Jeff, PhoneGap (and there are others) is a wrapper than passes location and accelerometer data. You can also make the phone vibrate.
Peter Robinett On Dec 10, 10:44 am, "Jeff Pickhardt" <[email protected]> wrote: > I think the main advantage of web programming over the native UI is > that you can make one web app work for various (smart) phones versus a > particular application for each different phone. > > The disadvantage is that the browsers, like Safari, don't give any way > to get some other information like location or acceleration. (The > browsers aren't as responsive as native apps) > > One thing I've considered is making an iPhone app that immediately > launches the website, but passing some extra parameters such as > latitude and longitude. > > Does anyone know if this sort of thing has been approved before? > > On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 6:10 PM, awaybbl <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I've had 15 apps approved using something similar to phonegap > > (UIWebView wrapped in a native app)... but to be honest the > > performance is very very slow compared to native apps. Most of the > > negative reviews I've gotten all revolve around sluggish performance > > or responsiveness. I have one that uses iUI waiting to be submitted, > > but the performance is so slow, that I don't think I'll submit it, and > > I'll try to re-do it in native UI(at least for the UI stuff) > > > If you want to see the apps, go to iTunes, and search for myHIP > > > On Dec 8, 5:06 am, Peter Robinett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Several apps using PhoneGap (www.phonegap.com), which does what you're > >> proposing, have been approved. > > >> Peter Robinett > > >> On Dec 8, 3:37 am, "Mark S." <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > What do you mean? You mean like a webclip? > > >> > On Dec 6, 9:42 pm, markdionne <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > My plan is to submit a small stub application to sell on the Apple App > >> > > Store that will kick off my iUI-based application. > > >> > > Has anyone succeeded in getting such an application approved? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
