HTML5 for iOS and Android: A Beginner’s Guide

A step-by-step tutorial to HTML5 mobile application development

HTML5 for iOS and Android: A Beginners Guide leads you from the first steps of creating a Web page, through styling it with CSS, and then giving it dynamic interactivity with JavaScript. You’ll learn how to create real-world websites and apps for both the Apple iPhone/iPad and Google Android platforms. Advice on how to handle platforms such as Nokia, Palm Pre, and others is included. The book serves as a one-stop guide and reference, providing all the information required to develop useable mobile apps and websites from scratch. Features covered include offline support, Canvas, video, advanced forms, and the Geolocation API.

HTML5 for iOS and Android: A Beginners Guide

• Provides an all-in-one guide for mobile developers—everything needed to go from beginner status to pro developer is included
• Explains both basic HTML and HTML5
• Covers Apple iPhone/iPad and Google Android platforms
• Shows how to create websites, web apps, and self-contained (native) apps
• Contains a full JavaScript tutorial, with particular reference to using it on mobile and touch devices
• Includes a guide to using CSS in a mobile environment
• Features detailed graphics for every step of each process
• Offers the examples from the book for download

Easy-to-follow coverage:
The Core Technologies; Introduction to HTML; What's New in HTML 5; Introduction to CSS; The CSS3 Enhancements; Introduction to JavaScript; Using JavaScript with HTML5; Introduction to PHP; Introduction to MySQL; Developing for Mobile Devices; Developing Mobile Friendly Websites; Using the eML eBook Platform; Developing Web Applications; Creating Self-Contained Applications; Setting Up the Apple SDK; Creating iOS Standalone Apps; Setting Up the Android SDK; Creating Android Standalone Apps