This chapter describes ADF Mobile browser's support for basic HTML mobile browsers.
This chapter includes the following sections:
Because basic HTML browsers for mobile devices do not support JavaScript, they are less robust than the other browsers supported by ADF Mobile browser, such as those for BlackBerry smartphones or the Apple iPhone. Aside from the browsers listed in Section 1.2, "Supported Mobile Browser Features," ADF Mobile browser considers most common browsers as basic HTML mobile browsers. (ADF Mobile browser may not recognize certain mobile browsers, however.)
The minimum requirement for ADF Mobile browser's support is XHTML Basic, or the XHTML Mobile Profile that includes WAP2.n browsers.
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ADF Mobile browser does not support the WAP1.n browsers that do not support either XHTML Basic or the XHTML Mobile Profile.Because the ADF Mobile browser serves pages to mobile browsers that are appropriate to a browser's capabilities or limitations, you do not have to create user interfaces that are specific to basic HTML mobile browsers. However, the absence of JavaScript support by these browsers limits the functionality of certain HTML elements.
Basic HTML mobile browsers do not support the autosubmit attribute. Add a submit button to the form only if the form submission responds to a component's autosubmit feature. For composite components with built-in autosubmit features, ADF Mobile browser adds a submit button to enable users to submit the form.
Basic HTML mobile browsers do not support form-submitting links. All submitting elements are rendered as buttons. Basic HTML mobile browsers do not support the child components of such input elements. As a consequence, the child components of the tr:commandLink component cannot render in a basic HTML mobile browser. For more information on tr:commandLink, see Section 3.5.2, "Creating Links."
ADF Mobile browser provides basic CSS support for basic HTML mobile browsers. Although most of these browsers support CSS, ADF Mobile browser applications can even run on the browsers that do not support CSS. In these cases, however, the user interface may be difficult to use. As a precaution, you should test the ADF Mobile browser application on as many browsers as possible.