06 HTML5 Mobile

HTML5 Mobile APIs
Use Mobile Device Capabilities
From The Browser
Tuesday, September 18, 12

Web Tech History
1991 HTML

1994 HTML2

1996 CSS1 + JavaScript

1997 HTML4

1998 CSS2

2000 XHTML1

2002 Tableless Web Design

2005 Ajax

2009 HTML5


HTML5 What

Syntactical Features (audio, video)

Semantical Features (section, article)

New APIs


HTML5 How

Progressive Enhancements

Existing web sites can move to HTML5

Old browsers will still be able to use the page

Modernizr: http://www.modernizr.com/


HTML5 New APIs
Web Storage Geolocation

Web SQL Device Orientation

Application Cache Form Enhancements

Web Workers Audio, Video

Web Socket Canvas

Desktop Notiﬁcations Web GL

Drag & Drop History API

File System API And More...


HTML5 Mobile Related
APIs

Storage

Geo Location

Video

Canvas


Ofﬂine Storage

Work Ofﬂine Store Persistent State


Local Data Storage

How do you store data on a client’s machine ?


Cookies ?


Local Storage
Before HTML5: cookies were used to store data
on the client side

Cookies Disadvantages:

Limited size (4k)

Sent with every request

Complex to use


Local Storage
A JavaScript API for
storing client side data

Can store up to 5MB
(per site)

Simple API

Never run out of space


Local Storage

Store Data
window.localStorage.setItem(“key”, “value”);

Read Data
window.localStorage.getItem(“key”);

Remove Data
window.localStorage.removeItem(“key”);


Check Status

Can check if online using:

navigator.onLine

Relevant events: online, oﬄine

Listen with:
document.addEventListener(‘online’, ... );


Local Storage

Can also use direct access on the storage object,
so this code also works:

window.localStorage.username = “Jimmy”;
var username = window.localStorage.username;

console.log(‘Hello ‘ + username);


Local Storage

Use clear() to delete all objects in the cache
related to this page

Use key() to get an item by its index (for
example, to iterate all keys)


Session Storage

Interface is the same as localStorage

Lifetime is only for the current browser window or
tab (or browser session)

Best used for temporary preferences that should
not be shared between tabs


Storage Example

We’ll implement an address book app

Keeps a list of contacts info: name, phone number,
email

Provide add/view/delete contacts


Address Book

examples/html5/contacts


Exercise (1/2)

Implement a todo list mini-app

Use a single form to add tasks

Use local storage to store them

Display a list of active tasks


Exercise (2/2)
Use jQM to get a native look

App should display a list of all active tasks

Header button called “Add” should open a popup
with new task description, and buttons to “Save”
or “Abort”

Bonus: Swipe to delete


Offline Web App

Online-Offline Apps

Sync with the Cloud, but can suffer a downtime
(Think Google Gears)

Can run completely offline app as a standalone

Mobile - Save bandwidth


Ofﬂine Web App
GET MANIFEST

CACHE MANIFEST
index.html
style/main.css
script/main.js


Cache Manifest File

Lists all the ﬁles that should be stored for oﬄine
access

Enable with:
<html manifest="example.appcache">


example.appcache

CACHE MANIFEST
Required header
index.html
CACHE MANIFEST
stylesheet.css
A list of cached ﬁles
images/logo.png

scripts/main.js


Demo
Caching A Website


Ofﬂine Web App

The cache manifest is divided to sections, the
default is called CACHE

Every ﬁle listed in the default CACHE section will
be cached by the browser forever (or until
explicitly deleted by the user)


Ofﬂine Web App

The NETWORK section lists ﬁles that should never
be cached

Best used for dynamic content (think gmail)


Ofﬂine Web App

The FALLBACK section lists fallback content that
should be used if network is not available

So, if you’re trying to read a message while oﬄine,
you can get a nice formatted error page


Manifest Cache

Cache the ﬁle locally,
CACHE
never refresh

Files should not be
NETWORK
cached

Cache a fallback
FALLBACK
content


Ofﬂine App Exercise

A Dynamic reader with two pages

First lists available articles, the second displays a
given article

Use your favorite server side technology and jQM

Which ﬁles do you put in each manifest section ?


