Ok, this might sound stupid now, but I need to ask this for my own clarification. I have made applications with Android UI, running RESTful webservices in the background. If this is common in the so called 'android-website' and an 'android application that uses REST based webservices', then what is the difference !?
If android applications allowed you to embed html/javascript/ajax etc with in the application, the term 'android website' would make more sense to me. I think I will google that up. Thank you all for the replies though. On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 4:41 AM, Kristopher Micinski <[email protected] > wrote: > On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 7:36 PM, Farhan Tariq <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> This has nothing to do with this list > > > > Well, if I started off with saying that I want to develop an android > > website, and I am looking for a starting point, then it would have > > everything to do with this list, isn't it? > > > > This list is for targeted questions relating to the Java based SDK for > Android applications. So in short, no, it would not have everything > to do with the list, but there might be some connection to the topic. > > > >>> a mobile website can have different meanings, but it will probably be > >>> some variation on a site that works best on mobile devices > > > > So basically, it would be something like html running on our phone's > > browser? > > > > It could be. It could also mean that you implement a custom UI for > the website. Many apps use the Android native UI elements and talk to > the webserver using some sort of REST pattern or other webservice type > thing for communication. So yes, it can be as simple as a webview, or > it can be a complicated implementation consisting of implementing a > full on web service backend and UI front end in Android. > > >>> peryable to get GPS info, > > > > Something like that could be extracted from an http request header too, > isnt > > it? > > > > So I still have the same two questions. 1) Why would someone get a mobile > > website made and 2) How do you make an android website for a website? > > > > 1) Because using the native Android UI elements is prettier than > running the site inside a WebView. > 2) Use the native Android UI elements and communicate with the website > via some service (web service, not android service, though typically > an Android service may be used for this). > > Kris > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
