reader as part of the functionality. i have read about zxing as the best option. but it turns out that they dont support development for blackberry, and the sample app shipped in zxing haves bugs (gives JVM runtime exception). i wonder if anyone knows a viable alternative...

Mobile Safari doens't show background Image when sliding page left

I display a web page with a large-width photo (say 2000 pixels jpg file) & a repeat small background image in mobile Safari & the right part of photo is beyond the screen. I touch & slide the page left to see right part but found there's no background image below the right part but only white blank background. Does anyone know how to ...

Detect if page is from a mobile device?

How do i know if my webpage (asp.net) is being loaded from a mobile device? I want to apply mobile.css instead of normal.css. I consider a mobile device all phones, psp/ds/wii, itouch and ipad could go either way. I dont know if i am choosing the css by headers server side changing the css file or if i should use JS or something. How do...

C# application to connect to a mobile application using bluetooth

I want to know how to write a C# desktop application that can connect to the mobile version of the same application (that I will create). The desktop application will be used as a backup/restore for the mobile application. I want to know also how to write the mobile version (using C# if possible). ...

What is missing in Objective-C that you don't want to program with it

Now that Apple relaxed the restrictions on developer tools/programs, I wonder what tempts developers to other languages than Apple offers by default, Objective-C, which is quite fun to program with. What missing feautures makes you not to program with it but something else? ...

How do you secure your PayPalApplicationID on the iPhone for PayPal's iPhone SDK?

While using the Paypal iPhone SDK that integrates a mobile payment option on the iPhone, I am realizing that to use the SDK you hardcode your PayPalApplicationID into your application during the initialization of the SDK module. Is there a way to securely store this PayPalApplicationID on the phone? I'm at a lost since keychain isn't...

How do i make a mobile site readable?

I cant really link the site i am talking about here (or paste css). But what do i need to do to make the site readable on an ipod touch? and other mobile device? I used width: 100% (and i think i tested with 95%) and removed any widths with pixels. What happens is the width fits however the text is not readable. You need to zoom in + sc...

Developing Mobile Apps for Multiple Platforms (without a cross-platform framework!)

We're the developers of a relatively complex non-game iPhone 3 application, and we're beginning an ambitious rewrite to take better advantage of iOS 4. There's a significant social element to the app, so we started thinking that we'd like to make it available on as many modern mobile platforms as possible: iPhone/iOS Android Windows Ph...

mobile webapp CSS breaks on orientation change

The CSS for my webapp gets completely misaligned when the mobile device is rotated to landscape (target devices are iphone and android). I tried using the javascript solution explained here in order to get my app to switch between a portrait.css and a landscape.css file on orientation change, but that still didn't work. It even messed up...

Disabling iPhone keyboard for textarea in web application

So I have multiple textareas on my page that are editable depending on a users status. The problem is that even when a user clicks on a textarea that they are not allowed to edit, the keyboard comes up on mobile safari. The user can't actually edit the textarea, but it's really annoying/looks bad. I was thinking of maybe making it dis...

Generic Java mobile development

I'm working in a Java-oriented shop and we're starting to adapt our products to mobile devices now (mainly focusing on smart phones). A separate native app is already in the works for the iPhone, but we would like to make a generic Java/J2ME version for any other devices. My question is, how feasible is this? And where is the divergence...

Two listeners triggered at the same time, removeEventListener doesn't work

Hey, I have a listener attached to a row (createTableViewRow) and the row has an icon which has another listener, why the row listener is triggered when I click over the icon? removeEventListener doesn't work. This is the code: http://pastie.org/1157225 Any help? Thanks. ...

Recommend a good Android tutorial with Step by Step examples

Can you please share a good Android tutorial with step by step basic programs. ...

C# application to connect to a mobile application using bluetooth

I`m asking this question again as I got no answer for about a week now ... I want to know how to write a C# desktop application that can connect to the mobile version of the same application (that I will create). The desktop application will be used as a backup/restore for the mobile application. I want to know also how to write the mo...

ASP.NET IsMobileBrowser detection with Browser.Mobile file Wrong Detection with Sea Monkey

I am using Request.Browser.IsMobileDevice in conjunction with the MDBF file that goes in the App_Browsers/Devices folder (http://mdbf.codeplex.com/) Now using Sea Monkey browser (latest version 2.0.7) IsMobileDevice returns true. Why might this be the case as clearly Sea Monkey is not a mobile browser. In fact, I had the understanding...

Optimizing website for mobile devices

I am developing a website exclusively for mobile browsers. What guidelines should I follow to optimize the site for mobile development? My main concerns: Most mobile devices have propriety browsers. How can the app be tested on those different browsers (testing on an actual device is not possible due to security restrictions)? How to o...

mobile java app

I'm trying to change a mobile app which has been written in Java, I've extracted the .jar file which has resulted in the following directory tree: . |-- aa.class |-- ab.class |-- ac.class |-- a.class |-- ad.class |-- ae.class |-- af.class |-- ag.class |-- ah.class |-- ai.class |-- aj.class |-- ak.class |-- al.class |-- am.class |-- an....

cost of developing and running a GPS application

i am currently undergoing the branding of a place that is in the outskirts of a major city. the situation at hand is that the place is unknown and not easy to get around, so my associates and i have planned to develop a gps application with specifics eg safari lodges, conference venues of this area and make it possible for people to down...

Bada - Integrating Maps API to my application

I'm trying to integrate Maps to my Bada application. I've tried deCarta but unfortunately it comes with an ad. There is an ad on each form that displays a map and it's not pleasant. So, can you please recommend me another maps API that will work well with the Bada platform. Does Google Maps API or Yahoo's service go along well with Bad...