WidgetPublisher:iPhone
The iPhone is a line of Internet- and multimedia-enabled smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The iPhone functions as a camera phone (also including text messaging and visual voicemail), a portable media player (equivalent to a video iPod), and an Internet client (with e-mail, web browsing, and Wi-Fi connectivity)—using the phone's multi-touch screen to provide a virtual keyboard in lieu of a physical keyboard.
Source: Wikipedia.
WidgetPublisher provides 2 implementations on the iPhone:
Standard iPhone apps listed in the App Store are not supported because Apple rejects apps developped using 3rd party APIs.
Standalone
Installation
Widgets can be viewed on Safari with the iPhone using the following URL:
http://www.widgetavenue.com/wdg/loaders/iph.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 iPhone using the following link:
http://www.widgetavenue.com/wdg/loaders/iph.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
Web App
Installation
Having been displayed in standalone mode using Safari, Widgets can be installed on the iPhone as a Web App by clicking on the + sign at the bottom of the screen in Safari, and then choosing "Add To Home Screen".
Features
- An icon is created on the iPhone desktop making it easy to access the widget
- The Safari upper and lower bars are not displayed
- Storing Custom Preferences on the device is supported
- GeoLocation is supported
Issues
- The Flash format is not supported