[Solved] qTip won't work inside iOS app

[vibrata]

Hi! I feel both pain and sorrow about qTip. I'm a jQuery novice and I'm proud to say I have qTips working pretty much how I want them to in Safari and Mobile Safari.
The issue is that the document with the qTips is an html file that opens WITHIN an app in iOS (an in-app browser window). That's where the qTips break.

Any ideas? And, please keep in mind my novice status. Also, I'm a visual designer, not a code monkey.... though I can pass along any dev code issues to my partner.

[Craig]

I can't help much without knowing more. Is there an error that prevents it from working? If so, what is it? If not, what is the problem exactly?

[vibrata]

No error, they just don't show up.
I've uploaded it and it works fine when I try it in Safari on iPad or iPhone. When I open it in the app, the qTips don't show.

Ive done a similar thing successfully using pure CSS tooltips but they're just not flexible enough.

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Let me try and explain further. (Not sure if I'm being clear)

The app has a help section with tutorials and feature maps. I'm using qTips in the feature maps. When the user goes to the help section, the app calls in a browser window and opens the html file. The structure in the build is simply a folder with all the html, scripts and images all in one place.

Make sense?

Not sure why the qTips won't work, though I'm beginning to suspect there might need to be some code in the app to allow the jQuery to function.

[Craig]

That's still not enough information to go by unfortunately ^_^. I'd either need to see the page in question where this is occurring or have some detailed information about what this app is, how you're including it etc.

[vibrata]

Thanks Craig. I guess maybe you'd need some expertise in iOS dev to get this. I think I'm going to try a workaround, maybe dig a little in iOS dev help forums, and see if there's anything there. I'll let you know if I find anything.

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Wow, that didn't take as long as I thought it would!

The problem is actually just how xCode adds files to a build. Apparently it won't automatically add a js file to a project the way it does with other file types. Here's the forum where the solution was found:
http://mentormate.com/blog/iphone-uiwebv...resources/

Files need to be dragged into "copy bundle resources" part of "build phases" in Project Target settings. Adding files to project in the normal way adds the .css to this section properly, but not the .js files.

Yay! I can haz qTips!