I don't see how you can get anything installed this way that would 'run in Safari.' Not without hacking mobile Safari itself? Mobile Safari loads up web sites. It does not have a file/open command to run anything locally like that. Building an app with webkit is another story.
Whereas the hackable fun of getting something like that to work is appealing, I'm staying away from any hacks that 'install' apps. All it would take is one new update from Apple to wipe out any hack that's been publicized thus far. I would hate to spend any amount of time developing an app that takes advantage of such an install hack only to have it shutdown by Apple. Seems like a waste of time. If/when Apple provides some sort of SDK to allow creating native iPhone apps, I'll gladly spend the time to develop for it. In the meantime, I just can't imagine working on an original app that could be turned into vaporware with an iPhone update. -=Randy On 8/26/07 11:12 AM, "Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Check it out... while I realize this group is focused on webdev > strategies for the iPhone (++!), I thought I'd let you know that a > native app installer has been released: > > http://iphone.nullriver.com/beta/ > > I've seen some folks using a more direct method to get this installer > to work on their iPhone, but this is finally a GUI version. > > With this, I'm most interested in seeing web apps developed that run > in Safari (maybe you could build an app using the nightly webkit > rendering engine with SVG support!) but have a homescreen icon -- for > example, simply wrap the Facebook iPhone app URL in a native app > wrapper, give it an icon and voila -- it's on your homescreen! > > This is similar to the WebKit apps I've been building for a while: > > http://webkit.pbwiki.com > > Anyway, enjoy. > > Chris > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iPhoneWebDev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/iphonewebdev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
