Hi I am developing a mobile version of my WordPress site using WP Touch Pro, are there any good emulators so I can see the results on different platforms?
yup:
http://www.electricplum.com/dlsim.html
will show you ipad and iphone simulations.
If you're on a Mac, you can use the free iOS SDK which includes an iOS Simulator. Android also has one; it takes a few extra steps to setup, but it's also free and cross-platform. Blackberry has one as well, pretty much all platforms do. I develop mobile sites all the time and these are the tools I use, and they're invaluable.
This has a few different emulations available: http://mobiletest.me/
This is a great extension for chrome , User-Agent Switcher for Chrome
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i try for a few time now to make app for mobiles with appmobi XDK phoneGap XDK from appmobi, sencha and appcelerator but except iphone where the app works ok in android mobiles doesn't work well. Any other program except these or any tricks for make it work better in android and in others?
any help it will be very important
thanks
Actually i want to avoid that.I want to build for all mobiles together in the same time.That's why i used that programs. I don't known a lot of thinks and i am looking for a simple way to do that. I want a way which i can read about it on internet and i can find thinks because except jquery mobile i can't find for any other library. So did anyone known how i can find the best way that's my question.
thanks for your time and your answer.
Not sure why you're asking for a "program" and then referring to some technologies/tools (Appcelerator, PhoneGap, etc).
Anyways, I've been developing cross-platform mobile applications in the last few months using Appcelerator for almost everything. However, they technology you'll choose also depends on your needs.
There are three kinds of mobile development these days:
Native Mobile Development: Using Objective-C (language) + X-Code for iOS and Java (language) + Android SDK for Android, etc. You can always choose something like Appcelerator if you're targeting multiple platforms, as you mentioned earlier. Good for: Performance, Native capabilities (using the camera, for example). Recommended Tools: Titanium Appcelerator.
Mobile Web Development: If you have only web skills (HTML/CSS/JavaScript) you can always make your web application mobile-compatible, using tools like jQuery Mobile or Sencha Touch. Recommended Tools: jQuery Mobile, Sencha Touch.
Hybrid Mobile Development: Using web technologies for your application (you'll be loading a web page), but using a native application (a web wrapper) for making the application Native (and distributable) across the Play Market or AppStore. Recommended Tools: PhoneGap, Trigger.io, or you can even use Titanium Appcelerator and use a Web View Component
How you should take a decision?
Do you need native capabilities (use the camera, accelerometer, etc)? If you, you need to go either native or hybrid.
How many platforms do you plan to support? If it's only Android and iOS, then you can use either Appcelerator or make it native. If you're planning to support more platforms PhoneGap or a Web Application sounds more reliable.
Do you plan to deliver your application through the AppStore/Play Market? Then you need to make it native/hybrid.
Note/Recommendation: By reading your question I noticed that you're really confused on mobile and programming stuff. Before going so far, you should take some time in reading more about overall development.
Perhaps not exactly a program but what can be quite convinient(based on your application needs) is to make it a webapplication. Then you can use libraries such as Jquery mobile to adapt the website to the mobile platform as well as incorporate technologies only available on smartphones, such as swipe, orientationchange etc. Then you can make a simple Webviewer for androind and iphone which can be made seperately.
You can look at Kendo UI
kendo UI mobile have support for : iOS 3.0+, Android 2.0+ and BlackBerry touchscreen devices.
What i really liked about it is native-like UI experiences for end users automatically on same code base for different OS.
You can check demo , change OS using OS SIMULATOR MODE
I am not associated with Kendo.
I want to use mobile emulator/simulators to test my website with. I only found Opera Mini (http://www.opera.com/mobile/demo/) and Windows Mobile 6 (http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=9263)
Where can I download emulators for more recent mobile devices?
P.S. Please let me know if this does not belong in StackOverflow, thanks.
I found MITE to be most helpful.
Even better, you get a lot of support for the free version, but (if you pay for Pro) you get almost every mobile browser out there, the ability to remotely test (load speed) and a lot of other cool features.
