I recently did some prototyping with Flash/Flex/AIR, and it seemed like it worked well when I tested the same codebase on iOS and Android, and I was able to develop and test on all my devices (iOS and Android) from Windows. And it provided a decent emulator for quick turnaround time.
Sam On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Rakesh <[email protected]> wrote: > It definitely is not about padding my CV!!! > > From the answers, I can see its not easy to choose a path. > > Keep the suggestions coming though. > > Rakesh > > On 9 April 2012 22:07, Robert Casto <[email protected]> wrote: > > There are more considerations than a resume builder or making sure the > > application is a perfect fit for the platform. Sometimes you need speed > to > > market and want to target both platforms, or you want something that > works > > consistently so you can support it easily and document it for users > easily. > > There is a lot of cost building 2 completely separate applications. I'm > > opting for the jQueryMobile/PhoneGap option and though it won't be a > perfect > > fit, it will get me there and customers are not going to be very picky. > If > > your application is the only choice they have, they might be happy to > have > > it on their phone even though it is a different user experience than the > > other apps. > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 5:01 PM, phil swenson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> If one of your goals is building your resume, I wouldn't mess with > >> these 3 party frameworks that "wrap" mobile dev. Also, the results > >> aren't as nice and the idioms are different on each platform, so these > >> apps become "least common denominator" apps that look amateurish IMO. > >> > >> Even when you wrap it, it's still a PITA to test and deploy. In the > >> case of iOS, you still need to compile in Xcode on a Mac and deal with > >> all the provisioning stuff. > >> > >> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 3:48 AM, Rakesh <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > Hi guys, > >> > > >> > I know next to nothing about creating IOS/Android apps except that > >> > things change constantly so I wanted to get the group's advice on > >> > something I am considering developing soon. > >> > > >> > The requirements are initially quite modest: > >> > > >> > 1. Ability to look up ingredients and show related content. > >> > 2. Search for ingredients. > >> > 3. Be available off line. > >> > 4. Easy to develop across ISO and Android. > >> > > >> > Not sure about the last one, do I have to create 2 projects and manage > >> > them separately? I've heard there are third party applications where > >> > you write once in Javascript(I think) and it cross compiles down to > >> > both OS's. > >> > > >> > Is it practical to do both as a newbie to mobile development? Should I > >> > just concentrate on Android (since I know Java)? > >> > > >> > Any advice appreciated!! > >> > > >> > Thanks > >> > > >> > Rakesh > >> > > >> > -- > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> > Groups "The Java Posse" 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/javaposse?hl=en. > >> > > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >> "The Java Posse" 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/javaposse?hl=en. > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Robert Casto > > www.robertcasto.com > > www.sellerstoolbox.com > > www.lakotaeastbands.org > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "The Java Posse" 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/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" 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/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" 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/javaposse?hl=en.
