dotMobimobiThinkingmobiForgemobiReadyDeviceAtlasgoMobi

Posted by jjflasherz 2 years 28 weeks ago

pic
 jjflasherz
mobiForge Newbie
Posts: 2
Joined: 2 years ago
[offline]

I want to be able to launch, from my m.whatever.com page, the Apple Remote app. If you click on a google maps link in Safari on iPhone, it launches the native Google Maps app. I know Remote is not native, since it, still in OS 3.0 has to be downloaded from the App Store, but I wonder if anybody who actually has access to the SDK or more knowhow than me knows if and how it can be done.

My desire is to launch from the mobile page for the pub that I own/manage/webdesign -- the Apple Remote -- so that my clients can request music through iTunes DJ (which runs typical non-special event music there, anyways).

Is it doable? Or is it a good idea that Apple's draconian politics make impossible?

Thanks!

Posted by jjflasherz 2 years ago

pic
 jjflasherz
mobiForge Newbie
Posts: 2
Joined: 2 years ago
[offline]

of course, a sign, or text could tell them to launch Remote, but wouldn't it be slick to have it from my m page?

Posted by ruadhan 2 years ago

pic
 ruadhan
dotMobi logo
Mobile Champion
Posts: 707
Joined: 5 years ago
[offline]

An iPhone app can register a URI so that it can be launched from Safari. This is supported for any app so long as it is registered. For instance, clicking on the following link in mobile safari will launch Twitterrific. 

<a href="twitterrific:///post?message=hello world">Say hello in twitterrific</a>

Say hello in twitterrific

So it will be possible to launch the Remote app if it has registered a URI for itself by which it can be launched. However, the obvious candidate 'remote://' doesn't seem to work :-(

Ruadhan O'Donoghue
dotMobi