Chapter 12. Animated UI with jQTouch

jQTouch is a jQuery plug-in for mobile web development originally developed for the iPhone and iPod Touch.[27] jQTouch enables animated transitions, swipe detection, and themes for HTML-based web applications based on features in WebKit. The most exciting and interesting feature of jQTouch is that it allows you to quickly make HTML pages look like a native iPhone application.

jQTouch enables you to quickly develop applications that take advantage of common UI patterns, leveraging the JavaScript skills many developers already have. jQTouch is actively under development. With its simple and clean API, jQTouch is gaining in popularity.

While you can use jQTouch in hosted mobile applications and access it on a device ...

Get Pro Smartphone Cross-Platform Development: iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Android Development and Distribution now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.