iOS Creating A Web based iPad App With Very Little Xcode But Lots of HTML/CSS/PHP/etc.

[rs14smith]

Hey all,

Say you had a project where you needed to create an application on the iPad that shows basic information about a website, and you allow users to sign-up at the website and their information will be stored in the primary database at the original website.

Couldn't you accomplish this by creating an iPad only website that the iPad points to as soon as the iPad app launches, and that website has the same resolution as the iPad? You could create or use large graphics/buttons that makes it easy for users to interact with the webpage as well.

The main point here I guess is, to do this, you would only need to code in the app for the iPad to use the UI_Web browser (cannot remember the real name it's been a while) and point to the iPad website you created, and the user would not even know the difference?

Hope it's clear what I'm trying to do. I have more web development experience than Xcode experience, so for me, it seems similar?

Thanks

 

[jnoxx]

First: You mean a UIWebview.
Second: no way, it's 100% possible, and plausible, but Apple guidelines define: "apps that are a container around a website with nothing 'extra'" will be rejected (thats kind of a short version)

 

[rs14smith]

First: You mean a UIWebview.
Second: no way, it's 100% possible, and plausible, but Apple guidelines define: "apps that are a container around a website with nothing 'extra'" will be rejected (thats kind of a short version)

Wow, well that just killed that idea

 

[KnightWRX]

Wow, well that just killed that idea

Why ? Just make your webapp and provide instructions to your users on how to deploy it to Springboard as an icon.

Then you don't even need to pay 99$ or go through the App Store process.

 

[firewood]

Why bother with an iPad app when the user can just browse or clip your website?