I am testing a website on an Ipad. It seems that if someone clicks on an email link, an email program will open in full screen (taking the user away from the browser). What makes it annoying is, there is no "close or X" button for them to leave the mail program. How do my ipad Visitors go back to the browser?
Is there a way (or a HTML code) where if someone click on an email link on an Ipad, it will open up the email program in a small window without taking the visitors away from the brower?
iOS's UI is based on the concept of full-screen apps. To return to the browser, your user must return to the browser app. This can be done using the button, or (if configured) some multi-touch gestures (I use a 4-finger swipe to the side, but I can't remember what the default is).
You should not be trying to change the user interface of a specific device from your website. You might help a few users who have not yet got used to their iOS interface, but you will confuse and/or annoy all the ones who have.
If I wrote to you and asked for help because everyone else in the whole continent was driving on the wrong side of the road, would you try to fix the entire road system? No! I hope you'd just tell me how (or not) to drive. Same deal with the existing UI on any device — let your user learn to use it properly.
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literally, I need to know how to automatically bring the url (share-link of share api) of the corresponding app page to the clipboard when a screenshot is detected..
I'm not sure the store allow my app.. but I really want to know it is technically possible
I tried this using Android broadcast receive, and talked with many senior programmer.
But everytime I asked, they were so pessimistic.
I just know how it works in technically.
My app keeps failing Apple's review process because it's rated for kids, yet links out to websites without parental controls. I was wondering if there is anything I can put in the HTML link that will force the use to put in their passcode (or thumbprint) before jumping to the link?
I have no idea where to start with this. Google has turned up nothing.
When you click a link in the app, instead of taking you straight to safari, it instead asks for a passcode first. This would satisfy the parental controls issue.
I have an webpage with some forms opened in Safari browser. Some customers will type in some data and send forms.
I need block home button (and others buttons too) that customer will not able switch to another app and this app will be always front of the screen.
Exist for this some app or something similar?
I'm also interested in case that i have my own app with same forms.
Many thanks for any advice.
You can use Guided Access on the iPad to keep it locked to that one application, that's in Settings > General > Accessibility > Guided Access Look at this for more details http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5509?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
Is is possible to dynamically figure out the position of an app's icon on the home screen of an iphone/ipad?
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To my knowledge no you cannot natively or easily do this. I know of no open source or other libraries. The reason being that your app exists in its own world, it is not in touch per say with the rest of the device. It can get permissions to read and write data but it doesn't know of itself.
Does that make sense?
When you open a website it cannot know which tab it is in the browser. Instead it knows how it was accessed and what device (physically) is using it. It knows the user-agent, the time, the browser, etc because that is information sent to it in the request. In turn the phone on launch gives data to the app in how to handle it but not for example how many other apps are running, or where it is on the screen. It's not normally considered relevant to run time. In addition it's a security feature in preventing an app from deleting or altering other apps, as well as itself. If you have an iPhone you will notice that SIRI cannot turn off google maps navigation or any other non-apple specific app. Only apps natively comparable and private party ones (ex apples) are accessible because Apple did that intentionally. They all know of their own existence and each others. However non-native in the sense of apps that do not come preinstalled and manufactured by the company creating the device are less trustworthy, in addition there are no guarantees about how they will be run by the device, where they will be, or what other apps will be there.
It is true that an app can request for another app it may be comparable with but it is up the user to handle that information.
May I ask for curiosities sake why you are trying to do this? Are there any other workarounds?
However in terms of it being physically possible, yes. I doubt that apple allows independent developers to do this however. But an example of this occurring may be gridlock where a user can move their apps around differently on the screen. The app in this case has the ability to access app position. But I believe in this case app position is about the UI and not about nested files. apps cannot to my knowledge modify information outside of their own file. Imagine if you had an app that could edit other games scores.
It is not possible to dynamically find out the position of an app's icon on the Home Screen (even for jailbreak apps). Apple wants you to respect the user's privacy settings.
Extra Info - There is popular JavaScript library that adds a promo bubble to the bottom of your mobile web application, inviting users to bookmark the app to their device's home screen.
I have a UIWebview that loads the e-mail website for my school. When you log in, you can view and read mail with no problem, but if you goto compose an e-mail or reply to one, you are unable to touch inside the message text box to write your e-mail.
I thought it was a problem with the actual e-mail client my school uses, but when I goto the website on Safari I am able to touch in the message box and write an e-mail as usual.
If you have any insight on why this would happening, i'd appreciate it!!
Also, I basically built my own web browser, how would I go about allowing users to save their user/password, for example for the e-mail link (I have other links to school related websites where it would be nice for it to save your user/pass).
Thanks!
MobileSafari (and UIWebView) don't support contenteditable, only normal inputs and textareas