Manifest - The Good

Can store any ﬁle
locally

Provides oﬄine/online
app functionality

Transparent to the user


Manifest - The Bad

Not suitable for data
storage

Complex update logic


Web SQL

The ﬁnal storage option for oﬄine apps is the Web
SQL

Allows using a local database to better store
relational data

Best suited for hierarchical lists apps


Q&A

Storage

Geo Location

Video

Canvas


Geo Location

Detect where your user
is now

Show nearby places

Display location aware
data


Technologies

GPS

A-GPS

Cell Information

WiFi Positioning


GPS
Global Positioning
System

Accuracy error: 2-10m

Requires clear sky view

Time to position:
5 seconds - 5 minutes


A-GPS

Uses both GPS chip
and network
information to get
location

Much faster to get
location


Cell Information
Uses cell towers to
calculate a device’s
location

Accuracy: A block or
up to some km

Time to location:
immediate


WiFi Positioning

Detect location using a
list of wireless routers
in your area

Relies on existing
router databases


Location API

Supported Platforms:

iPhone 3.0+

Android 2.0+


Location API

function get_location() {
  navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(show_map);
}

function show_map(position) {
  var lat = position.coords.latitude;
  var long = position.coords.longitude;
  var when = position.timestamp;
  // show me the map
}


Location API

navigator.geolocation is the entry point for
all location related calls

Location querying is async, so a callback is
supplied

User will be asked permission to share location


Location API

iPhone browser asks
user permissions
before sharing location


Location API

Location API uses
callbacks to perform
error handling

When working with
location, always
consider errors


Location API

getCurrentPosition(

successCallback,

optional errorCallback,

optional config

);


The Coord object
coords.latitude

coords.longitude

coords.altitude

coords.accuracy

coords.altitudeAccuracy

coords.heading

coords.speed

timestamp


The Coord Object

Not all ﬁelds will be available at all times

Sizes are speciﬁed in meters and degrees

timestamp is a DOMTimestamp (acts like a Date
object)


Location Config
last parameter to getCurrentPosition is a config
object

there are 3 configuration options available:

timeout

maximumAge

enableHighAccuracy


Using Conﬁg

window.navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(
successCallback,
failureCallback,
How long to wait before giving up
{ timeout : 0, (in ms)

maximumAge : 60000, Try to use a cached value aged
(in ms)

enableHighAccuracy : false }); Use the most accurate
positioning method


Handle Errors

The errorCallback takes a single argument called
error object

The object has two ﬁelds:
error.code & error.message

Use error.message for debug only


Next: The Map


Show The Map

On the iPhone, a redirect to a google maps url
starts the map application

The Good: easy to use

The Bad:

user leaves the app


Google Maps API

A JS API to display
embedded maps in
web sites

Works on both desktop
and mobile devices

Free to use


Google Maps API
Assign a special empty div that will contain the
map. recommended size of the div is entire page.

Display the map by creating a google.maps.Map
object

Place markers on the map using
google.maps.Marker

Full documentation:
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/
documentation/javascript/

Demo
Show Location On Map


Location Tracking

Receive notiﬁcations about location changes

Can use for navigation apps, sport apps, and more

Browser must remain open


Location Tracking

use watchPosition to start watching a user’s
position

The method returns a watch id. Keep it. When
tracking is no longer needed, use clearWatch
with the watch id to stop.

The callback of watchPosition will get called
every time location has changed


Exercise: Where’s My
Car
Write a parking reminder app

One button titled “parked” which marks current
location and keeps it in local storage

Another button titled “ﬁnd” which shows a map
leading to your car

Keep data in local storage


Q&A

Storage

Geo Location (iPhone, Android)

Video (iPhone, Android)

Canvas (iPhone, Android)


VIDEO
THE EASY WAY

Video Tag

HTML5 introduces a <video> tag to embed
videos in a web page.

Diﬀerent browsers support diﬀerent video
formats. The <video> tag can specify multiple
formats.


Video Formats
Video formats are like
languages

The same video can be
encoded in diﬀerent
formats

A browser must “speak
the language” to be
able to play the video


Browser Support

HTML5 spec does not deﬁne a video codec to use

h.264 is the most widely supported. Plays on
iPhone and Android


The Markup

Poster image ﬁle name

<video poster=”star.png”>

<source src=”zebra.mp4” />
Video ﬁle name. Usually mp4
</video> for mobile devices


Limitations

Video will start playing in a dedicated “player”
window, when the user taps it

It is not possible to auto play the video on mobile

It is not possible to embed other content on the
video on mobile


Q&A

Storage

Geo Location

Video

Canvas (iPhone, Android)


CANVAS

HTML5 Canvas
A 2d graphics canvas
for HTML apps

Games

Dynamic images

Client-side painting
(saves bandwidth)


Hello Canvas

An HTML element <canvas> on the markup

JS code to do actual painting


Hello Canvas

The canvas element has no content and no border
of its own

A canvas keeps a painting context on which we
perform the drawing

First example uses context.fillText()

examples/canvas/intro.html


Basic Drawing

Context object provides the drawing functions.
Each takes coordinates and data.

Drawing style is determined by setting attributes
on the context object.

