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I am looking for some resources (blog posts, tutorials, etc) on creating a native iOS app from a pre-existing website. It seems that the easiest way to do it would be to use a UIWebView and just load the website there, but I am interested in making native app.
Unfortunately, all Google searches I have tried just turn up results for web apps :(
(sorry if this question is vague)
What my TidBITS News app does, to show users what's going on at the tidbits.com Web site, is to use RSS. The stuff that appears at the Web site is also pushed out on an RSS feed. The app consults that feed. Now it has the data, so it can express that same information in a native app. It does use a UIWebView, but that's to display some of the RSS data (which is HTML to begin with), not to view the Web site itself.
I think I would write a webservice that provides the information to display. The website and the app would then send the appropriate requests and display the received data. Both can implement their own drawing/display code. This also enables to add maybe an Android or Windows Phone app later on without having to manage a seperate set of data for each application.
If you want to use the data existing on the website I think UIWebView is your only option (unless you want to write your own browser).
hey u can use the web view, add the requried framework, then look up for parser.
And yea one more thing
JSON Parsing will help u with this ....
its all about UIWebView Connected with XML with JSON Parsing.
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Do apps that have a UiWebView generate web traffic to other websites?
I'll explain. Is there a difference between launching a link on safari vs UIWebView from within the app? I'm looking at it from the receiving web page (page views, ad views etc...) Is the UIWebView a calid way to boost site traffic to a third party website while keeping the user in your app?
The UIWebView is basically a control that let you embed web content into a native iOS application, supports static or dynamic web content.
UIWebView is like Sfari without any controls (back, forward, bookmark etc) but you can provide this functions trough native code.
So yes, you can use it to "boost" the site traffic while keeping the user it the app, but only if the users stays on the web view and only if your app pass the apple check, just so you know an app that contains only web views will be rejected from app store.
Also I don't think this approach will be successful because many iOS users will not use the app if it provides mainly web content into a web view, the users like native apps with fancy UI.
But just as a conclusion, yes you can "boost" the site traffic from a web view but I won't recommend this approach.
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I have a potential client that wants to build a platform agnostic application. Initially it'll run on a windows 7 tablet and will expand. Its a roofing business, so they're going to take pictures with the camera, fill out some forms, and then generate a report from it. The first thing I can think of is making an API call to a web service I create that does some crystal reports magic them returns to the client.
Problem is, they aren't always guaranteed internet access. What can I do here? My thoughts right now are building the app in rails or MVC 4.
It is pretty hard to answer your question since it won't be an exactly answer, but my thougths are:
1° - Build a Windows Phone app that will fill out everything that is
needed and store locally
2° - Do a background process that will send this via rest calls to a
service
3° - Build the service to receive the requests and a rails app to the
client to login and have access to the reports this can be made in
rails
This is a possibility if they need to access reports from anywhere. Otherwise the reports could be made in the tablet itself.
Just some thoughts, the solution may take a very different path, since you were not accurate enough to a definitive answer.
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In my ios app there are some information which I have to pull from some Content Management System(like Alfresco). Could You please suggest me, how can I integrate Alfresco to my ios app?
There are two options available to you
One of them is to take the source code for the Alfresco Mobile App for iOS which is open source, and start from there. Customise the Alfresco app to do all the additional things you need, with the Alfresco code as your starting point. This will work best if you basically want what the Alfresco App provides, with a few small changes.
The other is to use the CMIS library for iOS which the Alfresco mobile app uses, include that in your existing application, and interact with Alfresco via CMIS. It's also open source. See cmis.alfresco.com if you're new to CMIS and want to learn more.
You'll also likely want to join the Alfresco Mobile Forum, which'll be the best place to get help with either the open source mobile app, or the iOS CMIS client.
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I am developing an app that allows users to post to walls/groups very much like facebook or a classic forum. I really like the way you can post a link on facebook and the link will be recognized as a video, pic, or other media and will automatically display. Its a great feature b/c it keeps users on facebook instead of leaving the site. On that note, I was looking to implement something similar for my the app I am developing. Are there any rails plugins/gems that do this kind of thing?
Yes, I know how to google and have done so. I realize that I could write regular expressions to scan the link and then take an according action. However, I am looking for an existing implementation to save a boat load of time.
Any and all input would be appreciated.
Existing implementations would probably be employing some form of regular expression, although another approach is using custom "Markdown" syntax or BB code to make the regular expression easier.
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I tried to find the answer to this question but could not, to be more precise, some apps like instagram have a custom backend, like they have a profile tab in the app where the users profile is stored, including the pics they upload.I want to know how is that page created, and how is the data saved to that page.So in short,if for my app I want to have a profile tab,how do I go about creating it, and how is the data storage done? I wanted to know whether the profile page under my profile tab is created, as in is it done in Xcode or some web design application and linked to Xcode?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not asking for the detailed process,just what software is used and a basic outline.
The back ends are PHP or any other server side languages, these are presented as service APIs interface, the most common is RESTful interfaces, the application connects to these RESTful services to store and retrieve data from
You may also want to read up on core data as any offline profile data is probably stored in core data or as NSUser Defaults.
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#DOCUMENTATION/DataManagement/Conceptual/iPhoneCoreData01/Introduction/Introduction.html
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#DOCUMENTATION/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/Classes/NSUserDefaults_Class/Reference/Reference.html