Re: iPhone List? - few questions
Re: iPhone List? - few questions
- Subject: Re: iPhone List? - few questions
- From: Jesse Armand <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:05:37 +0700
I have been there before, for a mobile banking project, and they don't
want to accept my suggestion to process all of the sms processing
(incoming / outgoing) on the server, in order for the iPhone app to
communicate with server only.
That would provide better user experience, because there's no need to
use the carrier-specific features in the iPhone.
You can observe CitiMobile for US, see how do they do it, it's just
like an internet banking, no need for SMS.
In my opinion, iPhone apps shouldn't depend too much on carrier
specific features.
Jesse Armand
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(http://jessearmand.com)
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Gustavo
Pizano<email@hidden> wrote:
> @ Jesse:
>
> Yes the idea is to distribute the App through the AppStore, so I guess I
> can't go any deeper.
>
> The idea is that in the server there is gonna be a sms application that will
> send the Authorization code to the registered iPhone that is asking for it,
> then My app should take that access code and connect to the server, its
> kinda a 2 step Login system. So if there is gonna be an inpediment, then the
> sms app in the server will send the sms with the Auth Code, then my iPhone
> will receive the sms, and the sms app of the iPhone will say "Hey you I
> have a new sms", so now that I have the code, I can just copy-paste it in
> the access code of my app and do the second part of the authentication.
> (well that is what its on my mind due that i can't get the data of the
> incoming sms without leaving my iPhone app ).
>
> I dunno how user friendly is to do such a authentication, as you can see we
> are working with very critical data that requires a strong authentication
> and data encryption , like a bank sort to speak.
>
>
> G.
>
>
>
>
> On Jul 23, 2009, at 4:42 PM, Roland King wrote:
>
>> Right, but you can register your own url schemes which will launch your
>> app and let it handle the data. I've assumed that the SMS displaying
>> framework will parse out such URLs, realize they are registered and put the
>> correct hotlink into the message to launch your app.
>>
>>
>> On Jul 23, 2009, at 9:55 PM, Jesse Armand wrote:
>>
>>> The sms: URL on the iPhone only supports phone number, unless if
>>> you're willing to go deep into the private API, but you couldn't
>>> distribute your app into the App Store.
>>>
>>> My advice is, better to install some kind of sms application or
>>> gateway on your server, so your iPhone app could send the text into
>>> the server, and the server will forward the message through sms.
>>>
>>> Jesse Armand
>>> ----------------------------------------
>>> (http://jessearmand.com)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Gustavo
>>> Pizano<email@hidden> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Nop you didn\'t miss understood the question, I will have a look at the
>>>> docs, because the idea is that once Im in my app, put the first
>>>> credentials,
>>>> then the server will send me an authorizaiton code, and the idea is to
>>>> don't
>>>> leave my app to get the data from the sms, but the app fetch the data of
>>>> the
>>>> incoming sms, but if you tell me that you think its not possible to get
>>>> more automated than clicking the ">" arrow in the Iphone sms app to
>>>> launch
>>>> mine with the data in the url then Im kinda stuck... I will take a look
>>>> at
>>>> the docs and see what I find out.
>>>>
>>>> I will let you know if something as you have been thinking about doing
>>>> the
>>>> same, if find a workaround.
>>>>
>>>> G.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 23, 2009, at 9:27 AM, Roland King wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> If you're trying to use data which has been sms'ed to your user, which
>>>>> is
>>>>> something I've thought about doing before, the only way which I thought
>>>>> it
>>>>> could be done is to register your own url for the application and then
>>>>> have
>>>>> the sms you send include the data in a URL format, eg if your app
>>>>> registered
>>>>> URL is foobar you might have foobar://yourdatahere in the SMS. I
>>>>> believe
>>>>> that you'll then have the opportunity in the SMS screen to click the
>>>>> ">"
>>>>> arrow at the side of the screen and your app will launch with that URL
>>>>> as
>>>>> data and you can process it.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't think you can get any more automated than that. It also relies
>>>>> on
>>>>> you sending the data in a compatible format.
>>>>>
>>>>> Not totally sure this is related to the UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities
>>>>> though, go hunt around the docs for url or 'phone:' and 'text:', I
>>>>> think
>>>>> those are a couple of the URLs that apple registers for stuff and the
>>>>> documentation is around there.
>>>>>
>>>>> If I have misunderstood what you're asking .. sorry
>>>>>
>>>>> Gustavo Pizano wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Aha ok.. thanks.
>>>>>> I need to develop an iPhone app that fetches sms data form the sender,
>>>>>> the data are access keys, so I was wondering if tis possible to do
>>>>>> such an
>>>>>> application.
>>>>>> I was reading the iPhone App programing Guide, and there is something
>>>>>> interesting, I can register my app with some particular keys, in my
>>>>>> case,
>>>>>> "sms" into the UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities, so I can comunicate
>>>>>> with teh
>>>>>> iPhone app that handles the sms, and fetch the data... am I correct?
>>>>>> Thx
>>>>>> G.
>>>>>> On Jul 23, 2009, at 9:11 AM, Roland King wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> if your questions are Cocoa, Core Foundation etc related and about
>>>>>>> released software (ie not iPhone OS 3.1), ask away.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> you can try the apple iphone dev forums too if you like (but I dont
>>>>>>> find them anywhere as nearly useful as this list)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gustavo Pizano wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hello, I wish to know if this list works also for iPhone developer,
>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>> hadn't found one related to iPhone except the govIphone, that its
>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>> goverment iPhone apps... so.. :S.
>>>>>>>> If this is the correct list to write then please let me know so I
>>>>>>>> can
>>>>>>>> ask few questions related.. Im a mac developer but starting to dev
>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>> iPhone..
>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>> Gustavo
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