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Recording of our Learn How to Build Mobile Apps in the Cloud with HTML5, jQuery Mobile, REST, and PhoneGap webinar.

The NAMM Show is an an­nual gath­ering or­ga­nized by the National Association of Music Merchants to sup­port and grow the music prod­ucts in­dustry. Since our brand-​​new Appery.io for Musicians is all about giving mu­si­cians the mo­bile tools to sup­port their pas­sions, we thought this would be a good place to un­veil it.

• We’re at NAMM (Anaheim) January 18–22
• Appery.io for Musicians: NAMM Show, Day 1
• Appery.io for Musicians: NAMM Show, Days 2 and 3
• Appery.io for Musicians: NAMM Show, The Final Day (4)

If the mobile tester app is not working, here is how to fix it: http://gsfn.us/t/2lpo2. Sorry about this problem, we will push the app update very soon.

Update: the app has been updated and fixed.

In addition name change to Appery, we also got new pricing. And yes, there is now a Free plan!

Go to pricing page.

We got a new and very cool name: Appery.io.

Tiggr Mobile App Builder is now Appery.io. Appery.io is the most powerful and easy to use cloud-based mobile app builder. All the gotiggr.com links work and will continue working and we will be updating all the social media links. For now, use the links below to get help.

Email
Forum
Docs and Getting Started
Blog
Twitter
Facebook

Add Barcode Scanner component when building your app in Appery.io. Give it a try here.

In this fas­ci­nating hands-on we­binar, a real mo­bile app will be built, con­nected to a REST ser­vice, and tested. Attendees will be be able to test the app as it’s being built. Beyond that, we will also cover some of the ex­citing fea­tures of the new ver­sion of Appery.io that will have been re­leased by then (under a new name…).

Learn How to Build Mobile Apps in the Cloud with HTML5, jQuery Mobile, REST, and PhoneGap
January 19, Thursday
11am US Pacific Time
Register: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/486123896

So you built a really cool mobile app in Appery.io, now you want to export Android app sources and open in Eclipse. Here is how to do it.

1. Export Android sources in Appery.io by going to Export > Android row > Source Code/Eclipse Project
2. Download and extract Eclipse IDE for Java Developers (download link)
3. Download and extract Android SDK (download link)
4. Update Android SDK (may take a long time):
   $<path_to_android_sdk>/tools/android update sdk –no-ui
5. Install ADT Plugin for Eclipse (guide link)
6. Import project to Eclipse:
   • Package Explorer > File > Import… > General > Existing Projects into Workspace > Choose Appery project folder) > Finish
7. Running app:
   • Right-click project > Run as > Android application
8. Building APK:
   • invoke context menu on project > Android tools > Export Signed Application Package

Here is a short list of mobile backend services we have used/tried when building mobile apps in Appery.io:

• StackMob
• Parse
• CloudyRec
• MongoLab (MongoDB)

Here is how add HTML5 <audio> tag to your mobile app in Appery.io. Add the following JavaScript on screen load event:

$('').appendTo('#j_3');

Here is how the app looks in Google Chrome (desktop):

We are working on adding an actual component for the <audio> tag. We already have HTML5 <video> tag.

One more thing. Mobile browser support for the <audio> still varies. iOS seems to have good support while Android support is not as good yet (no support on Android 2.2).