Making mobile apps with web technology (revised)
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The document discusses the evolution of mobile apps created with web technologies, highlighting the history of web applications, the impact of smartphones, and the competitive landscape among mobile platforms. It emphasizes the advantages of using HTML5 and CSS3 for cross-platform app development while mentioning various frameworks and technologies like PhoneGap. Additionally, the document outlines the pros and cons of web apps compared to native apps, pointing to their ease of development and deployment.
Making mobile apps with web technology (revised)
- 1. New trend of making mobile apps with web technology Manyoung Cho | WebDevMobile.com manyoung@gmail.com
- 2. About Me ≠ Web Evangelist ≠ WebDevMobile.com ≠ Opera Software ≠ manyoung@gmail.com ≠ Blog : http://manyoung.net ≠ Twitter : @manyoungc ≠ Me2Day : http://me2day.net/manyoung
- 3. Agenda ≠History of WebApps ≠Web as Apps ≠Smartphone Wars ≠PhoneGap ≠Mobile Web or Mobile App?
- 5. Web as Application ≠Old days = ASP/PHP/JSP ≠Web program for web service ≠Mostly e-commerce sites
- 7. HTML5/CSS3 ≠HTML5 makes web standalone application http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/48-excellent- html5-demos/ ≠CSS3 gives rich user experiences http://www.webdesignerwall.com/trends/47- amazing-css3-animation-demos/
- 8. Opera Widget = First browser based WebApp ≠Opera introduced browser based application called widget in 2006 ≠Widget is W3C standard http://www.w3.org/TR/widgets/ ≠Opera Widget http://widgets.opera.com ≠Widget = browser based standalone web application
- 10. 2007 : Apple MacOS 10.5 ≠MacOs Dashboard Widget ≠http://developer.apple.com/macosx/ dashboard.html ≠http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashboard_ (software) ≠HTML5 Canvas was also introducted by Apple
- 11. 2008 : Widget Chaos! ≠Google Desktop widget ≠Yahoo Widget ≠Naver, Daum Widget ≠All gone ≠Non standard based
- 12. 2010 : Chrome Webstore ≠Chrome WebStore = Desktop WebApps ≠https://chrome.google.com/webstore ≠Chrome to Phone = Mobile WebApps
- 13. Web apps Demo ≠Web apps? = Piece of cake
- 14. Smartphone wars
- 15. Smartphone Wars ≠2007 : Success of iPhone ≠2008 : Success of AppStore ≠iPhone : Mobile internet machine ≠iPhone : Application contents matter
- 16. Browser Wars ≠Browser is a killer app of the smartphone ≠Opera mobile 10 ≠iPhone Safari ≠Chrome lite ≠Mobile browser war is more severe than desktop ≠New technology is applied in mobile browser
- 17. Mobile Apps Wars
- 18. Mobile Apps Wars ≠Apple is the only winner ≠iPod, iPhone2G, iPhone 3G users ≠Followers cant defeat this.
- 19. Anti Apple alliances ≠Operators ≠Handset makers ≠Too many platforms ≠Windows Mobile, Limo, Android, Brew, SHP, Symbian, Proprietrary OS. ≠What can be the crossplatform?
- 20. Its WEB! ≠Cross Device ≠Cross Platform
- 21. Web as mobile apps
- 22. Anti Apple alliances ≠2008 : Using web as cross platform mobile application by Operators
- 23. Widget runtime ≠Web application platform ≠Browser rendering engine based ≠HTML/CSS/Javascript is the main technology ≠Operator/OEM driven Widget Manager UI Widget Runtime Engine = Browser Engine (Opera, Webkit, etc) Android WM LIMO
- 24. Widget Runtime
- 25. Widget Store Android (Widget Engine) Mobile Widget Widget Widget WM Widget HTML/ Store Store (Widget CSS/JS Store Engine) Web Developer Operator Stores OEMs Stores LIMO (Widget Engine) Mobile Phones
- 26. Widget Runtime Demo ≠http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xpS21aR- BQ ≠http://widget.developer.vodafone.com/en/ ≠http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xpS21aR- BQ
- 27. Widget Examples : ebay ≠ User observes his watching, buying and selling items. ≠ Each item shows picture, description, price, number of bids and remaining auction time. ≠ Clicking on the item will open item details in the browser, where user will be able to log in and bid for item. ≠ In menu screen user can set his ebay username/ password and configure autorefresh time (in minutes).油 ≠ Main screen should contain refresh button. ≠ Widget will contact eBay API directly using HTTP protocol and retrieve data in JSON or XML format.
