Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Re: GWT Mobile App Widgets

sorry for not picking this up on the group earlier ( we have a seperate mgwt user group)

ff is supported for dev time though

2012/5/2 AgitoM <karel.mous@gmail.com>
Hi Daniel,

Tried the mgwt, but it seems that the framework also only support
webkit based browsers?
I got some errors when trying to run in in Firefox.
Am I correct to say that only WebKit is supported?



On May 1, 2:52 am, Daniel Kurka <kurka.dan...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> if you are interested in mgwt there is a very friendly user group for
> the framework:http://groups.google.com/group/mgwt
>
> mgwt pays a lot of attention to do things in a GWT way, which brings
> big advantages to mobile device development.
>
> take a look for yourself athttp://www.m-gwt.com
>
> On 30 Apr., 20:43, Alfredo Quiroga-Villamil <laww...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Yes, if you are trying to cover that case, then you must absolutely
> > find a mobile library that can potentially support any of the
> > installable browsers in mobile devices. The important case to always
> > keep in mind I would say is over engineering. Unless it's a
> > requirement from the client, I would ask myself the question, what
> > percentage of the market am I trying to support? Ideally the answer
> > would be 100%, reality it's a different story. This is more the case
> > since mobile web is fairly young. Even the web after all these years
> > would be a nightmare if you removed GWT and libraries like it that
> > have tried to make the developer experience better by hiding the
> > browser differences or better said quirks.
>
> > About a year and a half ago, perhaps more already, there was a point
> > where the future of mobile web for developers looked bright. It was
> > all going to be based on webkit or at least most of it and the world
> > was going to be a happy place.
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> > Fast forward and we find a world where there is an incredible amount
> > of fragmentation in the mobile market place with multiple versions of
> > webkit, many don't exactly behaving consistently. Throw into the mix
> > your request and it's almost starting to feel like we are right back
> > to the web as we know it today where may browsers exists with
> > difference in behavior not only between them but even among versions.
>
> > Best of luck and wish your project the best.
>
> > Alfredo
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> > On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 2:01 PM, AgitoM <karel.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Well the app runs fine on iPhone Safari, Google Chrome, and the
> > > Android Default Browser.
> > > However the app does not work on Firefox and Opera installations on
> > > the Android platform, so that could be a problem.
> > > So still hope someone can make a suggestion.
>
> > > On Apr 30, 10:53 pm, Alfredo Quiroga-Villamil <laww...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >> Mobile web libraries are based on webkit. Firefox is not. Mobile devices
> > >> use webkit. To test the app you can try to use a webkit based browser such
> > >> as chrome or safari. So if you are happy with that library I recommend you
> > >> continue using it and test it as previously mentioned.
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> > >> Regards,
>
> > >> Alfredo
> > >> On Apr 30, 2012 10:35 AM, "AgitoM" <karel.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > >> > Does anyone know a decent library that contains GWT Widgets for the
> > >> > development of Mobile Apps in GWT?
>
> > >> > Over the past few days I've been experimenting with gwt-mobile-gui.
> > >> > Though this library is great, it doesn't appear to be working on all
> > >> > browsers. (or at least I can't get it to work on Firefox).
>
> > >> > So basically I am looking into other Libraries. Does anyone have any
> > >> > suggestions?
>
> > >> > Reason I am looking for a mobile widget library is because I am
> > >> > developing a mobile app. I developed a framework for a mobile app
> > >> > myself, and it works fine, but it looks too ugly.
> > >> > If no other library is available, does anyone know any tutorial of
> > >> > guide to how to develop nice looking GUI in GWT?
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> > >> > Hope anyone can offer some advice.
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