Questions tagged [ibooks]

iBooks is an e-book application by Apple Inc.

iBooks is an e-book application by Apple Inc. for their iOS operating system and devices. It was announced in conjunction with the iPad on January 27, 2010.

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Auto activate html5 widget in an iBook

I am trying to give my iBook a more app like feel. To do this I need the HTML5 widget I have created to automatically activate once a page is opened so the user doesn't need to click on it. Is this something that is possible in iBooks and iBooks…
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jQuery in iBooks

I'm trying to create an interactive glossary for an iBooks eBook: each time you click on a term, the definition shows at the end of the page. You can hide the definition either by clicking again on the term or by clicking on another term. In this…
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path of the directory where ibooks's pdf stored ios

I need to get the already existing pdf files in the device and to upload the selected pdf to the server. I've added one pdf file to iBooks and then tried searching that file in directory using this code: NSArray *paths =…
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iOS: publish a epub or iBook in App Store

I should publish an app with a interactive design. I saw iBooks Author that is fantastic for my job. But I saw that I can't publish an iBook as an app so I can publish it only in iBook store. And for newsstand? Is it necessary an app? I think also…
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Archive a .wdgt folder in ZipArchive()

I'm creating a online widget creation tool in PHP, and I am able to export everything I need via .zip , just the problem is that users have to extract the zip and then add the .wdgt extension on the folder for it to work in iBooks. Is there any…
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Why does onclick event cause a turn page event in ibook ebook reader?

I am writing an ebook for the apple ibooks app. I am making it an interactive ebook through the use of javascript. I have the javascript working in a browser. And to some degree it works in the apple ibooks app. When I use the onclick event, the…
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Display IBA ebooks inside iOS apps?

Is it possible to display an IBA file (as created with Apple's iBooks Author on OS X) inside an app? Apparently UIWebView is not able to render the format.
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Using microphone as input on iBooks Widget or .js game on IOS

I'm converting a Processing Game (that I've made last year) to a widget to embed on iBooks Author. I do know that we can embed html or javascript on a widget to publish on iBook, but I couldn't find some integrations to use microphone from an iPad…
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Device recognition in epub code

I'm hoping to implement buy links in an epub that will recognize the user's device and send them to a specific website based on the device, but I'm not sure where to start in an epub. So if the user is reading on a Kobo device, I want to have them…
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can i change Ibook html widget behaviour

i am creating an "iBook Author html widget", That perform some calculation(a simple calculator), Everything work perfectly but my problem is that i want to show widget on page rather then "Default.png" image, and my widget should not be open in…
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Cross App Data Exchange on iOS

I have the following question: I need to load a PDF into an App, which the user can select. I don't really care where this PDF comes from though. Is there any way, that the my App switches to an other App, such as Dropbox or iBooks, then the user…
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Adding a table in an iBook popover

I'm trying to add a table (i.e. a small grid) into a popover in an iBook I am trying to author. Problem is: I have no idea how to do it. All I seem to be able to add are images and text boxes. The table is grayed out. I tried creating a table in…
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How to link a pdf file in ePub 3?

i'm developing an ePub using Sigil. I have addedd some PDF file in my Misc Folder. Now i've created a link to that file, and everything is working fine with iBooks on my Mac. But on iBooks for iOS7 when i tap the link it load (in overlay) a gray…
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Saving PDF file to iBooks.

I'm displaying list of PDF files in UIWebView along with UIButton. When I click the button I need to save my PDF file to iBooks and later user can read from iBooks. Here is my code below: NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle]…
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Where can I find CSS and JS restrictions with iBooks rendering?

I'd like to understand better what works and what is not possible to run and render using JS + CSS in iBooks 2. Does Apple provide relevant documentation? Specifically I am trying to run a pre-written javascript quiz that runs fine in safari and as…
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