Re: [android-developers] What are Android websites ?

On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 7:36 PM, Farhan Tariq <farhan.blu@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> This has nothing to do with this list
>
> Well, if I started off with saying that I want to develop an android
> website, and I am looking for a starting point, then it would have
> everything to do with this list, isn't it?
>

This list is for targeted questions relating to the Java based SDK for
Android applications. So in short, no, it would not have everything
to do with the list, but there might be some connection to the topic.

>>>  a mobile website can have different meanings, but it will probably be
>>> some variation on a site that works best on mobile devices
>
> So basically, it would be something like html running on our phone's
> browser?
>

It could be. It could also mean that you implement a custom UI for
the website. Many apps use the Android native UI elements and talk to
the webserver using some sort of REST pattern or other webservice type
thing for communication. So yes, it can be as simple as a webview, or
it can be a complicated implementation consisting of implementing a
full on web service backend and UI front end in Android.

>>>   peryable to get GPS info,
>
> Something like that could be extracted from an http request header too, isnt
> it?
>
> So I still have the same two questions. 1) Why would someone get a mobile
> website made and 2) How do you make an android website for a website?
>

1) Because using the native Android UI elements is prettier than
running the site inside a WebView.
2) Use the native Android UI elements and communicate with the website
via some service (web service, not android service, though typically
an Android service may be used for this).

Kris

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