Does Phonegap offer the facility for an app to change all or part of its UI or business logic in the field, by downloading fresh HTML/CSS/Javascript at runtime?
Are there any examples of hybrid apps which do this?
It can. Just look into HTML5 AppCache manifest configuration on the server. One quirk is that Apple will reject your App for doing this.
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I wonder if it is possible to use chromium engine inside google chrome or the google chrome itself to render a web page inside my WPF application instead of using traditional WebView (because it's the IE engine and it's awful -_-) or implementing CEFSharp (because it uses about 200 MB of space only for the chromium engine)
so in this case I need the target pc to has installed google chrome or any other(firefox or ...)
Soooo ... is there any solution?
thanks in advance
EDIT
I want to create applications based on web UI, - because of being easy and powerful - I know some providing this feature, e.g. CEF Sharp WPF or electron js but they include a full chromium engine with the app. I don't want this.
I want to create my app as light as possible, and my idea is to use chromium engine of a modern browser, that almost everyone has one.
For example, imagine that the user has installed google chrome.
first I locate the installation folder
I use chromium.exe -render path/to/file.html(imaginary) command to render my application UI.
finally bind the UI events to my native code. (e.g. c#(wpf) or any language that you can create desktop apps with it)
One solution is creating web apps by installing a website with the browser. but with that you cannot for example create or read some files in user pc, or any similar operation.
I'm looking for the most light-weight solution...
There is a new Chromium based WebView2 control that you can use to embed modern web content in your WPF application.
Please refer to the docs for more information about the prerequisites and how to use it:
Getting started with WebView2 in WPF
Explanation
So, let's say that you want your UI to be rendered in a chromium environment(aka a browser)… right?
let's take a look at electron js:
it uses NodeJS as backend.
it uses an embedded browser for frontend.
the language used is JavaScript due to NodeJS.
So, you want to use the client's browser to render your frontend instead of embedding a browser inside it.
well, don't embed it!!
you can create a web application(e.g. opened by typing localhost:<port> in browser1) using NodeJS and handle your IPC(between frontend and backend) using ajax calls or a socket connection.
that way you are doing exactly what an electron app does, except that, electron uses a bundled browser.
now you made your app lighter, also if your client do have NodeJS installed, you don't need to bundle NodeJS!
--- inspired by jupyter notebooks ---
Possible Solutions
use NodeJS as backend.
use python and combine it with Flask or Django as backend. (I think this would be the most lightweight solution)
use PHP as backend. (the best, personal opinion)
use ASP.NET/Blazor as backend. (as mentioned in the comments; but doesn't seem to be a lightweight solution)
or use any language that you can create a web application with that!
make a runApp.bat or runApp.sh to simply run your server and open the browser automatically.
I am new to qooxdoo framework I have few questions,
In all the sample QX.Website apps provided there was no QXTheme defined in config.json, is it like themes are used in a different way instead of config.json or how?
Is qooxdoo is like replacement for jquery or will be used together with jquery. Since jquery has lot of plugins available. I am not finding qooxdoo as easy as jquery
3.QX.Desktop is desktop feel like website or it is a desktop application itself, same for qx.mobile too?
I am working on a POC it will be of great help.
QX Website
Is cross-browser library that can help you build lightweight websites.
It main features are DOM selector, BOM and HTML abstraction layers, cross-browser keyboard and pointer events. As well some network abstractions for REST service and web storage. Οther functionality is provided through modules. There is no theming option because theming is done by regular css.
You can see an overview of the modules here.
QX mobile
Is the attempt to enable developers use the same principals as in qx.desktop to create web apps that have that feels likes a native app or you can simply use cordova or something else to ship your application inside any store.
QX Desktop
Is the way to go if you are building a single page application.
It has the feeling of a desktop application but this is only theming and it runs in the browser it doesn't run on desktop.
TIPS
If you want to build a mobile app don't use qx mobile as I don't think is maintained appropriate anymore.
If you would like to have a more modern theme checkout the clean theme from sqville.
If your project have a lot of forms and think to use qookery as it will be easier. (Shameless plug I'm one of the contributors of qookery).
is it possible to create web application using ionic or is it only for mobile ? what is the difference between Angular and Ionic
You can definitely do it. However, it's probably not advisable. Ionic just provides a bunch of directives for you to use. You can use that in conjunction with something like Cordova/Phonegap to package that up for a mobile release. Otherwise, you could just take the web parts of the project (i.e. all your html/js/css/assets) and point a web server to them and presto - you can access your ionic page with a browser.
However...
You probably don't want to do this for a few reasons.
Ionic wasn't written to target desktop pages
Ionic doesn't really provide anything for desktop pages that A. doesn't already exist in Angular or B. someone hasn't properly written for desktop solutions
My suggestion here is to just use plain Angular or another framework such as React/Vue.
To answer the last part of your question: Angular is the framework that Ionic provides bindings (and some assets such as icons) for. Those bindings happen to be optimised/targetted towards mobile devices.
Hopefully that helps out a bit.
I needed some inputs on mobile apps.
Query: I have an existing web application on AEM(angularJS is not used). I want to transform the same on Mobile app using AEM6.1
While reading through the documentation section of AEM Apps, I found that the mobile App built on AEM
- works on the terminology and AngularJS framework.
- mobile App has different paths and app structure as compared to AEM web Applications
-since, phonegap has to be used, relative path needs to be different than the same of web application.
I am in a dilemma as If I would be able to convert my existing web app into a mobile App or not. If anyone of you has done some research on this, it would be very helpful.
Thanks in advance!!!
Regards
You can very well convert your AEM desktop application to a mobile app(site should be responsive).
AEM makes use of Cordova (PhoneGap) and ContentSync framework to create apps for both android and iOS. More about how to config ContentSync here. In simple terms, ContentSync packages your application(/content, /apps, /etc,...) based on defined set of configurations and cordova(phonegap) helps you access native phone capabilities and to create the archive file (apk/ipa). There is more than one way to create an app using AEM.
1. Using Cordova CLI :
You setup a cordova project in your filesystem. Then create contentsync configuration for your AEM project. Generate and download the application archive from here. Cordova project you had setup earlier will have the below folder structure.
Place the contents of archive file inside www folder, modify config.xml according your application and initiate build. Using this method, you will require an Apple system to generate .ipa file since it makes use of xcode and windows makes use of npm node js for the initial dev env setup.
2. Using OOTB 'Initiate phonegap build' workflow and AEM cloud config
This is an easy approach and does not require you to setup any cordova project in your system. All you have to do is setup contentsync configuration, add a few properties for the workflow to recognise your project and then trigger the workflow. Follow this.
3. Using Apps console in AEM 6.1
This also makes use of ContentSync underneath. Apps console makes the app very easy to maintain and configure, it also has inbuilt configurations for push notification, deep linking etc. Go through the info here. Refer to the sample geometrixx-outdoors project created in apps console, will help you understand better.
PS: Cordova and phonegap are the same. You can think of Cordova as Linux kernel and PhoneGap as linux distribution.
I'm trying to use SimpleMembershipProvider to manage the authentication process of my mobile application.
I generated the project using Mobile template, but this doesn't generated the same files of the Internet application template. It doesn't created the folder Filters with InitializeSimpleMembershipAttribute.cs file and the web.config, AccountController and AccountModel are different.
Can I use SimpleMembershipProvider with mobile applications? If yes, how should I do this? If not, what is the alternative?
You can use the SimpleMembershipProvider in your mobile application. This article provides complete instructions on how to do this and provide links to an example VS project that can be downloaded.