Where can I find a good iPhone/GWT/AppEngine example?
google-app-engine, gwt, iphone
Solution
We have developed a GPS App for iPhone/Android with GWT and AppEngine (m.geotako.com):
Technical Info:
- Back-end using Google AppEngine cloud infrastructure
- Front-end using Google Web Toolkit which can run on both iPhone Safari and Android Chrome (also other desktop browsers)
- GWT based internationalization
- Integrated with Facebook Connect for wall posting
- Using Google Maps API for reverse geocoding (retrieve your address automatically when you add a new location)
- HTML5 based Geolocation for tracking your location with GPS
- HTML5 based Web Database for storing local information in the browser
Features:
- Discover interesting locations around you with beautiful photos
- Share your journey with friends by checking-in to locations around you
- Grabbing mayorship of a location when you checkin frequently
- Post to Facebook wall when you checkin
- Locate where your friends have been to
- Add new locations with photos
- A ranking showing the top travelers with the highest number of mayorships
- Support English, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese
You may try it here: m.geotako.com
The app can also be found in Google App Engine Applications Gallery
Problem
These seem like a great combination--I'd expect to see more on at least GWT/iPhone integration, but there isn't much. I've looked through the reader example that Google made, but it doesn't seem to take advantage of many of the iPhone features. I was wondering if anyone knew of a tutorial/resource that showed how to use things like location, orientation, stretch/squeeze and various iPhone-specific controls--as well as integration with services like Google maps. It would be nice if it also used AppEngine, but that is pretty easy to integrate later if not. Perhaps I'm asking for too much, but I'd even settle for a very technical blog that focused on these platforms...