This will be an on going list of HTML5 features that can be used on the mobile web today!.
Meta Tags
Note: some of these are iPhone specific, but it wont break your page on Android or Windows devices.
// This disabled pinch/zoom (works in all devices) <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=0, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0"> // This meta tag makes your web app fullscreen when you have saved it to your home screen (iOS only) <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes"> // This just makes the status bar a different color. I have it set to black here. (iOS only) <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style" content="black" /> // This tag adds homes screen icon. (iOS only) <link rel="apple-touch-startup-image" href="icon.png" /> // This tag adds is used to add a launch screen before your app is fully loaded. (iOS only) <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="114x114" href="icon.png" />
More information about some of the iOS specific ones can be viewed here.
Storage
There is a good article over at HTML5 Rocks that better covers this area.
Events
There are several good javascript library’s that handle touch events. Below is a few of them.
- Zepto.js – Zepto is a minimalist JavaScript library for modern browsers with a largely jQuery-compatible API. If you use jQuery, you already know how to use Zepto.
- Quojs – Micro javascript library that simplifies your mobile projects.
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