Chapter 7. Exploring Interactivity
In previous chapters, we explored building an Android web app similar to any desktop web app. Our experience of mobile development so far has been catering for a smaller display and taking advantage of some of the HTML5 API features implemented in mobile WebKit.
In this chapter, we will take a slight break from building complete mobile web apps and explore interactivity through touch events and the HTML5 canvas. Throughout the chapter, we will look at:
Touch events and where they are both similar to and different from mouse events for desktop browsers
HTML5 canvas drawing and animation, including some simple best practices when working with canvas and animation
Some more advanced animation techniques, such as how ...
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