A few more cross platform solutions: http://www.madewithmarmalade.com/marmalade http://www.anscamobile.com/corona/ http://www.adobe.com/products/air.html (mentioned again for completeness in this message)
Two solutions that use Java to cross compile to Android and iOS (but have very large turnaround times and other significant drawbacks): http://www.codenameone.com/ http://xmlvm.org/overview/ One that uses Haxe (I haven't tested it): http://www.haxenme.org/ Some that are more geared toward games (not necessarily good for your application): http://unity3d.com/ http://www.unrealengine.com/ On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Robert Casto <[email protected]> wrote: > I see your point, but for a small developer it is a royal pain. I don't > have time and money to develop 2 full applications. I would rather develop > 1 application and have it run on both phones. This doubles my time and cost > since I have to build and test on 2 platforms. My users don't really care > about "iPhoneness" with the application. They want it to perform a certain > task, and have it do that task really well. Documentation will get them > past any ism's. > > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 9:08 PM, Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> wrote: > >> They probably don't care at the moment because PhoneGap is marginal, but >> if they start seeing an increasing number of applications written with >> PhoneGap that look very similar on Android and iOS, I certainly wouldn't >> exclude the possibility of them excluding apps written with it. It doesn't >> have to be a complete reversal of their current stance, just banning a >> specific tool that is eroding the proprietary monopoly they absolutely want >> to maintain. >> >> -- >> Cédric >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 5:32 PM, Robert Casto <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Agreed. I doubt they would flip flop again on it. >>> >>> On the web framework side, you have Sencha and jQueryMobile. PhoneGap >>> will work with either. With Sencha you get a lot of hand holding and you >>> are back to coding most everything instead of doing markup. >>> >>> I'm doing a mobile app using HTML5, CSS, and PhoneGap with a >>> designer/developer. They are learning programming in college, but their >>> design skills are top notch. I find that they can build the UI much faster >>> than I. It lets me tackle the backed stuff supporting Ajax calls and I do >>> the PhoneGap part on the phone. I like the separation of duties and it is >>> easier to find someone to do the UI than it is PhoneGap and server side >>> work. >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 6:36 PM, phil swenson <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> I would be stunned if they did that. The reason they changed their >>>> mind was all the push-back from developers. >>>> >>>> >>>> 2012/4/9 Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]>: >>>> > I've heard good things about phonegap in general but I would be very >>>> nervous >>>> > writing my apps with it because Apple could once again change their >>>> mind >>>> > about accepting applications that were not written natively with >>>> XCode. >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > Cédric >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 2:53 AM, Steven Siebert <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> This might be worth a look http://phonegap.com/ >>>> >> >>>> >> Probably should check out the capabilities and limitations of the >>>> >> framework in regards to both your function and non-functional >>>> requirements >>>> >> you listed before going forward with design. >>>> >> >>>> >> S >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 5:48 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. >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > 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. >> > > > > -- > 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. 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