Questions tagged [jqtouch]

jQTouch is a jQuery extension that allows for mobile development on iPhone and Android devices.

jqTouch is a jQuery extension that simplifies development of mobile websites on iPhone, Android and potentially other webkit mobile browsers. It was initially developed by David Keneda, however in June 2010 jQTouch became a Sencha Labs project and Jonathon Stark, known for his books on jqTouch on iPhone and Android, took over maintenance and development of jqTouch.

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How do I correctly detect orientation change using Phonegap on iOS?

I found this orientation test code below looking for JQTouch reference material. This works correctly in the iOS simulator on mobile Safari but doesn’t get handled correctly in Phonegap. My project is running into the same issue that is killing this…
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Difference between jQTouch and jQuery mobile

What is the difference between jQTouch & jQuery Mobile Framework ? Are they related (other than being both based on jQuery) ? Do they have the same goal ? Edit: jQTouch is now jQT
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How to create a toggle button in Bootstrap

I originally created a web app in HTML, CSS and JavaScript, then was asked to create it again in Bootstrap too. I've done it all fine, but I had toggle buttons in the web app that have changed back to radio (originally checkbox) buttons instead of…
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jQuery UI sliders on touch devices

I'm developing a website using jQuery UI, and there are several elements on my site that appear to be incompatible when viewed on touchscreen devices; they don't cause any errors, but the behavior is not what it should be. The elements in question…
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How to overwrite SCSS variables when compiling to CSS

I'm trying to use jqtouch theming which is based on SASS and COMPASS. I have a file custom.scss with the most simple code, one import and one variable to overwrite: @import 'jqtouch'; // Override variables $base-color: #fe892a; /* The default base…
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Sencha Touch Vs JQTouch

My startup and I are deciding which mobile touch framework to use to build our mobile web application. I'm having trouble figuring out the difference between Sencha Touch and JQTouch. I understand that both products licensed by Sencha and that…
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iWebkit vs. JQTouch vs. iUI

I am going to develop a content rich application that ideally should have been an iPhone-app, but since I'm short on time, I will stick with technologies that I can, such as JQuery, CSS and HTML. The more mobile devices my site runs on besides…
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How can I clear the cache of an IOS Web App on the Homescreen?

I am using JQTouch to create a Web App on the Homescreen using meta tag "apple-mobile-web-app-capable", but no matter how many times I clear the cache from within Settings, the Web App's Javascript is still an older cached version. Strangely enough,…
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Preventing an element from scrolling the screen on iPhone?

I have several elements on my webpage. I'm using jQTouch, and I'm trying to stay fullscreen at all times; that is, horizontal scrolling is bad. Whenever I click an element, the page scrolls right, showing a black border…
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Knockout JS mapping plugin without initial data / empty form

We are using knockout and the knockout mapping plugin to facilitate databinding in our jQTouch web application. The reason we use the mapping plugin, is to be able to use knockout without the need to define/change viewmodels manually in javascript.…
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How to detect device orientation with JavaScript?

I've seen a number of ways to detect the screen orientation of the device, including using a check to test innerWidth versus innerHeight, like so. function getOrientation(){ var orientation = window.innerWidth > window.innerHeight ? "Landscape"…
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I can't get mailto links to open the Mail app from Mobile Safari when using jQTouch. What could be wrong?

I'm developing an iPhone web app using jQTouch, and it contains a simple mailto: link to a valid email address, which should launch the iPhone mail application when tapped—but it doesn't. If I visit a "normal" web page in Mobile Safari which…
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Resources & Frameworks for mobile development (iphone,android) using HTML5

I am looking for resources to develop HTML5 apps for iphone primarily. Are their frameworks and tools that I can use to get started? I am looking for: Javascript frameworks that help with UI layout Touch based controls for phones Articles on iphone…
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how many div's can you have before the dom slows and becomes unstable?

I am developing a jQtouch app and each request done via ajax creates a new div in the document for the loaded content. Only a single div is shown at any one time. How many div's can I have before the app starts getting unresponsive and slow? Anyone…
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Developing Cross Platform Mobile application in latest frameworks (Rhodes, PhoneGap, jQTouch)

We have recently developed an iPhone, iPad, Android application with the Rhodes framework and have found it to be painful to say the least. As we are approaching the finishing stages and now testing the app in mobile devices we find more bugs than…
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