Is there a good all in one emulator for testing mobile websites. Just using 'media queries and need to test on predominantly iphone, blackberry, android, and windows 7 phones.
Many thanks,
C
There is no one solution that will work on all these platforms however the SDKs for all include simulators/emulators and the best part is that all but for the iPhone are free.
BlackBerry Simulators
Android Emulator
Windows Phone 7 Emulator
The iPhone SDK also includes a simulator (Mac only) but if you need to test on a PC, you can do a pretty good job using http://iphone4simulator.com/ running in Safari for Windows.
As with all simulator/emulator usage, these are good for initial testing but you need to use an actual device to get true results.
Also note that different BlackBerry devices use different default browsers. Android devices also use varying versions of WebKit so you may see some variation between actual devices which isn't shown in the emulator.
In addition to Matt's reply, I think you should also test the different browsers available for smartphones.
For example the popular Opera mobile: http://www.opera.com/mobile/demo/
You might find http://quirktools.com/screenfly/ very useful for testing mobile websites on different screen sizes. It's not as true as a native emulator, but it allows you to test several phones, tablets, etc. at one site and you don't have to install any software.
try http://www.browserstack.com/. This one is not free, but it gives a trial period of 30 minutes for each account we create
Try Mobile web browser emulator this free tools help you testing mobile websites
If you just want to simulate the mobile device user agent and screen resolutions, also check out chrome's mobile device simulator https://developer.chrome.com/devtools/docs/device-mode#enable-device-mode
i want to know if there is any tool or a platform for developing applications that could be run on all sort of mobiles.
that is, i want to develop an application on a platfrom which enables me to use it in Windows Mobile, Iphone, Android, Symbian OS phones .....etc
(mostly for iphone and android other are optional)
please let me know..
Yes there are a couple of tools for to do that. Try to "google" u will get all the info u need.
try searching for Appcelarotor.
There are frameworks like Phonegap.
For native development,there is a framework base on c++:
https://github.com/9miao/CrossApp
or you would like some web-like/based framework:
https://github.com/mcasimir/mobile-angular-ui
further,you could google "react.js mobile"
Try Codename One. It's quite new but has a lot of slick features and it allows you to use one codebase for IOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows, Web and even Javascript.
i've read about the sony ericsson websdk and was wondering - anyone who has experience with it? is it good/powerful/fast?
building own apps using javascript + css sounds great.
is it possible to use jquery with it?
does the websdk run only on eg. android driven xperia x10 or any android cellphone?
or should i better go for the j2me sdk?
thx
Is it possible to use jQuery with it?
Yes, but you may want to consider Zepto.js instead of jQuery because it's jQuery-like but uses less space and is geared more for webkit-based devices like Android and Apple iOS devices. I mean, jQuery is geared more for handling browsers even as old as IE5 I think, and so there's bulk in there that Zepto.js doesn't have to deal with. However, if you really want to use jQuery, nothing will stop you in the PhoneGap environment.
Does the websdk run only on Android driven Xperia X10 or any Android cellphone?
Unlike my earlier comment above (a comment on your question), I found the answer here. Basically what they are giving you in the Sony/Ericsson WebSDK is PhoneGap + an Xperia emulator + a packager for Sony's sales channels for your apps. So, really you might be better off with PhoneGap + emulators for some of the key phones you are targeting. (However, if deploying to Android, I really think you'll be safe if you target the Samsung Nexus S or Galaxy Tab. You'll be able to target most Android devices out there.)
Or should I better go for the j2ME SDK?
Well, if you love Java and have the time to spend doing Java work, then yeah, go with the j2ME SDK. But if you're wanting to stick with web development skills like HTML5, CSS, Javascript (or Zepto or jQuery), HTML5 offline features like client-side storage, and with the key features of most touch-screen Android and Apple iOS devices like accelerometers, vibration, sound, etc -- then using something like PhoneGap or Appcelerator Titanium are for you. But first, check out this about PhoneGap vs. Appcelerator Titanium.