Mobile Tutorials
Convert XML to JSON with JavaScript
If you follow me on Twitter, you know that I've been working on a super top secret mobile application using Appcelerator Titanium. The experience has been great: using JavaScript to create easy to write, easy to test, native mobile apps has been fun. My...
Hide the Address Bar within Mobile Web Applications
With both iOS and Android-driven devices using WebKit as their browser's rendering engine, web developers have many advantages: A rendering engine with capable of flawless CSS animations A rendering engine that's fast...very fast A rendering engine that's modern and forward-thinking These advantages allow us to create web apps within that...
Thoughts on Mobile Devices
Whether I'm smug enough to admit it or not, I'm living the iLife. Over the past two years, I've been rocking both the iPhone and MacBook Pro. I was recently gifted an iPad and a Samsung Galaxy Tab, only increasing my ever-growing smugness level. After playing...
MooTools ScrollSpy, Mobile Devices, JavaScript Scroll Events, and CSS Positioning
One question I've been asked often is why ScrollSpy and my Go To Top link functionality don't appear to work well on the iPhone, iPad, or any other mobile device. The problem is simple to identify and easy to fix. The issue comes down...
Mobile Touch Events in MooTools 1.3
The release of MooTools 1.3 brings about a vast array of new functionality to the JavaScript framework. One big new addition to MooTools Core is the ability to detect mobile events:
touchstart
,touchmove
,touchend
,touchcancel
,gesturestart
,gesturechange
,gestureend
, andorientationchange
. Let me show you...Prevent Page Zooming in Mobile Browsers
Ever since I got my iPhone, I've been more agreeable in going places that my fiancee wants to go. It's not because I have any interest in checking out women's shoes, looking at flowers, or that type of stuff -- it's because my iPhone lets...
iPad Detection Using JavaScript or PHP
The hottest device out there right now seems to be the iPad. iPad this, iPad that, iPod your mom. I'm underwhelmed with the device but that doesn't mean I shouldn't try to account for such devices on the websites I create. In Apple's...