On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 4:37 AM, Aitor Mendaza Ormaza <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi to everything: > > Currently I'm developing an Android application for my company using > android, and another department has suggested to use HTML5 in an embedded > webapp to develop the application. > I want to know the pros and cons of using HTML5 vs android for developing > android applications. > I searched the web, and I didn't found enough arguments to use either HTML5 > or Android. > > The main point of using HTML5 is that you can code one, and deliver to both > Android and iOS. > The main poing of using android is, in theory, a better performance, though > I have not been able to find benchmarks about this, just a vague afirmation > on the web. > > Does anyone has experience with this and can shere their impressions? Links > will be much appreciated too. > > Thansk in advance. > Aitor >
I wouldn't say it's performance that people necessarily go after. I think it's more like, there's something about the native feel custom to each platform that makes an app written for Android tailored to interact with the UX of the Android ecosystem of a whole. Unfortunately, web apps seem to have a "worst of both worlds" feel to them, in that they have a UI inconsistent with *either* of the platforms. (Although I admit, there are some good apps which come close to both..) Going native also helps you get access to some low level platform tools that you might have trouble getting access to within a web app (though Boot to Gecko might be trying to solve this, only in the abstract so far). I'm sure there is some performance overhead, but the main difference I see is the feature set available to you, and the more "Android" feel a custom app allows you. (this isn't an argument either way, if you're constrained in terms of resources, a web app is perfectly fine, if you have more time / money, a custom app for each platform, probably using the same underlying framework / backend, is probably most typical..) Kris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
