Creating jQuery Mobile App With Tiggzi Database API [Tutorial]

As you probably know, we launched Tiggzi Database a few weeks ago. In addition to docs, we just published a tutorial on how to build an app connected to Tiggzi Database. You will learn:

• Creating a new Tiggzi database, inserting sample data
• Displaying messages in the app from the database (via REST API)
• Saving new messages
• Deleting a message

Eliminating Flickering on Android When Navigating Between Pages

If you run/test your app on Android you probably noticed that there is flickering or jumping when navigating between pages (there is no such issue on iOS). Here is a quick way to get rid of flickering.

Add the following JavaScript (Create New/JavaScript):

$.mobile.defaultPageTransition = 'none';
$.mobile.defaultDialogTransition = 'none';

Above code will be invoked for all devices, including iOS. To run this code only for Android, use this;

if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Android") != -1) {
   $.mobile.defaultPageTransition = 'none';
   $.mobile.defaultDialogTransition = 'none';
}

Give it a try, you will notice that page transitations are now much smoother!

Tiggzi Video Tutorials

Check out these really nice Tiggzi video tutorials created by YouTube user caledtech:

Click on Playlist (in video) to see all four tutorials.

Using Apigee UserGrid API [New tutorial]

New tutorial using Apigee UserGrid API.

New Tutorial: Connecting To And Using Facebook Graph API

It’s been requested, so here it is. A new tutorial on connecting to and using Facebook Graph API when building a mobile app in Tiggzi.

New Tutorials On Using StackMob, Parse and ATT mHealth APIs

New tutorials and other documenation we recently published on using StackMob, Parse and ATT mHealth APIs:

• Building HTML5 Mobile App With StackMob API
• Building HTML5 Mobile App Connected to AT&T SMS API
• Connecting to ATT mHealth API
• Using Parse queries and file upload
• Creating HTML5 Mobile App Connected to OpenShift REST API

If there is a particular API you would like us to add, let us know on the forum or via email: [email protected].

Building a Mobile App With AT&T SMS API [New Tutorial]

We just published a new tutorial that shows how to build a mobile app with AT&T SMS API. The app allows you to send an SMS message and look like this:

Try this new tutorial or any other tutorial form our docs.

Creating HTML5 Mobile App Connected to OpenShift REST API [New tutorial]

We just published a new tutorial that shows you how to build an HTML5 mobile app connected to OpenShift REST API. It’s based on this example.

The app has two pages, and two services. One service gets the current list of users. The second services creates a new user. Give it a try and let us know if you have any questions!

Tiggzi Mobile App Builder - What’s New in Docs

We recently updated a number of help documents. Here is a summary of what has been updated:

• Roadmap and Release Notes - we promise to keep them up to date from now on!
• Building a Mobile App Connected to Parse.com Mobile Backend
• Using Video component
• Using Camera component
• Using Geolocation component
• Building and running iOS app on a mobile device
• Creating a dynamic drop down list with jQuery

As always, if you have any questions or would like to cover a topic in a new tutorial, let us know on the forum, on Twitter, Facebook, email, or right here.

Tutorial: Building HTML5 Mobile App Connected to Parse Mobile Backend

We just published a new tutorial on how to build a mobile app in Tiggzi connected to mobile backend hosted by Parse. Parse makes it super easy to create a mobile backend and expose it via REST. In Tiggzi app builder, consuming any REST service is as easy.

Give it a try here.

The final app is shown on the left. The app shows a list of text messages, you can add and delete text messages.