Interaction with partially constructed mobile device applications

摘要

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for creating mobile device applications. In one aspect, a method includes determining that a user has entered one or more user inputs into an integrated development environment, to select or arrange a component that defines a portion of an application, and transmitting interpreter code that corresponds to the component to a mobile device, where the interpreter code, when interpreted by a command interpreter on the mobile device, causes the mobile device to generate a mock-up of the portion of the application defined by the component.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
establishing communication between at least one computing device and a mobile device; receiving, at the at least one computing device, a series of user input signals to select or arrange one or more components that define a portion of an application; in response to receiving each user input signal from the series of user input signals:
iteratively transmitting, from the at least one computing device to the mobile device, interpreter code portions that each correspond to a respective user input signal from the series of user input signals, wherein the interpreter code portions, when interpreted by a command interpreter on the mobile device, cause the mobile device to output, for display, the one or more components that define the portion of the application,wherein the series of user input signals includes at least a first user input selecting or arranging the one or more components that define the portion of the application and a second user input selecting or arranging the one or more components that define the portion of the application, andwherein iteratively transmitting the interpreter code portions includes:
transmitting a first transmission that includes a first interpreter code portion corresponding to the first user input;determining that the application is not complete; andtransmitting a second transmission that includes a second interpreter code portion corresponding to the second user input; receiving a signal indicating that executable code for the application is to be transmitted to the mobile device; and in response to receiving the signal indicating that the executable code for the application is to be transmitted to the mobile device:
generating the executable code for the application; andtransmitting the executable code for the application to the mobile device, the executable code including code corresponding to the one or more components that correspond to the portion of the application, wherein the executable code is not the interpreter code.