WidgetPublisher:Android
The unveiling of the Android platform on 5 November 2007 was announced with the founding of the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of 48 hardware, software, and telecom companies devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices. Google released most of the Android code under the Apache License, a free-software and open source license (Source: Wikipedia).
WidgetPublisher provides 2 implementations on Android:
Standalone
Installation
Widgets can be viewed on the Android browser using the following URL:
http://www.widgetavenue.com/wdg/loaders/and.php?[Encoded list of args]
For example,using the Hello World widget built here, if your source HTML file is located at http://myserver.com/HelloWorld.html, you will be able to display your widget on an Android phone using the following link:
http://www.widgetavenue.com/wdg/loaders/and.php?root=html&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyserver.com%2FHelloWorld.html
Features
- Storing Custom Preferences on the device is supported
- GeoLocation is supported
Issues
- The Flash format is not supported
- Android does not support CSS overflow:auto (overflow content is hidden)
Requirements
Standard App
Compilation
Android apps can be compiled using the SDK provided on the Android website.In order to compile the app, the source code of the WidgetAvenue Android runtime is needed. The source code of this runtime can be made available to 3rd party developers upon request.
Installation
Android apps are installed via Android Market. Please refer to Android documentation for more details.
Issues
- The Flash format is not supported on Android.
- Android does not support CSS overflow:auto (overflow content is hidden)
Requirements
Android OS 1.5 or later is required