Low Latency & Polyphonic Audio in PhoneGap

UPDATE 10/07/2013: This plugin has been updated to support PhoneGap 3.0 method signatures and command line interface.  You can access the latest at: https://github.com/triceam/LowLatencyAudio If you have ever tried to develop any kind of application using HTML5 audio that is widely supported, then you have likely pulled all the hair from your head. In its current […]

Mobile Web & PhoneGap HTML Dev Tips

Recently I’ve been spending a fair amount of time working on HTML-based applications – both mobile web and mobile applications using PhoneGap.   Regardless of whether you are targeting a mobile web browser or a mobile app using the PhoneGap container, you are still targeting a mobile web browser instance.  If you haven’t noticed, mobile […]

Multi-Screen iOS Apps with PhoneGap

Did you know that apps built on top of iOS can have a multi-screen workflow? For example in Keynote, you can have an external screen show a presentation while you control it on your iOS device. In the Jimi Hendrix app, you can view the audio player on an external screen, and in Real Racing HD, you […]

Capturing User Signatures in Mobile Applications

One growing trend that I have seen in mobile & tablet applications is the creation of tools that enable your workforce to perform their job better. This can be in the case of mobile data retrieval, streamlined sales process with apps for door-to-door sales, mobile business process efficiency, etc… One of the topics that comes […]

Introducing the US Census Browser Application

I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce you to a new project I’ve been working on to showcase enterprise-class data visualization in HTML-based applications.   The US Census Browser is an open source application for browsing data from the 2010 US Census. The app is completely written using HTML and JavaScript, even for the […]

360|Flex 2012

Get ready for 360|Flex 2012! What better place to network and learn the latest about Flex development for mobile, the desktop, and the browser? 360|Flex is a chance to interact with the community and even get involved in the open-source Apache Flex project. The 360|Flex 2012 schedule is now available, and it’s loaded with great […]

AMF vs. JSON in AIR Mobile Applications

UPDATE 11/23/2011: Full source code now available at: https://github.com/triceam/Flex-Mobile-Serialization-Tester Recently, I’ve been asked more than once which is better: AMF or JSON for AIR mobile applications. This post is to highlight some performance comparisons, and a sample testing application that I put together. First, it is important to know what both AMF and JSON are. […]

Building PhoneGap Applications With Dreamweaver

Update (3/28/2012):  Hi Everyone, I know there have been lots of questions about PhoneGap + Android SDK, and lots of headaches because Google’s Android SDK keeps changing and breaking the Dreamweaver integration. Fret not! There is an easier way — Adobe has released a plugin to integrate Dreamweaver with PhoneGap Build. With this plugin, you […]

Infinitely Scrolling Lists in Flex Applications

Have you noticed when using twitter, google plus, or certain areas of facebook that when you scroll the page, it automatically loads more data?  You don’t have to continually hit “next” to go through page after page of data. Instead, the content just “appears” as you need it. In this post we will explore a […]

“Almost Native” – iOS Apps Powered By iAd.js and PhoneGap

One of the benefits of using a cross-platform development technology that I mentioned in my last post is that cross-platform development technologies can be solution accelerator platforms.  I mean “solution accelerator” because it can be easier and faster to develop an application using cross-platform technologies (web development skills) rather than native development, even if you […]