Isn't it possible that this could just be a theme built with jquerymobile? http://www.jquerymobile.com

I have looked at Drupad as well, but don't see where it needs to be an actual phone application. Wouldn't that also mean that modules/functionality has to get supported on a case by case basis and such?

I guess I am trying to wrap my head around the iPhone aspect. What about Android? Blackberry?

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PeteS commented

It's only cool and trendy if it's written for a single crappy, convoluted platform.

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AdrianB commented

Not knowing enough about the capabilities of web apps on the iPhone, but is it possible to upload photos and video through directly to a web page? (And no, upload via email is not what I'm talking about.)

Otherwise I would say that that is a good reason for creating an App Store app instead of just using a web app/theme solution.

(WordPress, btw, has a good GPL'd app in the App Store.)

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kevinquillen commented

I didn't think about uploaded files. But I would think there should be a way to do it somehow?

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AdrianB commented

I actually tried to find some information about that, but failed. I found a lot of "use this app in App Store" or "use upload via email" but no clear answer on whether it is possible (or not) to upload directly through a web page.

Speaking about WordPress again, their app just got a nice update and I would lie if I said I wasn't envy of that app (from a Drupal perspective). And they've chosen the path of making apps for all major platforms (Android, Blackberry and Nokia) so it's not about coding "for a single crappy, convoluted platform", it's about better user experience I think.

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With what little information I did provide about this project, I did at least say that this is really just using a specific Drupal theme to display it as optimized as it can be for the iPhone (because it's really just a web view). So with that said, yes you can build your own theme to use instead of the one that was supplied (idrupal_ui).

The only real part the objective-c offered was the ability to upload photos and videos could have been added as well but that was not available when I first built this. This is not something you can do without objective-c. File fields do not work on the device in mobile Safari.

It would be great to see something exist for this but as I stated on the project page, I just don't have the resources anymore but truly wish I did.

As for the troll, your comment is a waste of effort and not helpful.

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kevinquillen commented

I see. Well, if you keep working at it let me know, I'd like to see some of the Obj-C code, maybe it would help me learn it better than book examples.

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Anonymous (not verified) commented

im not proud at all of the obj-c from the first version but you can review it if you like. it was something i built during the transition from drupal style coding to true object oriented so there's a lot of gross code.. but legible.

it's on github.