How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Mobile Web Apps. Quick intro to the Mobile Chrome Apps workflow. Links: http://chrome.blogspot.com/2013/09/a-new-breed-of-chrome-apps.html http://blog.chromium.org/2014/01/run-chrome-apps-on-mobile-using-apache.html https://github.com/MobileChromeApps/mobile-chrome-apps

1. Mobile Chrome Apps
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love
Mobile Web Apps
Sampo Savolainen
Spatineo.com
@samposampo codeforcode.com

2. Chrome Apps
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Apps managed by Chrome
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Offline, auto update, sandboxed
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Google's desktop takeover maneuver part 2
http://chrome.blogspot.com/2013/09/a-new-breed-of-chrome-apps.html

3. Mobile Chrome Apps
Early dev preview: Chrome Apps on mobile
1. Install target SDK
2. npm install ­g cca
3. You're done!
http://blog.chromium.org/2014/01/run-chrome-apps-on-mobile-using-apache.html
https://github.com/MobileChromeApps/mobile-chrome-apps

4. Demo time
(don't wait until the end with your questions)

5. More than just a browser
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Cordova plugins (media, sensors, camera etc)
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Chrome APIs
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Identity
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Payments (alpha)
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Power
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Notifications! (Android only though)
+ many more
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Not everything though (missing stuff like
indexedDB, HTML audio ..)

6. Debugging (Android)
Basic Android Chrome debug procedure works!
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Connect device with USB
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Open Chrome on device & desktop
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Desktop:
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chrome://inspect

7. Radio Helsinki Player
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Streamlined app for RH
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Read shout box comments
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Listen to broadcast stream
Free, no ads
Feature complete in ~4 hours
Dev preview? 0 ANR's or
crashes

8. Recap
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Great work flow, simple tool
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Web tech enables fast development
But
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No Cordova plugins on desktop (mock)
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Device compatibility issues will be a pain
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Web tech has limits

9. Thanks!
Questions?

10. Thanks!
Questions?