I wouldn't want to invest time in learning at dead-end technology. Flash/air/actionscript is on the way to oblivion IMO. Even Adobe seems to know it as they are de-emphasizing flash in favor of HTML5.
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Sam Reid <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. 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