We can use the self distributed apps, but perhaps some tiddlywiki solutions could be distributed as apps in the app stores, where the tiddlywiki is merely one file in the configuration and not accessible to the app user except through the intended functionality
A challenge would be to be able to have such apps recognised by the app stores as an app in its own right.
A challenge would be to be able to have such apps recognised by the app stores as an app in its own right.This is not a problem.
To help me understand this problem better, can you point me to any current apps which can benefit from building this native ui around?
If you by "current apps" refer to applications built in TW then isn't a plain and empty TW the prime example? It would be super cool if people could go into the app stores and install a TW via there. (It should probably not be a totally empty TW - the GettingStarted tiddler should perhaps include links to tiddlywiki.com and this discussion forum etc, but that's a detail.)
| A challenge would be to be able to have such apps recognised by the app stores as an app in its own right.
This is not a problem.
Adithya B M wrote:A challenge would be to be able to have such apps recognised by the app stores as an app in its own right.This is not a problem.If there was a TW plugin or similar that could remake a TW to become an app for the app stores... so people who create various application specific TWs could very easily publish them there... well that would definitely open up a totally new world for the TW project.
Adobe PhoneGap (https://phonegap.com/) is a developer utility that can produce apps for Android or iPhone, built from HTML/CSS/Javascript source files (along with any image resources they use). This is ideal for taking a single-file TiddlyWiki and wrapping it up to be a "native" app for your mobile platform.
If you then use the "save to desktop" menu item in Android Chrome, it will create an "app" icon directly on your tablet/phone home screen.
Eric Shulman wrote:If you then use the "save to desktop" menu item in Android Chrome, it will create an "app" icon directly on your tablet/phone home screen.Just tried it and that is terrific! Great tip!
But, that won't let you save, will it?
Using tiddlyspot kind of misses the point of having a TW based android app.
We can use the self distributed apps, but perhaps some tiddlywiki solutions could be distributed as apps in the app stores, where the tiddlywiki is merely one file in the configuration and not accessible to the app user except through the intended functionalityBy the above do you mean an app which shows native android ui and uses TiddlyWiki as a storage medium?
A challenge would be to be able to have such apps recognised by the app stores as an app in its own right.This is not a problem.To help me understand this problem better, can you point me to any current apps which can benefit from building this native ui around?
One additional note: by default, mobile Chrome doesn't support use of drag-and-drop handling (but it does include "pinch zoom" behavior). Fortunately, there is a plugin in the TiddlyWiki Official Plugin Library that adds standard drag-and-drop handling capability even when using mobile Chrome. Search the plugin library for "mobile" and you will find $:/plugins/tiddlywiki/mobiledragdrop.
Also if anyone could work on a native editor interface for tiddlywiki on small screens that would be awesome.
I see the value in what you're suggesting. I am however limited by my understanding of how TiddlyWiki operates.
Some questions I will try to figure out the answer to in the next few weeks:
1) How exactly will the android container facilitate a TW upgrade?
2) I would like the functionality to share something in android and add it as a tiddler. How will the android container do this?