Moodle App FAQ
The app starts but it says it cannot connect to any site I try
This is because you need to use a different browser with special flags enabled so cross domains XHR requests are allowed.
In sort, you need to download Chromium from https://download-chromium.appspot.com/ and open it with this command:
chromium --allow-file-access-from-files --disable-web-security
For additional information please, read: Moodle Mobile development using Chrome or Chromium
I get a blank page in Chrome/Chromium when launching the app in Windows
- Ensure that you have downloaded the latest master version from github (git checkout master; git pull master; git checkout mybranch; git rebase master)
- Ensure that gulp-slash is installed: npm install gulp-slash
- Run gulp again
Some features like IMSCP, resource mini sites, local notifications are not working in the browser
Some features must be tested directly in a mobile device via ionic run android or ionic run ios.
It will require you to install the platform specific SDK or development tools, follow your platform guide here: http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/edge/guide_platforms_index.md.html#Platform%20Guides
Is the app a replacement of the MyMobile theme?
No, see http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=206736#p901751
What is the difference between a native app and a Mobile specific theme or responsive theme?
See http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=206736#p901475
Also http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=206736#p901751