- 28. Widget Examples : Facebook ≠User will be able to browse list of his friends, see friends details ,see friends status message history, see and write messages to the friend's wall. ≠User will be able to poke selected friend, and write a message to him. ≠If phone and widget runtime supports it, user will be able to take a photo and post it directly to Facebook, or post photo from phone gallery. ≠Widget will periodically (time configurable in widget preferences, in minutes) check if there are new pokes, personal messages or wall messages for the user. ≠In case of new action, user will be informed by overlay icon on the widget in widget gallery. ≠Note: API key is needed. Check Terms and conditions for using it.
- 29. Widget Examples : Twitter ≠User will be able to reply or between any messages from another people. ≠Clicking on another user username will show this person details at the top of the screen, and messages just from this user below. ≠User will be able to set his status on twitter. ≠User will be able to see list of people he is following and his followers. ≠Clicking on follower/following name will open that user page. ≠Each relevant page will also contain a link that opens that page in the browser.
- 30. WebApps Pros/Cons ≠Pros ≠ Easy development than Java/Objective-C ≠ Easy use of OpenAPI/MeshUp ≠ Easy delivery of web contents ≠ Cross platform deployment ≠Cons ≠No device H/W controls ≠Low graphics, multimedia control
- 31. Extend Web : Device APIs ≠Contact ≠Calendar ≠File system ≠Messaging ≠System info : ≠CPU, Battery, etc
- 32. Extending Web Spec ≠JIL (Joint Innovation Lab) ≠ Vodafone, VZW, Softbank, China Mobile http://www.jil.org/ ≠BONDI(OMTP driven) ≠W3C Device APIs and Policy http://www.w3.org/2009/dap/
- 33. Widgets = Mobile apps
- 37. WAC(Wholesale Application Community) ≠Cross-platform mobile apps ≠Cross-device apps ≠Wholesale Applications Community
- 38. Global Appstore
- 39. WAC ≠Widgets Widget Runtime, SDK, Documentation, WAC Device API spec. ≠Operator API
- 40. K-WAC
- 41. Size does matter Units Cellphone Smartphone Units iPhone 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400
- 42. Altogether! ≠HTML5/CSS3/SVG ≠Devices API ≠Huge market ≠ 20 Global operators ≠ 5 Handset makers
- 44. Web UI Framework : iUI ≠iUI: iPhone User Interface Framework ≠Javascript, HTML, CSS ≠Demo http://chriscarey.com/projects/mythtv/iphone/
- 45. Web UI Framework : JQTouch ≠JQTouch ≠Similar to native app UI ≠Javascript, HTML, CSS ≠JS Library ≠http://www.jqtouch.com/preview/demos/main/ #home
- 46. Web UI Framework : Sencha ≠HTML5, CSS3, Javascript ≠Resolution independent ≠JS Library ≠http://touchstyle.mobi/app/
- 47. PhoneGap
- 48. PhoneGap ≠PhoneGap is an open source development framework for building cross-platform mobile apps. Build apps in HTML and JavaScript and still take advantage of core features in iPhone/ iTouch, iPad, Google Android, Palm, Symbian and Blackberry SDKs. Learn ≠http://phonegap.com
- 49. PhoneGap Android Android Market PhoneGap Mobile Widget Apple iPhone HTML/ Appstore CSS/JS Web Developer Blackberr Blackb y erry Market Mobile Phones
- 50. PhoneGap.js ≠Device API to control phone resources
- 52. Web or Apps?
- 53. Web or Apps? ≠Same UX ≠Doesnt matter ≠http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-61h8UGsi_M
- 54. Web as application ≠New era of mobile apps ≠By Web standard technology ≠HTML5/CSS3 is much powerful ≠Cross device/platform
- 55. Thank you for listening http://webdevmobile.com Blog : http://manyoung.net Twitter : @manyoungc Me2Day : http://me2day.net/manyoung