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benallansmith
benallansmith

Reputation: 816

Running web-application offline on android

A while ago I created an ASP.NET MVC Web Application for android devices. The application also used jQuery mobile to set up navigation etc.

At the moment, the application is simply being hosted and the androids webview accesses it that way.

The application works as expected, but I was wondering, is it possible to store the MVC web-app on the phone/integrate it into the apk?

I would like to be able to have it run the web-pages while the device is offline. I know it is possible to run simple HTML in the webview but I haven't been able to find anything about something like an ASP.NET MVC web-app. Is this done using phonegap?

Thanks.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1123

Answers (2)

Morrison Chang
Morrison Chang

Reputation: 12121

I don't think you can do it directly with PhoneGap, from the PhoneGap FAQ

Q: Can you use PHP/ASP/JSF/Java/.NET with PhoneGap?

A: A PhoneGap application may only use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
However, you can make use of network protocols (XmlHTTPRequest, Web Sockets,
etc) to easily communicate with backend services written in any language.
This allows your PhoneGap app to remotely access existing business processes
while the device is connected to the Internet.

So if you are going the PhoneGap route, you'll have to write it in HTML/CSS/JavaScript. However if you more comfortable in .NET and C# then there is always Xamarin Android which has a free starter version that you can try out. Do realize though that if you go that route it will be a mobile app and not a wrapped ASP.NET app.

Upvotes: 3

StoneStone
StoneStone

Reputation: 31

If I understand correctly I think what you want to do is serve your data via a web service (MVC4 web api is pretty simple to setup). Then you'd consume that data with your android app and you could more easily cache that data for offline use.

Upvotes: 0

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