Sencha Touch is an application framework (you create your interface programmatically through Javascript) while jQuery Mobile is more of a mobile enhancement library (you write regular HTML for your content, then add jQuery mobile for transitions/animations). jQuery Mobile has an easier learning curve, but Sencha Touch can better simulate “native” apps.
I happen to know something about this 😉 There’s no API for requesting an increase in storage size for an existing database. There is one way to force an increase: write data to the database in such a size that an increase is required, prompting the user. However, this would be slow and there’s no … Read more
As of today, the W3C Geolocation API (widely associated with, though not technically part of, HTML 5) is support in the following major desktop browsers: Firefox (since 3.5) Safari (since 5.0) Google Chrome (version depends on OS) Opera (since 10.60) Internet Explorer (since IE 9) There are at least two mobile browsers that implement the … Read more
This solves the issue when you scroll past the beginning or end of the div var selScrollable=”.scrollable”; // Uses document because document will be topmost level in bubbling $(document).on(‘touchmove’,function(e){ e.preventDefault(); }); // Uses body because jQuery on events are called off of the element they are // added to, so bubbling would not work if … Read more
Format to send a WhatsApp message to a specific number (updated Nov 2018) <a href=”https://wa.me/whatsappphonenumber/?text=urlencodedtext”></a> where whatsappphonenumber is a full phone number in international format urlencodedtext is the URL-encoded pre-filled message. Example: Create a link with a pre-filled message that will automatically appear in the text field of a chat, to be sent to a … Read more
I had the same problem on my site. I was able to fix it by manually polling the selectedIndex property on the select control. That way it fires as soon as you “check” the item in the list. Here’s a jQuery plugin I wrote to do this: $.fn.quickChange = function(handler) { return this.each(function() { var … Read more
Just in case anyone is crawling SO for an answer to this, the above two answers aren’t solving the core problem which is answered here – CSS media query not working in IE 9 Basically inline CSS3 media queries DO work in IE9 but you have to disable Compatibilty mode – <meta http-equiv=”X-UA-Compatible” content=”IE=9″> The … Read more
Since you’re using MVC I would highly recommend using jquery mobile as well. I’ve recently worked on a project using MVC, Razor, FiftOne.Foundation and jquery mobile. Using razor views you can change the view being displayed by detecting if the browsers user agent reports that it’s a mobile device. This way you don’t have to … Read more
The problem with using Touch End to detect the long touch is it won’t work if you want the event to fire after a certain period of time. It is better to use a timer on touch start and clear the event timer on touch end. The following pattern can be used: var onlongtouch; var … Read more
New API’s are developing (and are currently available)! screen.orientation.lock(); // webkit only and screen.lockOrientation(“orientation”); Where “orientation” can be any of the following: portrait-primary – It represents the orientation of the screen when it is in its primary portrait mode. A screen is considered in its primary portrait mode if the device is held in its … Read more