April 04, 2017 5 min read

The more elements that are in the Document Object Model (DOM) and the more requests we need to make to the server to load content, the slower the application will become.

April 04, 2017 12 min read

Just because you're not building a native application it doesn't mean you have to miss out on the action. It's (reasonably) easy to set up Push Notifications in your PhoneGap Build application using the PushWoosh plugin.

April 04, 2017 8 min read

This is quite easy to accomplish for locally stored data - but when we're loading in our data from a remote database our application can't possibly know how to sort or filter data that it doesn't even know about yet.

April 04, 2017 5 min read

XTemplate's allow us to do a lot of interesting things when defining the itemTpl, one of which is passing the data through a function before displaying it.

April 04, 2017 5 min read

I decided to create a new blog post series where we would step through creating some kind of drawing application in Sencha Touch. I'd like to keep this as fluid as possible and take suggestions as I go, but for now the general approach will be something like this

April 04, 2017 12 min read

This is the second part of a tutorial series where we will be building a drawing application using the HTML5 canvas element in Sencha Touch. Click here for the

April 04, 2017 7 min read

Now we're going to build an interface within our application to interact with these features. We'll add some colours to choose from, a few brush sizes and a reset button.

April 04, 2017 12 min read

This is the fourth part of a tutorial series where we will be building a drawing application using the HTML5 canvas element in Sencha Touch. Click here for the first part.

April 04, 2017 7 min read

Using sprites to animate a character in Phaser works similarly to the way I described it is done in CSS above. Here's what you need to do

April 04, 2017 9 min read

In this tutorial we will be looking at how to test and build your application with Cocoon JS. Cocoon JS can build for all app stores but is especially good for iOS and Android.

April 04, 2017 8 min read

Ratings and reviews by real users of not just mobile applications, but just about anything, are critical for building trust and interest in new users.

April 04, 2017 4 min read

Using this technique I can export all the screenshots I need in about 10 minutes and no longer dread the app store submission process!

April 04, 2017 4 min read

Fortunately there's an easy solution for both Windows and Mac. Reflector is an application for both PC and Mac that allows you to mirror your device onto your computer and then make a recording of it.

March 05, 2015 3 min read

Using the camera in an application is extremely useful and fortunately Sencha Touch allows for its use, though it is often a cause of confusion for a lot of people.

March 05, 2015 6 min read

This post will show you how to implement the Facebook wall post functionality using PhoneGap.

March 03, 2015 6 min read

I'm going to provide a step by step walk through for creating a provisioning profile and a p12 file using Windows and OpenSSL.

June 20, 2014 9 min read

I'm going to walk-through exactly how to run the packager, install the application on a phone and list some common errors you might come across.

June 20, 2014 5 min read

The Amazon Appstore is not as big as the iOS or Android app stores, but it is the only one that will accept web applications. Here's how you can submit your app.

June 20, 2014 6 min read

Getting the users own music to play from their music library was a big stumbling block for me but eventually I was able to get it to work for Android devices but not iOS.

June 20, 2014 4 min read

More often than not, if you're having trouble retrieving records from a store and receiving null or undefined values it is because the store was simply not loaded when the call was made.

June 20, 2014 6 min read

In order to get it to work within Sencha Touch's MVC structure, a few changes were necessary but the bulk of the code is the same as the one I linked to.

June 20, 2014 5 min read

But of course we're going to have to do a few other things if we want to get it working within the Sencha Touch framework. First of all you'll have to download the source file 'photoTilt.js'

June 20, 2014 4 min read

The icons that are included out of the box will usually be enough to cover most situations, but of course there are going to be times where you want to use an icon that isn't included.

June 20, 2014 8 min read

It's finished! If you're not familiar with this series, I've been working on converting a native Android mobile application I created a little while ago into Sencha Touch. You can follow along from the start here.

June 20, 2014 4 min read

I'm a fan of minimal design and favour the Cupertino theme over the default Sencha Touch styling, so let's take a look at how we can go about implementing this in our own application.