[Plugin: JSON API] PhoneGap Android App built around JSON API

  • Hi there

    JSON API is a wonderful plugin – making it really easy to fetch my WordPress powered site’s posts. I love that! Thanks a lot.

    Since I do not seem to be the only one using this plugin (quelle surprise) I’d like to share my newest work with you. I’ve build an Android application (with PhoneGap/Cordova) around the JSON API that can be used to display the latest news, news per category etc.

    A more or less completed feature list:
    – show recent news
    – pagination (pull-to-refresh)
    – categories
    – search
    – settings

    As I tried to keep it modular and simple as possible, it’s an easy one to adopt the code base to your own project/website which is using this plugin. Therefor it might be interesting for others to create their own app as well.

    The code can be found here: https://drops.frontender.ch/uDOr/1MtI0Bio

    I’m currently writing the wiki to help you getting started faster, but I’ve now completed it yet. What you need to know to get started quickly:

    – routing.json represents the JSON API paths
    – app.js contains _base and _api which correspond to the JSON API base URL
    – templates are defined in /tpl and are Mustache.js powered
    – sidepanels are defined in sidepanels.json
    – If you take a look in index.html you’ll see that links/buttons have various data- attributes. Those do the magic.

    I guess you will easily find yourself familiar with the code really fast (it’s commented well) and can use it.

    Please let me know if this was helpful for you or if you have feedbacks/suggestions etc.

    Thanks & have fun with your very own JSON API powered Android app ??

    Regards,
    Michel

    https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/json-api/

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  • Thread Starter MaddinXx

    (@maddinxx)

    You can include the fields you want for the view. For example change: https://github.com/MaddinXx/ch.schwingenonline.android/blob/develop/assets/www/routing.json#L11 to get_recent_posts/?include=id,title,excerpt,thumbnail and include it in the view:

    https://github.com/MaddinXx/ch.schwingenonline.android/blob/develop/assets/www/tpl/news.mustache (you will have a new placeholder {{ thumbnail }} there.

    You can see all available fields by calling the URLs WITHOUT the include parameter (and ?dev=1)

    jaskobihac

    (@jaskobihac)

    It works, but the pics are small.

    On android 4.0.x has some bugs with scroll down on post and the menu slide dont showing up.

    On android 2.x.x all ok no problems.

    Thanks friend for help.

    ElevateMindz

    (@elevatemindz)

    I loved this app, but as I am more of a Web Designer and didn’t know much about Android app development, I gave up after a while lol

    But MaddinXx is awesome! Wish more people were like this.

    Thread Starter MaddinXx

    (@maddinxx)

    @jaskobihac have you given “&thumbnail_size=” a try? you can see it for example in post.id section (routing file) – that lets you define the size to take (again, see without ?include and dev=1 for a list of all sizes your installation has available).

    Indeed scrolling is not optimal – but the side menu should work. Do you get an error message in the console (Ripple) or with Logcat (adb)?

    I might somewhen create a new JSON API based app as it’s already a bit old and I had the chance to learn a lot more about JS in the meanwhile…but this can take ages (depending on free time :))

    @elevatemindz thank you. Believe in yourself and try again if you still need it – I’m sure you’d be able to manage it nowadays ??

    jaskobihac

    (@jaskobihac)

    @maddinxx thanks for helping me i am new in json.

    I fixed thumbnail_size is on now, slide menu is ok to. scroll down problem was i my wordpress theme.

    I have 2 thumbnails frist from <img src=”{{ post.thumbnail }}” alt=”” class=”img”>

    and the second from {{{ post.content }}}

    if i remove thumbnails from post content srcoll down works prefect in post.

    Can i change post.thumbnail size in css?

    Only problem is in post youtube dont showing thumbnail of player or pic only little icon very small.

    Again thanks

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