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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UIPageViewControlerDataSource and UiWebView for displaying on pages
I want to develop an ePub-reader application using UIPageViewController and UIWebView for displaying book pages. So I can make pages from different chapters by perform offset with JavaScript-strings.
The question is how can I implement the…
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opf:file-as not allowed in EPUB 3.0?
I'm coding an Ebook and can't seem to get the file-as attribute to work.
Here is what my opf file looks like (minified, of course):
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How to prevent Html Widgets to quit with two fingers gesture in iBooks Auhtor
I have a problem with HTML Widget: on HTML widget opened on i Pad, if I tap with two fingers the screen and I pinch in, the Widget quits and goes back to the page of the iBook. This is the default behavior.
But what if I want modify this behavior?
I…
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Is it possible to sava data in an eBook on iBooks?
I have to develop an eBook for iBooks, and there's a requirement to allow the user to save data, either to local storage to be retrieved when plugged into a computer, or to upload the data to the cloud somewhere, and retrieve from a website.
I know…
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Unable to see the embedded fonts in Ibook 3.0.2
I have created an epub 3.0 file which has font embedding as follows
@font-face{
font-family:Myfont;
font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal;
src:url("Fonts/footfont.otf");
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Adding psd file to an epub
I have some psd files that I need to add in my epub for ipads. Is there a way to do it? Does epub support '.psd' files? If so, what will be the media-type that has to be added in the 'package.opf'?
The reason I need to add the psd files is that I…
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iBooks Author iframe
I want to know if i can add a customized html page in ibooks author via iframe,
and then update that page from a server.
Purpose is to have a customize webpage with multiple links and images, and then change the contents time to time as per…
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Looking for ibooks html input alternative
In IOS5 on the iPad, iPad2 etc. iBooks accepted as a way to prompt the keyboard to display when you clicked on an input field, to say, type in the answer to a question. I've just recently updated to IOS6, and this workaround no…
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How to use mailto function in iBooks HTML Widget
I have tried code with the mailto function in a web browser on my iPad which links to the mail app, but the same code does not work in the iBooks (the mailto does absolutely nothing in the iBooks app).
Does anyone know of some sort of workaround for…
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CSS target click multiple
I am writing an interactive book and would like events to be fired by using the CSS target Pseudo-selector. However I would like to allow the link to be clicked multiple times. At the moment if I have two links, one to Parrot and one to Leopard, I…
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Is there a way to programmatically remove/update a pdf in iBooks?
Not very hopeful here, but I have to ask... If the user has downloaded a pdf via my iPad app and opted to open it in iBooks (via a handy button in the app), is there a way I can programmatically remove or update the pdf in iBooks?
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event.preventDefault() in ibooks: Can anyone explain why this isn't working?
I'm trying to apply a preventDefault to a div in iBooks to create an area in which none of the touch/drag events for turning pages work. So far I've only tried to prevent the touch events, but it isn't working. I may be completely wrong in my…
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How to set a custom font inside an iBook widget?
I am creating an iBook and I have a widget inside this iBook.
I'd like the widget to use a custom font, hence I've added inside the .WDGT folder a myfont/ folder containing myfont.ttf.
I call it from the widget main.html using CSS, which works…
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Interactive image sequences using touch events on iPad (via jQuery)
I have sketched an 'interactive timeline' interface that you can play on iPad in Safari, here:
www.insightdigital.org/touch
As you tap or scrub left<->right on the screen, you'll see the displayed image change according to the pageX value of your…
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ios memory alloc problems taking screenshot
I'm testing the project: https://github.com/devindoty/iBooks-Flip-Animation
and I noticed a growing of memmory allocations when taking the screenshots.
When I profile that application I see that a lot of memory will be allocated in CALayer…
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