If you want to clone our apps you should know that they depend on MobileFrontend[1] for their functionality. Accidentally[2], the same extension would give your wiki mobile-friendly interface - much easier than developing an app yourself:)
--- [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MobileFrontend [2] Not really On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Jared Herrera <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi. > > I’m KeybladeSpyMaster, and I’m an editor at the *Kingdom Hearts Wiki* > <http://www.khwiki.com/>. I’m writing because we recently updated our > home page, which raised the concern about it’s appearance on mobile > devices. That created a interest/desire in a mobile app, which I’m > venturing/experimenting in doing. However, I’m not very knowledgeable in > coding or anything of the like; it’s something I’d like to learn, and > something I hope to learn through this project. However, I don’t currently > know it, and I’m having trouble creating this app. I have a couple of > questions that I hope you will be able to help me with, but I think some > information on my efforts is in order, so that you may understand my > situation and hopefully be able to guide me in the right direction. > > *Efforts* > > - I’m trying to develop the app for Windows 8.1 first, since I’m > familiar with that environment and design. In fact, I’ve already designed > the UI on paper. I hope to be able to expand to Android, I just can’t right > now because the Eclipse software will not run on my computer right now, and > I don’t understand why. I’ve got no experience or knowledge of iOS apps, so > I personally do not have plans of going there right now. > - Since I learned a little C# in school, I’m trying to code the app in > C#/XAML > - I’ve downloaded the source code for the Wikipedia app, hoping that > it would help me. However, I don’t really understand HTML/JavaScript enough > to know what it is that goes on in the app, and how it’s able to extract > the information from the website. > > > *Concerns* > I’m hoping you could help me at least understand how to get the app to > access the information from the wiki and display it on the app in a similar > fashion to how the Wikipedia app does so now. Also, I know the Wikipedia > app is in HTML/CSS/JavaScript. Would I have to switch to HTML/CSS/JS to > code the app, or would it be okay to still try in C#/XAML? I personally am > more comfortable in C#/XAML because it’s easier for me to design the UI in > C#/XAML than in any of the other languages. > > Thank you for you time, > > KeybladeSpyMaster > Editor, *The Kingdom Hearts Wiki* <http://www.khwiki.com/> > > Sent from Windows Mail > > > _______________________________________________ > Mobile-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l > > -- Best regards, Max Semenik ([[User:MaxSem]])
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