How to wrap a website in a phone app?

Question

I have seen a lot of mobile phone apps that just open a web page without the controls. Just the page.

I am looking for guidance and links to start something simple like this.

Answer 1

If you would like to wrap a website in Android you may do so with this code, from Roskvist

package com.webview; import android.app.Activity; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.Window; import android.webkit.WebView;  public class WebViewTest extends Activity {      WebView browserView;     /** Called when the activity is first created. */     @Override     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);          //Removes the title bar in the application         requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);         setContentView(R.layout.main);          //Creation of the Webview found in the XML Layout file         browserView = (WebView)findViewById(R.id.webkit);          //Enable Javascripts         browserView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);          //Removes both vertical and horizontal scroll bars          browserView.setVerticalScrollBarEnabled(false);         browserView.setHorizontalScrollBarEnabled(false);          //The website which is wrapped to the webview         browserView.loadUrl("http://dev.openlayers.org/sandbox/camptocamp         /mobile/trunk/examples/iol-iui.html?rev=9962#_map");      } } 

And here's the main.xml contents

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     android:orientation="vertical"     android:layout_width="fill_parent"     android:layout_height="fill_parent"     > <WebView       android:id = "@+id/webkit"     android:layout_width="fill_parent"      android:layout_height="fill_parent"       /> </RelativeLayout> 

You would then have to compile and load it to your device via USB.

Answer 2

If I understand what you're asking for, on Windows Phone 7 you cannot get such an application approved in the Microsoft Marketplace. Section 2.10 of the Application Certification Requirements for Windows Phone says "Your application must have distinct, substantial and legitimate content and purpose. Your application must provide functionality other than launching a webpage."

A colleague of mine recently had a similar style application rejected by Apple for just that reason.

I think that on both platforms you may have been able to get these kinds of applications accepted in the past, but no longer.