I'm developing an application for various platforms, including Android using Unity3D 5.
Currently to open a URL, I'm using the following C# code:
Application.openURL("http://example.com");
I would like to open links without leaving the application. I really like the Facebook app implementation, where the URL gets opened in a popup-style InApp web browser and can be closed easily without affecting the user's browser.
If you got to https://prime31.com/plugins and get the Android Etcetera plugin then they have a really easy implementation of opening a WebView within your app so that you don't have to leave the app.
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Is it possible to create a mobile app for both Andriod and iOS which will display the same data as on a website written in HTML CSS and js?
The site only displays information but this info is used regularly by users. I have been asked if it's possible to create an app that the same info would be available on? Ideally, any changes made to the website would be reflected in the app without having to change the code for the app as well.
edit - The page on the app will still need functionality i.e being able to open modals when a button is clicked.
You could embed your site in a native app using a WebView. Nowadays you have several technologies as React native and Flutter that could help publishing your site as a multiplatform app.
I have a page that is opened inside a webview (Android) and uiwebview(iOS). When it is in the app, it works perfectly, but when I made a change in the code in the hosting site, the page wont't load in Android or iOS either. It's telling me that "error resource is not available". The page does load after refreshing many times. I don't know what is happening. The page is built in Laravel 5.1 and my hosting site is GoDaddy.
Does anyone has the same problem?
Is the app hosted on godaddy using javascript files? In that case you might want to handle that in android app.
For starters you can try to access the website in chrome/ any browser on android device, if its working, try and delete data/cache of app from settings. Or simply just uninstall and install again.
We have a responsive web application for desktop users and it is working fine. My organization also has native android app. Now, the requirement is to integrate responsive web app with native android app (using webview). Same time, we are looking to access some native features of device like capture photo from web application.
We suggested to use phonegap but don't know how we can integrate phonegap javascript api with existing web application without creating phonegap/corodova application. Idea is that, user just hit the native app button and on listener it will invoke webview with webapp url. By checking user agent we will be able to load phonegap JS api and it will be able to access native features.
Issue is that, Don't know whether it is possible or not, if yes then how we can enable phonegap api in existing web app. Desktop and mobile user will get same experience.
Use WebView component of phonegap in your application, read documentation
http://docs.phonegap.com/en/3.5.0/guide_platforms_android_webview.md.html#Android%20WebViews
I'm looking for the easiest solution to the following scenario:
I've developed a web app.
I need to send an sms with link+parameters for a unique user's registration.
BUT I want the link to direct to a native app installation that will install an app icon on home screen, and all this native app has to do is open the link to the web app.
By that I can avoid the Awkward solution of using bookmarks in android.
I know nothing about mobile app programming, so by easiest I mean: Either very basic tutorial, or a working native app that I can just change the URL and resubmit it as a new Native app.
or Any other easy suggestion
I have a fully-working web app that is accessible using Android's browser.
The annoying part is the url bar uses a lot of the screen. Is there a way to make this web app a native Android app? I've read that webview can be used to embed a web site within the Android App.
Unfortunately, I only know web programming languages and have no Java experience. Will I still be able to do this on my own?
You certainly will need some learning in java, you can start with reading the following :
Webview documentation
A very detailled tutorial (quite hard if you haven't any java basics)
A basic tutorial on webview usage.
Have you looked at phonegap. It comes with a standalone app with a WebView embedded in it and with native android functionality support. You just need to provide your html/javascript app to it and you're done.
You can use a web app called MIT App Inventor
and get it done in less than 10 minutes, it's very easy, intuitive and requires no programming skills at all.
all you need to do is create a new project,
drag and drop a WebViewer component, on the right set the home url,
and your done! just connect to an android phone via USB to install the app
and you can even download the .apk to your computer, sign it and publish it on Google Play