Developing Hybrid Applications for the iPhone: Using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to Build Dynamic Apps for the iPhone: Using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to Build Dynamic Apps for the iPhone

For those not ready to tackle the complexities of Objective-C, this is a great way to get started building iPhone apps. If you know the basics of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS, you ll be building apps in no time. " August Trometer, Owner of FoggyNoggin Software,(http://www.foggynoggin.com) www.foggynoggin.com " Discover the Easier, Faster Way to Build High-Quality iPhone Applications Now, you don t need to dive headfirst into Objective-C to write state-of-the-art applications for the iPhone. You can use web development tools and technologies you already know: JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. In this book, long-time web and mobile application developer Lee S. Barney shows you how to use the QuickConnect and PhoneGap frameworks to create secure, high-quality, modular hybrid iPhone applications. Lee S. Barney walks you through the entire hybrid iPhone development process, from creating great user interfaces to compiling, deploying, and executing applications. Along the way, he introduces techniques and sample code designed to streamline development, eliminate complexity, optimize performance, and leverage all iPhone s native capabilities from its accelerometer and GPS to its built-in database. Coverage includes Using Dashcode and Xcode together to create unique, exciting hybrid iPhone applications Using the QuickConnect JavaScript API to perform tasks ranging from vibrating the phone to accessing the accelerometer and GPS location data Accessing native iPhone functionality using the PhoneGap JavaScript API Storing, retrieving, and managing data on the iPhone, even without network access Using XMLHttpRequest to access or synchronize remote data and use web services Creating Google-based maps for your own app that work like those you see in the iPhone s Maps application This book systematically lowers the barriers to iPhone development, enabling web developers to build any iPhone application they can imagine without long development cycles or steep learning curves!" Cover......Page 1 Table of Contents......Page 10 Preface......Page 14 Section 1: Using Dashcode and the Custom QuickConnect Template......Page 20 Section 2: Using Xcode and the Custom QuickConnect Template......Page 23 Section 3: Using Xcode and the Custom PhoneGap Template......Page 28 Section 4: Introduction to Basic Objective-C......Page 30 Section 5: Objective-C QuickConnectiPhone Application Structure......Page 33 Section 6: Objective-C PhoneGap Application Structure......Page 36 Section 7: Embedding Web Content: QuickConnectiPhone......Page 38 Section 8: Embedding Web Content: PhoneGap......Page 42 Summary......Page 43 Section 1: Modularity......Page 44 Section 2: The QuickConnect JavaScript Framework—A Modularity Example......Page 45 Section 3: The QuickConnectiPhone Implementation of the Modular Design......Page 53 Section 4: Business and View Application Controller Implementations......Page 57 Section 5: Error Application Controller Implementation......Page 61 Summary......Page 62 Section 1: Apple’s Human Interface Guide......Page 64 Section 2: List- and Browser-Based Interfaces......Page 67 Section 3: Nonlist-Based View Applications......Page 70 Section 4: Immersion Applications......Page 74 Section 5: Creating and Using Custom CSS Transforms......Page 76 Section 6: Using and Creating a Drag-and-Drop/Scale/Rotate Module......Page 83 Summary......Page 93 Section 1: JavaScript Device Activation......Page 94 Section 2: Objective-C Device Activation......Page 100 Section 3: Objective-C Implementation of the QuickConnectiPhone Architecture......Page 107 Summary......Page 113 Section 1: JavaScript Device Activation......Page 114 Section 2: Objective-C Device Activation......Page 121 Summary......Page 128 Section 1: Displaying a Map from Within Your QuickConnect JavaScript Application......Page 130 Section 2: Objective-C Implementation of the QuickConnect Mapping Module......Page 134 Summary......Page 145 Section 1: BrowserDBAccess Example Application......Page 146 Section 2: Using WebView SQLite Databases......Page 148 Section 3: Using Native SQLite Databases......Page 152 Section 4: Using the DataAccessObject with WebKit Engine Databases......Page 154 Section 5: Using the DataAccessObject with Native Databases......Page 164 Summary......Page 173 Section 1: BrowserAJAXAccess Example Application......Page 174 Section 2: Using the ServerAccessObject......Page 176 Section 3: ServerAccessObject......Page 181 Section 4: Security Control Functions......Page 190 Summary......Page 191 Section 1: Background......Page 192 Section 2: A JSON JavaScript API......Page 194 Summary......Page 197 B: The QuickConnectFamily Development Roadmap......Page 198 C: The PhoneGap Development Roadmap......Page 202 A......Page 206 D......Page 207 E......Page 208 I......Page 209 O......Page 210 Q......Page 211 S......Page 212 T......Page 213 X-Y-Z......Page 214 For those not ready to tackle the complexities of Objective-C, this is a great way to get started building iPhone apps. If you know the basics of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS, youll be building apps in no time. August Trometer, Owner of FoggyNoggin Software, (http://www.foggynoggin.com) www.foggynoggin.com Discover the Easier, Faster Way to Build High-Quality iPhone Applications Now, you dont need to dive headfirst into Objective-C to write state-of-the-art applications for the iPhone. You can use web development tools and technologies you already JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. In this book, long-time web and mobile application developer Lee S. Barney shows you how to use the QuickConnect and PhoneGap frameworks to create secure, high-quality, modular hybrid iPhone applications. Lee S. Barney walks you through the entire hybrid iPhone development process, from creating great user interfaces to compiling, deploying, and executing applications. Along the way, he introduces techniques and sample code designed to streamline development, eliminate complexity, optimize performance, and leverage all iPhones native capabilitiesfrom its accelerometer and GPS to its built-in database. Coverage includes This book systematically lowers the barriers to iPhone development, enabling web developers to build any iPhone application they can imagine without long development cycles or steep learning curves!