I am creating an MVC website, which takes a URL from a user and creates screenshots of a complete page. Now we have to use the same for Mobile devices (Android and iOS). Can anybody please suggest a code to take the same.
Thanks in advance.
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I ask a suggestion about a user Experience issueaccessing a browser URL on a mobile phone:
how can a "basic" user EASILY can access a web app on the browser of a handset (mobile phone/tablet, with possibly a solution not dependent on the specific OS (as usual: Android (mainly I'm interested on this OS)/iOS/Windows Phone/etc. on the handset ?
In other terms:
How can I set a simple OS-indipendent (BROWSER-indipendent) URL desktop-shortcut ?
I explain better:
I realized a simple html/css/js/bootstrap web app (e-commerce) to be used from a handset. Some screnshots here:
https://twitter.com/solyarisoftware/status/478946171420155904/photo/1
https://twitter.com/solyarisoftware/status/477373808551411712/photo/1
The web app (that user access through the browser of the handset) could be a possible valid alternative to an expensive native app. But I have this problem:
because my application is an e-commerce (in food realms) that could be used by a vast body of people tipically "inexpert" ... in facts many users that access phone apps have difficulties to just enter a URL on a web browser...
I confess I get bored myself to enter a long URL, let say:
http://mysuperbecommerce.com/mymarketplace/myshop
so, how to do to SIMPLIFY the access to the URL for the lazy/inexpert users ?
I thinked about some possible solutions:
SOLUTION 1. A BROWSER DESKTOP URL SHORTCUT
(obvious! you could say!) Of course, but this is not so perfect:
- is usually a specific feature of the browser... and by example in my case, with an Android phone, with Chrome. Dolphin and native Android browser I get confused myself to save and retrieve shortcuts ...
- is dependendt by the OS
SOLUTION 2. "DIRECTORY" APP LUNCH AN "INTENT"
I thinked about a native app that just act as "redirector", I read here and there some Android code: the native app just start and run the "Intent" giving a URL to the browser... make sense ?
Maybe something interesting here:
Adding URL shortcut to mobile screen through a link on the website
Nevertheless I'm asking if there is a better way, maybe an (Android) app just made with this scope ? (I didn't find it)
SOLUTION 3. HYBRID-NATIVE APP
Ok... Embed the web app in some Hybrid-native framework (as Phonegap/Cordova)
Any suggestion welcome!
Thanks for your patience
giorgio
A possible "solution" for Android OS I used
is this very essential "Web Shortcuts" app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.unknowndevelopers.bm
BTW, There are someones similar: "ShortcutToURL" or "URLWidget" apps.
Is not a perfect solution, any alternative suggestion still welcome.
I'm building an HTML5 application that will be accessed via Firefox on an specific Android tablet. One of the main options is to share an image on Instagram.
For Apple devices we have the "instagram://" hooks, but they don't exist for Android. I've already read a lot about to use Intent, but I think it's not possible since it's an web app.
I need any solution to get out of my Firefox browser and show Instagram application. It's okay to minimize the browser and just go to the main Android screen.
Someone have any idea?
Thanks a lot.
If i understand your question I think this is what your are looking for
EDIT: taken from that site as an example
To launch the Zxing barcode scanner app, you encode your href on the
anchor as follows:
<a href="intent://scan/#Intent;scheme=zxing;package=com.google.zxing.client.android;end">
Take a QR code See the Android Zxing Manifest, which defines the
package and the host.
Does anyone have any suggestions for the best way to create a web link that, depending on the device the user is browsing with will direct them to a website (for laptop/desktops), the App Store (for iOS devices), the Play Store (for Android devices) or the Win8 store, with a default to the website if device type is unknown?
At the moment, the best option seems to be to direct users to a website exclusively, with smart banners that will show a link to the App Store on relevant devices using the following code in the site header:
<meta name="apple-itunes-app" content="app-id=myAppStoreID, affiliate-data=myAffiliateData, app-argument=myURL">
But this is inelegant and can be missed by site visitors plus the additional step leads to a high dropoff. Any suggestions or thoughts would be appreciated!
Rather delayed reply but here goes:
Detect which OS is being used using Javascript code. Link
Change the hyperlink based on whether it is an iPhone Android or Windows.
If its iPhone use this, if its Android use this and for Windows use this
Hope that helped!
I have seen a lot of fan applications on google play. They seem to be HTML5 running on a webview. They show a list of videos, images and information (Seem like RSS) about a subject. Do anybody know if they could be easily done with worpress? I know wordpress comes with some built-in mobile views, but I'm openend to move to any other technology to accomplish this. What really amazed me is how easily is to show/retrieve content to the user through this kind application when you have a little framework based on Wordpress or any other CMS.
Thanks in advance.
All you need to do is use the REST Api that wordpress provides.
Here is a link to the documentation: http://developer.wordpress.com/docs/api/
I´m aware of the existence of Device API and its availability on Android 3.0+ to accomplish this, but, is there an alternative to achieve the same for Android 2.3+?
Something similar to PhoneGap, but not creating a client app. Something purely web.
The user story is simple: from web browser, user takes a picture and uploads it to server.
I appreciate any ideas.
Thank you.
I haven't read the whole tutorial, but this looks like it could help you.
Jquery webcam photobooth