APEX development for mobile

Question

Does any one know if Oracle APEX 4.0 can be used to develop mobile applications?
Are there any tutorials available for this mobile development with APEX?
Thanks,
Maggie

Answer 1

You definitely can build mobile "web" applications. I modified the Aria People Search application that we run inside Oracle to work on Windows Mobile, Blackberry, iPhone, etc. I don't know of any tutorials, it's just a matter of templates. If you don't know HTML and CSS really well, I would start there. Quick test, which of these tags is incorrect:
<font ....>.....
<b>hello</b>
<u>world</u>
<td align=center>...
<DIV STYLE=foo>...Here's how I would start:
* Figure out your target devices and browsers
* Many of the Windows Mobile devices use Opera Mobile (which is a really good browser). You can make the desktop version function like the mobile version
* If iPhone is your target you can use the following bookmarlets to resize Safari to iPhone Landscape or Portrait:
javascript:self.moveTo(0,0);self.resizeTo(480,320);self.location="http://www.apple.com";
javascript:self.moveTo(0,0);self.resizeTo(320,480);self.location="http://www.apple.com";* Microsoft makes a free simulator for Windows Mobile (not sure about Windows Phone 7)
* Don't use any flash charts
* Don't use any popup LOVs
* Interactive reports won't work well
* Keep the HTML / CSS / JavaScript and Images VERY SMALL. Use Firefox + ySlow to measure this
* Start with a very simple page template and build up, not the other way around.
Tyler Muth
http://tylermuth.wordpress.com
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