Most style properties are plain text strings


Coordinate System


Drawing Rectangles
Let’s start with drawing
rectangles fillRect(x, y, w, h)

note fillRect draws a strokeRect(x, y, w, h)

filled rectangle, while clearRect(x, y, w, h)
strokeRect draws just
the outline

fillStyle and strokeStyle
determine the colors


Demo: Rects


Drawing Paths

A composite shape on the canvas is called “path”

Paths are made of lines, arcs, curves and
rectangles

A path can be ﬁlled or stoked. Nothing is painted
until either ﬁll() or stroke() is called


Drawing Paths

moveTo(x, y)
Lines are painted with
lineTo and moveTo lineTo(x, y)

stroke() performs the
actual drawing


Lines Example

ctx.beginPath();
ctx.strokeStyle = "hsl(249, 41%, 50%)";

ctx.lineWidth = 6;
ctx.moveTo(0, 0);
ctx.lineTo(20, 10);
ctx.lineTo(0, 20);
ctx.stroke();

Cool Color Selector:
http://motherefﬁnghsl.com/


Using The Image

It’s possible to use an image drawn in a canvas for
other elements

get the image url using:
canvas.toDataURL()

use image url as a source attribute of an img tag

Extra: draw on a hidden canvas


Drawing Circles
use arc() and arcTo() to arc(x, y, radius,
draw circles or parts of startAngle,
them endAngle,
antiClockWise)
Degrees are speciﬁed
in radians. arcTo(x1, y1,
Math.PI = 180 deg x2, y2,
radius)
remember to ﬁll() or
stroke()


Exercise 1

Draw the image on the
right

Use moveTo and arc

Bonus: add colors


Exercise 2

Draw the image on the
right

Place pins randomly
across the screen


Advanced Canvas

Transformations

Image Filters


Transformations

supported translate(x, y)
transformations:
translation, scaling, rotate(angle)
rotation scale(x, y)
Transformations aﬀect
all drawing code
performed after them


Translation

Move the origin of the canvas to another point on
the canvas

The new point is now (0, 0)

This can make drawing code simpler


Translation Example

Use translation to paint
the four painted
rectangles on the right

examples/html5/canvas/translate.html


Scaling

scales the rendering context size

x and y are scale factors

translate before scale to maintain position


Scale Example

examples/html5/canvas/scale.html


Rotation

Rotates a shape around its (0, 0) point of origin

Angle is speciﬁed in radians.
Math.PI = 180 deg (half a circle)
Math.PI / 4 = 45 deg

Translate before rotate to maintain position


Example: Rotation
ctx.translate(75,75);

for (var i=1;i<6;i++){
ctx.save();
ctx.fillStyle = 'rgb('+(51*i)+','+(255-51*i)+',255)';

for (var j=0;j<i*6;j++){ // draw individual dots
ctx.rotate(Math.PI*2/(i*6));
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.arc(0,i*12.5,5,0,Math.PI*2,true);
ctx.fill();
}

ctx.restore();
}


Example: Rotation
The background was
painted with a gradient ctx.save();

ﬁll var grad = ctx.createLinearGradient(0, 0,
150, 0);
grad.addColorStop(0, "#888");
grad.addColorStop(1, "#eee");
Notice the save() and ctx.fillStyle = grad;
restore() at the ctx.fillRect(0, 0, 150, 150);
ctx.fill();

beginning and end. ctx.restore();

Now we can put the
code inside a function,
and it won’t aﬀect
outside code


Exercise

Draw the clock on the
right

Use rotate to simplify
calculations

Bonus: Show the time


Image Filters


Drawing Images on
Canvas
It’s possible to paint a png or jpeg image on a
canvas using drawImage

Canvas also lets JS code take the pixels from the
image into an array. Using this array, we can
transform the pixels and write the result to a new
canvas

The operation is called ﬁltering


Image Drawing API

drawImage(image, x, y)
paint an entire image object on the canvas at position (x,y)

drawImage(image, x, y, w, h)
paint an entire image object on the canvas, scaling it to size (w,h)

drawImage(image, sx, sy, sw, sh, dx, dy, dw, dh)
paint a slice of the image on a canvas, can use dw,dh to scale


Image Filters

For the next few slides, we’ll create a Filters
object. Each ﬁlter is a function of that Filters
object

The Filters object is responsible for reading pixel
data and interacting with the canvas

A ﬁlter function takes pixel data and
manipulates it


Filters Code

When testing on
desktop, some canvas.toDataURL()
browsers will throw ctx.getImageData(sx, sy, sw, sh)
security exceptions if ctx.putImageData(data, dx, dy)
the page is read locally.

Code:
examples/html5/canvas/ﬁlters.html


Canvas Exercise
Implement a mobile drawing app using the canvas
and touch events

App should have a footer with a selection of
colors. Tapping a color sets current color

Tapping anywhere on screen should draw in the
selected color

Bonus: share photo on server


Thank You

Ynon Perek

ynonperek@yahoo.com

ynonperek.com


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