Mobile app for WooCommerce based eStore
Hey everyone,
I'm currently working on a eStore based on WordPress and WooCommerce. Once the store is done, I'll need to create a mobile application for it.
I need some guidance on how I should go about building the mobile application.
Please note that a responsive web design is not going to solve my problem.
I need to create installable apps. I'll probably use PhoneGap, and build the app using HTML5 and JS. What I need to know is how to connect it to the store.
Looking forward to your responses.
Thanks!
~ Shishir Srivastava
I'm currently working on a eStore based on WordPress and WooCommerce. Once the store is done, I'll need to create a mobile application for it.
I need some guidance on how I should go about building the mobile application.
Please note that a responsive web design is not going to solve my problem.
I need to create installable apps. I'll probably use PhoneGap, and build the app using HTML5 and JS. What I need to know is how to connect it to the store.
Looking forward to your responses.
Thanks!
~ Shishir Srivastava
ASKER
Thanks for your response.
Of course. The thing is that I don't wish to spend a lot of time writing my own web services to get the data. Is there any plugin or something that I can use to ease up the process?
Because that way its still a website which needs to be accessed through a browser. The website that I'm working on IS responsive for visitors who choose to access the store through the mobile browsers, however, my objective (and the purpose behind the question) is to create an app which will be hosted on the marketplace, and can be installed by the customers.
It's all entries in a database. The app will make the same calls to the MySQL tables that are currently handled by PHP functions and output the data as you need it.
Of course. The thing is that I don't wish to spend a lot of time writing my own web services to get the data. Is there any plugin or something that I can use to ease up the process?
Out of curiosity, why?
Because that way its still a website which needs to be accessed through a browser. The website that I'm working on IS responsive for visitors who choose to access the store through the mobile browsers, however, my objective (and the purpose behind the question) is to create an app which will be hosted on the marketplace, and can be installed by the customers.
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Hey jason1178,
Thanks for your response, and advice on the mobile app. Unfortunately, my client is set on having an app despite my disapproval.
I guess I'll have to get started with the web services.
Thanks again.
~ Shishir
Thanks for your response, and advice on the mobile app. Unfortunately, my client is set on having an app despite my disapproval.
I guess I'll have to get started with the web services.
Thanks again.
~ Shishir
Make sure you communicate Apple App Store policies to the client now. That way, if they insist you go forward and Apple rejects the app, your posterior has shelter.
Otherwise, you could be open to the possibility of a lawsuit.
Otherwise, you could be open to the possibility of a lawsuit.
ASKER
That's good advice. Thanks!
It's all entries in a database. The app will make the same calls to the MySQL tables that are currently handled by PHP functions and output the data as you need it.
Out of curiosity, why?