May 14th, 2012
How to prevent bounce of PhoneGap app container in iOS apps – UIWebViewBounce
I’ve noticed that a lot of apps built with PhoneGap have a weird behavior on iPhone and iPad — You can tug at the main app and move it around slightly and let it bounce back into place. It’s as if the PhoneGap container is connected to the device with springs! I quickly found several [...]
May 2nd, 2012
Central Florida Events: Building real apps with HTML/JavaScript and PhoneGap
If you live anywhere near Tampa or Orlando and have an interest in building mobile apps using web standards, you need to come to one of the following two local events: Tampa — 5/9/2012 6:00PM please RSVP on the site – if it’s full, try again later in the day Orlando — 5/8/2012 6:00PM EDT [...]
Apr 30th, 2012
JavaScript Developer Magazine – Appliness May Issue now Available
The May 2012 issue of Appliness is now available for your iPad and Android tablet. This issue has over 100 pages of content including tons of code samples and interactive demos. If you are a JavaScript developer, this is something you should subscribe to. It’s free. May 2012 table of contents: CSS Regions and CSS [...]
Mar 28th, 2012
Appliness – New digital magazine for JavaScript app developers!
Today, the Adobe evangelists team has launched a new digital magazine called Appliness. If you have an iPad or Android tablet, you can grab a free copy now! The Kindle Fire version will be available any day (we’re waiting on Amazon to approve – their backlog is 2 weeks!). This will be a monthly magazine [...]
Oct 6th, 2011
How PhoneGap impacts how we evangelize Flex
DISCLAIMER: The following is my personal opinion and not necessarily that of my employer (Adobe Systems, Inc.). The PhoneGap announcement at MAX 2011 really got a lot of people excited (including me!), and it raised a few questions about how it changes our jobs as evangelists. PhoneGap gives us the means to build cross-platform apps with [...]
Oct 6th, 2011
What is PhoneGap?
Earlier this week at Adobe MAX, it was announced that Adobe had started the process (signed a definitive agreement) of acquiring Nitobi, the makers of PhoneGap. After this announcement, I had multiple conversations with conference attendees and found that several of them really had no idea what PhoneGap is. Some thought it was a JavaScript [...]
Sep 8th, 2011
Finding the current location in your mobile app using Geolocation
Yesterday, I blogged about Geolocation. I thought it would be helpful to show some code that determines the current location in your app. CODE:
Sep 8th, 2011
Geolocation tips, quirks, and possible bugs (flash.sensors.Geolocation)
I’ve been working on a couple of apps recently that use the Geolocation APIs. I’ve discovered a few tips and quirks that I felt were worthy of sharing. Geolocation object There are two classes that you need in order to implement location in your app – Geolocation and GeolocationEvent. When you create a Geolocation object, [...]
Sep 6th, 2011
Flex versus ActionScript – the debate gets new life
A few days ago, a reader commented on my blog post, “The Flex Team discusses the future of Flex” and brought up the frequent debate of Flex versus ActionScript. This subject has been debated many times since Flex was born, but lately it is becoming a hot topic again, especially with developers shifting their focus [...]
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