(a) is faster to implement. CSS is one way to do it. (b) is only useful if there is no benefit to having the data backed up somewhere; it's not a common solution when you already have a website that provides a service. (c) is may be a nice UI, but requires the user to download it, which they may or may not want to do, depending on how often they expect to use your service.
Yusuf Saib Android ·T· · ·Mobile· stick together The views, opinions and statements in this email are those of the author solely in their individual capacity, and do not necessarily represent those of T-Mobile USA, Inc. On Sep 14, 1:56 pm, Neilz <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello. I'm wondering about the best way for android (on a mobile > device) to handle the equivalent of a web-app. Let's say a client > wants a version of their website (which contains server side > capability - database, a framework like struts/spring, ajax calls etc) > on a mobile device. How would you go about putting something similar > onto an android mobile? What are the options, and the technologies you > could use? > > Would you a) simply make a new front end sitting on the existing web > servers, written using a simplified XML which android can display > appropriately? So all you had to do was call the appropriate web > address to view the android version of the website. > > Or b) would you write a new app entirely for the device, which had a > version of the database loaded into it? > > Or c) would you write a new app for the device, which made calls > across the web to the existing server side functionality. If you did > this, what technologies would you use for the communication? > > I hope this isn't to vague. I would appreciated any pointers to the > technologies I need to be looking at to achieve this. Thanks! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
