Baker

It was written using open web standards.

It comes in three parts.

The framework source itself, the CSS 768px layout and a HPub package.

The format accepted by Baker is simple: one folder, "book/", containing all HTML files.

Installation:

Rename the Xcode project.
Include the book.
Include an icon.
Submit it to the App Store.

What is new in this release:

• Newsstand icon is now updated dynamically
• Autoplay on UIWebView is now allowed
• Settings are now defined in the settings.plist file instead of code
• Change to the way the header in the shelf view works
• Many new config settings to customize the shelf
• Full compatibility with iOS 8
• Full cleanup of the code, move to ARC and move to modern Objective-C syntax
• Support for categories in the shelf view
• Full support as a Universal app

What is new in version 4.2.1:

• iOS 7 support
• Support for analytics/tracking frameworks
• Info box in shelf
• Asset Catalog support
• Environment-specific Baker API calls
• Improved handling of remote calls
• Support for removing issues from shelf JSON
• Minor improvements and bugfixes
• New image Assets & Branding

What is new in version 4.2:

• Info box in shelf
• Init JS event for Info box with user_id and app_id
• Asset Catalog support
• Added environment parameter to Baker API calls
• Made most remote calls asynchronous
• Support for removing issues from shelf JSON
• Replaced AQGridView with UICollectionView
• Minor improvements and bugfixes
• iOS 7 support
• Text Kit support
• Support for analytics/tracking frameworks

What is new in version 4.0:

• Full Newsstand support
• Shelf to manage multiple publications
• Free subscriptions support
• Orientation handling improvement

What is new in version 3.2:

• iOS 5.1 and Retina display support
• External links now open in internal browser, see referrer=Baker
• Custom events fired on window blur and focus
• Book.json parameters to disable tap and swipe: -baker-page-turn-tap/swipe
• Index bar dynamically sized from index.html size. Use viewport meta property to configure
• Change: referrer=Baker variable now not passed to destination website
• Fix: "white flash" workaround found
• Fix: solved issue with pre-compiled screenshots and books with more than 50 pages
• Fix: rare bug of content loaded into index view instead of page

What is new in version 3.1:

• Newsstand basic support
• iOS5/iCloud data storage guidelines support
• Pre-build screenshots in screenshot mode using -baker-page-screenshots in book.json
• Retina display support in screenshot mode (thanks to @zenz)
• Manga support: start from the last page, or any arbitrary page using -baker-start-at-page in book.json
• Email protocol support
• Memory optimization
• Change JSON library to JSONKit (thanks to @zenz)
• Change: -baker-background-image-* properties are now relative to ./book/ folder, see Issue #247
• Fix: block idle when downloading
• Fix: spinner color and iOS4.x support
• Minor fixes

What is new in version 3.0:

• Two rendering modes to improve performances: screenshots (thanks to @pugpig) and three-cards
• index.html view on double-tap to manage navigation and menu
• Full Hpub 1.0 support
• Improved rendering speed and responsiveness
• Improved handling of internal and external links
• Memory optimization
• iOS 5 and Xcode 4.2 compatibility
• Minimum supported version: iOS 4.0
• Minor fixes and improvements

What is new in version 2.0:

• Multi-orientation books support (portrait, landscape, both)
• iPhone support
• Xcode 4 support
• Added support to open a specific page of a downloaded book
• Added support to remove vertical bounce (for non-scrolling books)
• Added support to enable automatic media playback
• Changed the gesture to open the status bar to the more reliable doubletap
• Fix for page anchors now handled in internal links
• Fix for orientationchange event now fires
• Minor fixes