[OpenLayers-Dev] Which mobile devices and platforms will open layers work on

[Eric Lemoine]

On Tuesday, April 19, 2011, Natalie O'Toole <notoole at mtroyal.ca> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering which mobile devices and platforms Open Layers will work
> on? Also, could they work on multiple mobile platforms, and which platforms
> are these?

Hi

The Android and IOS browsers (both based on webkit) have been our
primary target, because they implement the "touchmove" event, which we
need to support dragging the map with the finger. OpenLayers might
work in other mobile/touch devices, but you won't be able to move and
zoom the map with touch gestures. You can look at Chris Schmidt's blog
[*] and the mobile section of the OpenLayers doc [**] for more
information.

Cheers,

[*] <http://crschmidt.net/blog>
[**] <http://docs.openlayers.org/library/mobile.html>


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