iPhone applications question

twiggy — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:57:19 -0800

iPhone development question - can an application control any of the system settings? Unfortunately, Apple's dev site won't let me read documentation until I pay $99 for a developer license - something I'm not ready to do yet.

Googling around for various combinations / permutations of "iphone application change settings", etc, have not been fruitful.

Specifically, I want to know if an iPhone application has access to change things such as ringer and notification volumes, or if those are locked off because they're system settings.

Anyone know? Thanks much!

Newbie wants to convert a simple website into an iPhone app, am I doomed?

gramcracker — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:54:33 -0800

Easy way to turn my medical calculations website into an iPhone app? I tried fooling around with Xcode... I have no formal programming experience, but I've picked up HTML, Javascript, CSS, and basic PHP/MySQL. I was reading about the iPhone SDK, and how it'll be "as easy to create an app as it is in Cocoa," so I gave Xcode a try this weekend, complete with beginner tutorials, but it was waaaay over my head. I have no experience at all in C or C++ or anything like that.

Basically what I'd like to do would be to copy all the HTML and javascript files from my website into a big folder and install it on an iPhone, using Safari to run the program. (Many hospitals don't have wireless access, and often have poor cell reception from all the thick walls and lead sitting around, hence wanting to allow people to run it locally.)

Is there a way to just call Safari and say, "open this index HTML file" in Cocoa/Xcode/the iPhone SDK? I'm afraid I don't have the time to pick up C or Object-C, even though I'd like to.

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iPhone applications question

Newbie wants to convert a simple website into an iPhone app, am I doomed?