I have started coding for mobile browsers (i.e. iPad, Galaxy Tab, etc). For a starter, I don't have budgets to get all the tablets for testing (I wish I do :D). Anyway, I am looking for a decent mobile browser simulators. I have looked into Ripple (only works in Chrome), MobiOne, and PhoneGap simulator. But all of these are not that up to par. Can someone recommended a decent one? and it will be great if it is also open source.
Thanks in advance
A good list of emulators and simulators are here: http://www.mobilexweb.com/emulators
For iPad, the only simulator I know of is built into XCode when you compile or run. You have an option of previewing in iPhone or iPad, and though the screen is hard to read, it's manageable if you click on 2x button.
If you're developing for android, the Android SDK has one.
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
if you just want to quickly view how a webpage would render at various mobile device resolutions then here is a nice little webpage...
http://synthphone.com
you can even link directly to a url via query strings. for example, here is one that should load the Sencha Touch 2 carousel. Use your mouse like a finger to slide around the images etc.
http://www.synthphone.com/?u=http://dev.sencha.com/deploy/touch/examples/production/carousel/index.html
have fun!
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I'm trying to test which keyboard type comes up by default for certain inputs on iOS and Android. Is there a way to bring up the on screen keyboard in Chrome devtools phone simulator?
So far I have tested the iOS version of my website by running the xcode simulator and pointing to my website but it would be really convenient to use devtools.
Update: 🙁 Virtual keyboard support is deprecated in Chrome 68+; this answer no longer works.
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You can view the standard keyboard for the Nexus 5X device for the portrait or landscape view:
However, you can't interact with it, nor does it change based on the context it is called from. I found by inspecting DevTools that it is simply an image file overlayed onto an SVG. There's nothing smart going on with these profiles. It's just useful to look at how the app responds to the reduced space.
To test the proper behaviour of keyboards with context, I would just recommend using XCode and Android emulators, or better still use real devices.
See: Test Responsive and Device-specific Viewports
I've built a small basic portfolio page based on a bootstrap template. The top features a blue header with an animated gif I built on top of that with a parallax effect. The animation displays and runs properly on everything EXCEPT for iPhones. Even the Chrome simulator mode for iPhones displays properly. Non iPhones also display it correctly.
I'm definitely a newbie when it comes to front end, and can't figure out how to debug this, since it shows up fine on the Chrome simulator tool where I normally do my debugging.
Any help would be much appreciated.
View my site here--
The Chrome device emulator will help you do most of the work, but it's not an iOS simulator. You can use the iOS simulator in XCode paired with OS X Safari's developer tools (inspect iOS Simulator) if you really want to debug for iOS.
I've got a little problem with my website and ipad/iphones. A certain tag in my css causes problems and I'm unable to check if I've solved the problem. Is there a way to look at my website as if on an ipad while not actually buying an ipad. Is there something like an ipad emulator or something?
You can use web (free) services that provide such functionality. There is a lot of them. For example: http://ipadpeek.com/ or http://mobiletest.me/.
There is also a simple solution that doesn't require any further app installation.
If you're running google Chrome you can enter the developer tools by hitting F12 on a PC and Command+option+I on a Mac.
In the developer tools you have on the top left corner of the screen a mobile device emulator, which you can choose various different models of mobile devices from. not just iPad and iPhone.
Note that you have to refresh the page each time you change a device emulator. Otherwise it won't load with all the characteristics of the current emulation.
What websites and/or tools do people use when they make a website design and want to make sure it will look and function the same on say an ipad and all mobile devices as well as all desktop (pc and Ios) browsers.
So say I make a website design. Of course I can test what it looks like in chrome, IE and Firefox on my desktop but how can I test to make sure it looks the same in say an ipad or a nexus tablet without buying one. Which VM provides specialize in doing what I need?
You can write some Selenium tests and run them under different browsers on different platforms. Passing tests will ensure your site is functioning property.
Learn about media queries and measure metrics ( dpi, vw and so on... ) it is pretty easy when you understand this. Easiest way is with resolutions...
You can open developer panel (Chrome f12) -> Toggle device toolbar -> Responsive
See screenshot
So I've just gotten my app to work on IE10/WP8 (demo here), and one thing I've noticed is that both scrolling and transitioning between carousel cards are reasonably sluggish on Windows Phone. Specifically, it takes like half a second for the screen to catch up to my finger. I'd say it's at about 80% of the responsiveness than I get from Android and iPhone, which both have pretty much perfect responsiveness. For reference, here are the devices I'm testing with:
iPhone 4
Android Kyocera Rise
WP8 Nokia Lumia 920
Desktop PC (Windows 8)
So among the phones, my Windows Phone is easily the most powerful, so it likely isn't just a hardware consideration. I've found this sluggishness in fastbook (http://fb.html5isready.com) as well. However, the sluggishness on either app does not exist on my Windows 8 PC.
Is there a particular consideration that needs to be taken with this part of performance in WP8? I've done quite a lot of work optimizing overall performance on the app (destroying/recycling all unused DOM elements, event delegation, etc) and the rest of the app runs quite well. So I'm not sure where I should go from here.
Thanks in advance!
How are you serving those large images? Have you tried using sencha.io to serve them? You can also use the yahoo tool smush.it to crush images further without loss of quality.
Another question: are you using CSS shadows and effects? These can have a noticeable performance hit sometimes...
Also the custom font, how are you implementing that? Google fonts work well, or are you implementing it another way?
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