ETEC 522 App
Hi Everyone! I made up a quick app for the course this morning. You can get it if you point your phone’s browser to http://ibuildapp.com/projects.php?action=info&projectid=235609 or you could try to scan the QR code
If you have any suggestions about what you would like to have included in the app, please just let me know! FYI, its a web app at this point which means that you will need to be connected to the internet with your smartphone for it to work. I am working on making it a native app for the iPhone and Android devices.
Kenton
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jtpatry 1:48 pm on May 8, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Nicely Done Kenton!!
Yves Mainville 2:01 pm on May 8, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Heh, slick!
dat’s l337! 🙂
Dennis Pratt 9:26 pm on May 8, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
That is awesome Kenton. I want to do that!!!
Dennis
Kenton Hemsing 8:20 am on May 9, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi Dennis, it is nice to see you again!
If you are interested, the program I used is found at ibuildapp.com. It is fairly easy to create as long as everthing is already on the web, no need to program. Another option that works is a site called appmakr.com again easy to use but you will need to know some programming to get the phone to do more than just show rss feeds, its kind of a pain but with practice it gets better.
I have to say I prefer ibuildapp for its easy of use over appmakr but I think that there is more you can do with appmakr if you are good at programming.
K
Dave Horn 9:36 pm on May 8, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
That’s pretty sweet, particularly the ease of the QR. Any chance of tweaking it for the iPAd?
Kenton Hemsing 8:22 am on May 9, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
I’ll have a look and see what I can do. I currently don’t own an iPad or any tablet for that matter so I’m not sure how it looks as is on them, but I’ll try and tweak it a little bit. As always, with things like this, it is a work in progress and can only get better!
Colin Kam 11:08 pm on May 8, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Neat stuff, Kenton! I’m porting some Android apps (apk) to Playbook (bar) over the summer. I might be able to port your native app to Playbook if there is a demand. 🙂
Kenton Hemsing 8:23 am on May 9, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Not too confident that this one will hit a million downloads, but feel free to do with it what you want! I guess we will have to wait and see if it is useful for people first.
Claire Burgoyne 11:24 pm on May 8, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Excellent! Great share.
Chelsea M Woods 12:36 am on May 9, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Awesome! I put xCode on my Mac and tried once to get building but gave up before I got anywhere. Any suggestions for skill development?
Kenton Hemsing 8:28 am on May 9, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Sorry Chelsea, I am not much of a programmer, I tend to find sites and web 2.0 applications that I can use and modify for my personal benefit! I have tried to do some coding but have no experience with xCode or Macs in general. I do know that Apple does offer some online tutorials and support for people wanting to learn how to use xCode and make their own apps. I think too, a lot of getting better at programming and creating apps is practice and refining, its not going to be perfect the first time, you just need to keep trying.
chrisaitken 6:57 am on May 9, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hey thanks – added this to the iPhone. One of the benefits of taking a course entirely on WordPress rather than the LMS is that is instantly becomes mobile friendly. Great work Knewton.
Kenton Hemsing 8:30 am on May 9, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
I agree! I really like how WP renders on the smaller screen without a hassle.
Side note: Has anyone had any problems accessing any of the pages?
gillian 5:47 pm on May 9, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hey Dennis. I viewed the app on my phone and it looks great. I have an Android phone though … how do I put it on my phone? (Sorry … a little technically challenged here …)
gillian
adi 8:36 pm on May 9, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi Kenton,
Wow! I’m impressed! Thanks for creating this app.
Cheers,
Adriana
Deborah S 7:47 am on May 10, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Thanks, Kenton! Much appreciated.
Deborah
dubiend 12:25 pm on May 10, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Good stuff Kenton!
Hussain Luaibi 1:44 am on May 12, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hello Kenton
Thanks for the application. I am using both systems iOS and Android. I tried the application on iOS ( iphone) and it is working properly. I haven’t tried it with my Android tablets. It is an interesting application.
Thanks
ping 11:14 am on May 13, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Nice work Kenton! I wonder if I’ve missed something since I can’t find the entry to install it (only can view it in safari). Isn’t it supposed to redirect me to somewhere with a “Install” button? Sorry I’m a newbie of iPhone. Tell me the steps pls, can’t wait to use it.
Thanks!
Kenton Hemsing 9:27 am on May 14, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
You are going to have to open it in safari for the iPhone and then add it as a bookmark to the home page. Its not like a normal app store app in that it needs to be installed, its just a web-based app at the moment.
ping 9:42 am on May 15, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Thank you Kenton, I got it. 🙂
sheza 1:38 pm on May 13, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Really cool stuff – Thanks Kenton 🙂