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Creating watermarked images in PhoneGap (May 22, 2012 9:47 AM)
A reader asked me if it was possible to watermark images (like those taken with a camera) in PhoneGap. This is rather trivial using Canvas (hey, it does have a use!) so I whipped up the following example to demonstrate it in action.
cfObjective 2012 (May 20, 2012 5:38 AM)
...guson talk on security before - but it is always a good idea to be reminded of just how much work is involved in creating a secure site. I especially liked his fact versus myth approach.
I saw Scott Stroz present on "How to Pimp Out Your Model" and PhoneGap. I've seen the first presentation before, but I really enjoy how he brings the concepts of MVC to a simpler, easier to understand level. I'm still approached by people having trouble wrapping their heads around the concept and if you can see Scott p...
Setting up console debugging for PhoneGap and Android (May 10, 2012 10:08 AM)
...t, debugging in mobile is "sub-optimal". (Whatever you do - don't do a Google Images search on sub-optimal.) Brian Leroux has an epic presentation on the topic and I highly encourage taking a look through it. I thought I'd share how I'm debugging in PhoneGap and Android right now.
To be clear - this is a sucky way of doing it. "Sub-optimal" is being too nice. Whenever possible I do as much work as I can on the desktop. But when I get desperate and need to test something on a device, I end up resorti
Transcripts from PhoneGap Session (May 8, 2012 4:31 PM)
First off - a huge thank you to everyone who came to our PhoneGap Open Q and A today. We had more than 50 attendees for most of the two hour block which I think is a great turnout. We even had a troll (for a few minutes), so that means we must be doing something right!
The questions were very interesting. I noticed lots of attention around notifications and push, two areas I've not really dug into yet. I also noticed a few questions on the front-facing camera. (According to Andrew, on devices with two...
Open Session on PhoneGap Development (May 7, 2012 8:59 AM)
Curious about PhoneGap? Have questions? Tomorrow, Andrew Trice and myself are hosting a 2-hour Adobe Connect session on PhoneGap. This will be an open session for your questions, not a presentation. The Connect URL is: http://my.adobeconnect.com/adobehtml. The date/time is Tuesday 1PM CST to 3PM CST (that's 11AM to 1PM PST).
Converting a dynamic web site to a PhoneGap application (May 5, 2012 11:30 AM)
Earlier today a reader asked me about the possibility of converting his mobile-friendly site into a "real" application via PhoneGap. I told him that this could be very easy. You can take your HTML, upload it to the PhoneGap Builder service, and see what you get. This works with simple HTML sites, but is not going to work well with dynamic sites built with server-side languages. In this blog post, I'll explain why it won't work, and also walk you through an example of converting a (simple) dynamic web sit...
Example of Intents with PhoneGap (May 1, 2012 1:59 PM)
This weekend I was reading an email on my phone when I noticed something odd. The link, to a Wikipedia article, prompted me to ask if I wanted to load it in my browser, or in the Wikipedia app. Knowing that the Wikipedia app was built with PhoneGap, I decided to dig into this and see how it was done.
Second issue of Appliness Launches (April 30, 2012 2:02 PM)
... by Ryan Stewart
Swipe to delete items, by Michaël Chaize
App-UI, a library by Andrew Trice
HTML5 Multimedia components, by Ian Devlin
Interview of Pamela Fox
Colour Match, Cutest Paw, Bit Timer: showcase
Which Element ? Pull quotes, comments
PhoneGap and the File API
WTFJS: False advertising
Generate color palettes from HTML5 video
CSS variables draft
I way to make special note of the "Generate color palettes from HTML5 video" article. This is not something that has been on my blog befo
jQuery Mobile 1.1 Released (April 13, 2012 5:13 PM)
It's a week of really great mobile-related releases. Earlier we had PhoneGap hit 1.6, and today we have jQuery Mobile hit 1.1.0. Full release notes on the changes may be found here: Announcing jQuery Mobile 1.1.0. If you haven't looked at jQuery Mobile in a while, I highly encourage you to take a look at it. The performance issues you may have seen in the past (especially on Android) seem to be licked quite thoroughly and overall the project feels incredibly solid now.
Tracking application usage with PhoneGap (April 13, 2012 10:40 AM)
Last September I wrote a blog entry discussing how you could track basic application usage within a Flex Mobile application. I thought I'd take a look at this today with a PhoneGap application. I took an entirely different approach than the earlier example and I'd love to hear what people think.
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