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Tiggr Mobile Apps Builder now with JSONP support

If you worked with JSON, then you are aware of the cross-domain policy which prevents a script loaded from one domain, to invoke services from another domain. This means that the domain of the requested URL must be the same as the domain of the current page. A number of work around exists but one of the most popular once is using JSONP. JSONP allows a requesting URL from one domain to invoke a service from a different domain. Tiggr Mobile Apps Builder now supports JSONP. Why is this important? Well, it makes very simple to build and test mobile apps in Tiggr. Now a page can be loaded from abc.com domain and invoke a service from xyz.com. Most REST services today support JSONP.

To use JSONP is very simple. When defining REST service, select jsonp for Data Type:

JSONP support

Twitter Search App

To try this in action, try this Twitter Search app built in Tiggr.

Tiggr Mobile Apps Builder is now open to everyone

(Cross-posted on Maxa blog)

Twitter Search built with Mobile Apps Builder

After a short private beta we are happy to announced that Tiggr Mobile Apps Builder is now open to everyone. Now, the app is still beta and we have tons of features we are planning to add. So, just go to http://gotiggr.com and click on Sign Up Now for Mobile Apps Builder. Then try one of our getting started guides but first read this (we are adding more tutorials). It’s a 6-step guide on how to approach building mobile apps in Tiggr.

Need a particular feature, service or component? Tell us here: http://getsatisfaction.com/gotiggr.

Signing Up for the Tiggr Mobile Apps Builder Beta Is Easy

(Cross-posted from the Exadel blog)

Today, we’ll be having a briefing for our beta users of Tiggr Mobile Apps Builder. Becoming a beta user and par­tic­i­pating in our com­mu­nity brief­ings is a great way to in­flu­ence and guide the de­vel­op­ment of a useful product and make it even more useful.

It’s easy to be­come a beta user. Here are three ways:

1. If you don’t al­ready have a Tiggr ac­count, you can sign up right from the home page using the button in this block:
   

   

2. When you sign up for any Tiggr Prototypes Builder plan and click on the ac­ti­va­tion link, you’ll be pre­sented this first time with a pop-​​up giving you an op­por­tu­nity to join the beta:
   
   
3. If you al­ready have an ex­isting Tiggr ac­count, you can be­come a beta user by going to My Account and clicking on the sign-​​up button:
   

   

You’ll have a “pending” status at first, but you should only have to wait a few hours be­fore you be­come activated.

Creating input fields with HTML5 placeholder feature

(Cross-posted on Maxa Blog)

HTML5 introduces a handy new feature for input elements. Using placeholder attribute, you can place a slightly greyed out label inside an input field. When you click on the field and enter text, the label clears. If you delete the input, the placeholder labels appears again. Here is an example (assuming you are using HTML5 complaint browser):

HTML5 code looks like this:

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  <input type="text" placeholder="Enter something..."/>

You can do the same thing in Tiggr Prototype Builder or Mobile Apps Builder. Now, it involves a little trick but we will make it much simpler in the near future. Let’s say we start with a screen like this (editor view):

1. Click the screen outside the phone area, switch to Events view
2. Click Add Event and select Load
3. Click the + sign to add an action and select Set HTML Attribute
4. Component name: find the first input component. Its name should be set to something like ‘mobileinputtextX’ (unless you renamted it)
5. Property name: placeholder
6. Value: enter any text you want to see in inside the input
7. Click OK
8. Repeat the same for the second input component.
9. Click Web Preview to view the app in Web browser
10. To view on your phone, select Web Preview > Configure and select Anybody can view this project on the Web. The open the URL shown on your phone.

Try out this app or via QR code below:

Yes, it’s too many steps to add such functionality. It’s really just a workaround for now. We will make it possible to set any attributes from Properties view, without needing to add event and action.

Here is how it looks in a Web browser: