palm-pre

PALM Pre Emulator

Has an emulator been created for the PALM Pre phone yet? ...

Will the Palm Pre Mojo SDK grant access to bluetooth apis?

Does anyone know if Palm's new Mojo SDK will grant access to bluetooth APIs? Perhaps in some form or fashion? I can't get any information about it and given I have to choose what to spend my money on in regards to the the next platform for my development, I would really like to NOT waste it. Perhaps there's some lucky PRE developmers ou...

Now that Palm Pre SDK is out, what does it take to develop for that phone?

I'd like to know what languages and tools (debuggers, IDEs, profilers, libraries, etc) are available for those wanting to develop for Palm Pre. Also, I'd like to know what technological restrictions exists that one has to be aware of. ...

Mojo SDK retrieve all contacts

Hi, I'm playing with the Mojo SDK and I want to get all contacts. this.controller.serviceRequest('palm://com.palm.contacts/crud', { method: 'listContacts', parameters: { limit: 100 }, onSuccess: this.handleListResponse.bind(this), onFailure: function(errResp){ Mojo.Log.info(errResp.errorText) ...

Mojo SDK - set a timer

I'm messing around with building an application for the Palm Pre. I have a simple question: How can I set up a timer for some code to get run after a certain amount of time has passed? I tried using the regular old javascript setTimeout, but it doesn't seem to work. Here is what I've tried: setTimeout(this.someFunction, 3000); se...

Recommended reading material for getting started with webOS/Mojo SDK development?

I am starting to delve into the world of webOS and the Mojo SDK and having a great time so far, but I find myself having to constantly take a detour and read up on different subjects such as JSON, JavaScript, etc. I realize now that instead of diving in head first I probably should have done some reading on the core technologies behind ...

Mojo Messaging Service - Device URL

Does anyone know the URL for using the Mojo messaging service with the device. I can get it to work with the emulator from Google App Engine and .NET but it does not work on the device. I've read in some other forums that it may be related to the URL. Anyone have any information. The URL I am currently using is https://ps15.sb.palm.c...

Debugging Mojo for Palm Pre with Eclipse & Aptana

I'm pretty new to Eclipse and Mojo (.NET guy). I'm having difficulty debugging. I can set breakpoints and switch to the "Debug" Perspective, but no matter what I can do (I am running in debug mode), I can't seem to get the IDE to stop at a breakpoint in the emulator. I'm sure it's a pretty newbie mistake with Eclipse. Anyone have a go...

Palm WebOS - How to get user's phone number?

How do I get the user's phone number on Palm Pre's WebOS? Thanks, ...

Palm Pre Dashboard notification...

How can I get Dashboard notification in my Palm-Pre application? ...

iPhone app port to Palm Pre or Android?

I have a very popular Apple iPhone app and wish to port to another mobile platform. What is best the Palm Pre or Google Android? The Android has more popularity with manufacturers but I worry about installation issues and incompatibilities. The Pre has one carrier and one mfr but I worry its sales will be too low. My app uses an SQLite...

Palm Pre Emulator Internet connection problem.

Hi, I am running the Google Map application which is part of Palm Emulator. On launching the application , it displays "Google Maps requires internet connection". When i run emulator, do I need to configure the network settings . Similar thing happens when i enter some url in the browser its says " Error Loading Page 2028". I assumed...

How do you get Length of Text in a Mojo TextField?

How do you get the length of the text inside a Mojo TextField? I'm trying to set a multiLine TextField with a limit of 150 chars, I tried doing it with a counter, but ran into a issue of not being able to decrement the counter when the text was erased, or adding the right number when pasting text, so my new approach was to get the lengt...

Optimize a web page for Palm Pre

I'm in the process of building a support page for my pre application. I'm having a problem where the content on the page is very small, so the user has to manually zoom in to read it. I've made the page so that there is nothing very wide or tall, but for some reason everything is very "zoomed out" when you first navigate there on the ...

How to create toggle buttons within a dynamically rendered list

For my palm pre app I have a dynamically generated list (pulling in data from SQLite, loading into the model, binding). This works fine, but now I need to add an on/off toggle to each of the dynamically generated items. Including the toggle switch in the template works, but I can't assign the widget functionality properly. I'm trying to ...

How do I access data from local XML files in a webOS application on the Palm Pre?

I am new at Mojo framework and Palm webOS. I want to just retrieve data from XML files using xmlhttprequest (Ajax). I am trying to get data from following script. this.items = []; var that = this; var request = new Ajax.Request("first/movies.xml", { method: 'get', evalJSON: 'false', onSuccess:function...

Mojo.Event.tap - how to get tap coordinates?

Hello, I am having difficulty with finding out how to get tap coordinates from tapEvent object, which is passed to my custom handler (I didn't find it's specification anyway). There is also singleTap event, which passes custom variables "X" as "Y", which is coordinates, i guess, but I can't invoke that one in Emulator. The point is tha...

Palm Pre on Device Anywhere

I have developed a simple application for palm webOS. Now I have the ipk file with me, but I want to test it using Device Anywhere. Is there any way by which I can install my app in their Palm Pre? ...

Palm Pre and Visual Studio. Possible?

The development experience for the Palm Pre sucks, to say the least. At best you are working on JavaScript in Eclipse with the Aptana plugin. The intellisense you get is really, really dismal. You have to be looking at the documentation every 5 seconds. I was thinking, Visual Studio really excels at JavaScript and intellisense. Has ...

Which mobile platform would be more rewarding to learn as a developer (iPhone vs Palm Pre vs. Android)?

I am interested in getting my feet wet in PDA/mobile development. The only two drivers for me are the drive to learn cool (or at least, new) stuff, and may be to code some app that I felt I really needed but lacked. As such, I would like to know what the comparative benefits/downsides would be for me as a developer in choosing one of t...