So, I am trying to search for a multivariant testing option available for native mobile apps. I am not able to find any online. Been going through blogs and google and I could only find Google Optimize and also saw few others like optimizely
But when I go through those options I only see options for website (like add urls or domain) which doesn't work with native mobile apps
I do know that Optimizely's Full Stack product will allow for experimentation testing for native applications, anything with an internet connection really. Here is their official documentation for Swift SDK.
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Recently I just started to learn Android Instant app. As far I research, it make me feel that it behaves like a Web App, which used to replace mobile websites.
This may be a dumb question, but I want to figure out whether Android Instant app is a Web App or not. And, any difference between both of them ?
Android Instant Apps allows Android users to run your apps instantly, without installation.
Web apps or Now most used as Progressive Web Apps are user experiences that have the reach of the web, and are: Reliable - Load instantly and never show the downasaur, even in uncertain network conditions
Differenrences between Webapp and AndroidInstantApp:
Web apps have lack integration with some smartphone features like contacts,Bluetooth, flashlight etc. AIAs always have.
Web apps can be crawled and discovered by search engines. While they don’t need to be developed as fully fledged apps, they still need to
be developed as web apps that meet Google’s standards.Whereas AIAs only need to be upgraded from the already existing
native mobile app.
You can also got more info here:- Android Instant Apps
Native Android apps, without the installation
Instant Apps are Native applications.
The description says:
Native Android apps, without the installation
An evolution in app sharing and discovery, Android Instant Apps allows
Android users to run your apps instantly, without installation.
Android users experience what they love about apps—fast and beautiful
user interfaces, high performance, and great capabilities—with just a
tap.
You can see the official documentations from here.
A android instace app can be run without internet and ... not a web app :)
The Android Instant Apps is a new thing, and I just wanted to know if it can be integrated with the Hybrid app structure (HTML/JS with Cordova wrapper).
I'm not a native app developer so I'm not sure of this myself.
According to Googlers ,well main idea behind instant app is
To make the native app experience as convenient as surfing to a web
site. “Web pages are ephemeral,They appear, you use them, and never
think about them again.” Apps, have lots of friction and
often you only want an app to perform one action or to get a specific
piece of information.
Google's examples of Instant Apps included museum or resort apps with maps and schedules, along with apps that help you pay for parking. These are the kinds of rarely-used apps that are useful in the moment, though you wouldn't necessarily want to install them on your phone beforehand or keep them around afterward. Developers can, however, can provide "call to action" links that encourage users to download and install apps that they find particularly useful.
Instant Apps are a logical evolution of App Links, a Marshmallow-era feature that lets installed apps designate themselves as the default options for opening certain kinds of links. For instance, clicking a link to Pinterest might open up the Pinterest app rather than Pinterest's mobile site—Apple's "Universal Links" in iOS 9 provide similar functionality.
Google requires apps that use App Links to prove that they're associated with the sites they say they're associated with; the exact same sort of verification will be used for Instant Apps.
So if we analyze all the information provided by googlers Instant Apps for a start is only for native apps there is no scope for Hybrid Apps...
Hope this make sense...I am able to clear your doubt..we will know more when..the exact availability of instant apps for both end users and developers will gradually expand access to feature and bring it to users...
Technically, I don't see why not as Instant Apps end up compiling to what is just a regular APK (or set of APKs).
Will it work out-of-the-box? I doubt it, as there may be issues with tooling (which is via Android Studio) as well as runtime issues (Instant Apps have some restrictions on what they can do, see the FAQ).
Is it recommended? Probably not, as the point of Instant Apps is to provide a fast, native app experience. If the hybrid app ultimately loads HTML/JS then there is likely minimal advantage over simply loading an optimized mobile website.
I'd like to know if it's a way to write a mobile application which can purchase products through OpenCart website. Here are two possible methods I can think of. Please suggest which one is better or if there is another better way:
OMF - OpenCart mobile framework. I guest it's just a theme for the open cart website. Is it possible to run this inside PhoneGap ?
OpenCart Restful API. We can build the native UI in mobile application. But if there are any limitations?
I'll appreciate if anybody who have experience to build the open cart website for the mobile application advise. Thank you so much.
I shall answer because I was working on somewhat similar project before. Your suggested solutions first.
1] Using phonegap you develop hybrid mobile apps which run on webview on respected mobile platforms. And I don't recommend this method because what it does is renders the exact website DOM in mobile's webview and it will get rejected by Apple since they won't allow this due to native design guidelines consistency. So, unless you are only targeting Android users, forget this option.
2] Building native mobile app is preferable. However I should give you a heads-up that Opencart has prewritten APIs for Orders, customers, shipping, vouchers etc but not for products. You will have to manually write it.
I can't figure out what limitations you are referring. Obviously, in a mobile app the desktop version extensions won't work. the requirement mentioned in the first line of question can certainly be meet using API with native development.
I have been trying to find some way to read Google Chrome's bookmarks (not Google's Bookmarks) from Android. I'm trying to develop an application that does not needs to install a plugin on the browser to sync. the bookmarks. By the way, I know that an application called CMarks already does what I need, but I want to learn how to do it myself.
The problem is that I haven't found a way to do it. My question is related to this one I think, but it doesn't have an "answer".
I've found this, which is supposed to be the way Google Chrome's syncs. the bookmarks, but I don't see a way to implement it (there are no OAuth endpoints or anything I understand).
If someone could point me in the right direction (tutorials, manuals, etc.) would be great. Everything I've found on Google was about google Chrome plugins, but not about an external application (Java, Android, C++, etc.).
I've used fiddler to see where GChrome connects when it syncs., and it seems to connect to Google Talk.
I have an application built with PhoneGap, and I want to send it to my clients with an elegant interface and get feedback. I have used testflight before for iOS, but it is not available for Android or BlackBerry.
I installed HockeyKit on my server. The alpha version of HockeyKit supports Android but there are a lot of files to upload and organize.
Is there any solution that can handle all three platforms - iOS, Android and BlackBerry?
AppBlade supports all three of the platforms you are looking for. To be honest I have only used them for Android, but it worked pretty well for that. I also got some great support from their engineers when I had questions and they also seemed to be fairly responsive to feature requests.
Knappsack sounds like it might fit the bill. It's a mobile application management platform that allows over the air installation of your apps and fine grained control of the users that have access to said apps. It's open source, so you can install it on your own server, but there is also a free tier that may suit your needs.
Can try HockeyApp, but it does not work with Blackberry. It is the best analog testflight.
It's early 2015 now and the solutions listed above either don't exist any more, or aren't free if you have more than a few apps/testers.
The best TestFlightApp.com alternative that I have found is Crashlytics. They support iOS and Android (no Blackberry).
Here's some info on the service: http://www.crashlytics.com/blog/launching-beta-by-crashlytics/
And here you can sign up: http://try.crashlytics.com/beta/
My customers prefer it to TestFlight, and for me as a developer it's also easier because they have an OS X app through which I can upload the archives and invite new testers (TestFlight's desktop app was broken for me).
Another really nice feature that Crashlytics offers is that (if you enable this feature), the OS X app will automatically upload the symbol files. When the app crashes for your testers, you'll get an email (when it's a new issue) and you can view statistics and stack traces of the crashes that occurred.