One way (the only way?) to do it would be to use UIWebView and use Objective-C to get the GPS info and pass it in to JavaScript. The Blackberry solution is better, hopefully Apple will add this in a future release.
-- Sean Jeff Pickhardt wrote: > I agree - good browsers with web standards (and js) is better than > using Flash or Silverlight... > > One thing especially important for phones: > How are we going to get the phone's location (lat and long) on the > web? The Blackberry already has a javascript solution. I'd love to > see both a javascript way to get lat and long, and a way to get it > passed through the headers for the back-end. (This is assuming that > the user allows the particular domain to access the lat/long > information, for privacy concerns) > > Any thoughts? > > On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 6:41 AM, Jorge Chamorro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Sirs, >> >> This thread was first about Flash and later on about JAVA, and, >> >> We need no more java nor flash nor silverlight nor any other >> propietary solution to the problem. >> >> What we need is a push towards complete, functional, useful apis and >> web standards, and possibly (JavaScript)(), in order to get the web >> (finally) working as it should... (against M$'s own interests). Sorry, >> but the web as a platform shouldn't rely on propietary solutions. >> >> Did I say HTML5 ? It's a good starting point : send your own >> proposals: http://www.whatwg.org/mailing-list >> >> As to propietary non-web 'native' solutions, why would Apple want to >> promote sun's JAVA in its own platform (the iPhone) ? >> >> Nonsense. >> >> And how is JAVA better than Cocoa's frameworks + objective C ? >> >> Apple has the best phone on earth. Nokia, Motorola, HTC, anyother >> could have done it, but they didn't even know what nor how to do it. >> It's been Apple and now they are in their own right to set the rules >> on their own platform. Furthermore, I don't even think that JAVA is a >> better alternative, although google seems to think so. We'll see. Time >> will tell. >> >> -- >> Jorge. >> >> On 06/10/2008, at 16:57, Kevin J. Butler wrote: >> >> >>> RobG wrote: >>> >>>> On Oct 4, 7:20 am, "Kevin J. Butler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> [...] >>>> >>>> >>>>> When... Sun deliver versions of ... Java that let Apple control the >>>>> applications delivered to the iPhone, Apple will let it happen. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> The lack of Java on iPhone has nothing to do with Sun, the iPhone >>>> simply has no JVM. Apple doesn't supply one and there's no 3rd party >>>> JVM for it from Sun or anyone else. >>>> >>>> >>> This is incorrect. >>> >>> http://java4iphone.com/all-news/all-news/tutorial-install-java-on-the-iphone/ >>> >>>> Even if there was, you'd either >>>> have to jail-break your phone to install it or get Apple to agree to >>>> install it (by App Store or software update). >>>> >>>> >>> Yes, you have to jailbreak the phone. As I said above, it doesn't "let >>> Apple control the applications delivered to the iPhone" >>> >>> >>>> Apple knows >>>> enough about the iPhone OS (which is apparently based on OS X) and >>>> the >>>> OS X JVM to know that Java apps won't perform very well. >>>> >>>> >>> Java apps will be fine on the iPhone - especially compared to the >>> other >>> mobile phone platforms running J2ME apps. >>> >>> As I said, the issue is not technical. It is completely a matter of >>> control - Apple really /really/ wants to control the iPhone >>> application >>> market monopoly and use it to strengthen their Mac OS market monopoly. >>> Anything that delivers applications by channels other than via Apple >>> is >>> thus a Bad Thing. >>> >>> kb >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iPhoneWebDev" 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/iphonewebdev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
