Apache Cordova is the name for PhoneGap incubating under Apache. On Feb 22, 2012, at 10:40 AM, Subash Chaturanga wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Avdhesh Yadav <a...@avdheshyadav.com> wrote: > >> On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 12:34 AM, Luciano Resende <luckbr1...@gmail.com >>> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 9:21 PM, Avdhesh Yadav <a...@avdheshyadav.com> >>> wrote: >>>> Hi All >>>> >>>> Can anyone explain in more details what are pros/cons of Native Android >>>> Client and HTML5 client. >>>> >>>> I have created a separate module for PhotArk HTML5 >>>> client(photark-client-android-html5). >>>> The older one photark-client-android(It should be renamed >>>> to photark-client-android-native) will host native Photark Android >>> client. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> In summary, you can classify mobile applications in three categories : >>> >>> Native : native to the platform, have full access to device >>> functionality, and you have to build one application for every >>> platform (android, ios, etc). >>> >>> Browser : a html application hosted somewhere, maybe with a ui theme >>> that resembles the phone interface. in this scenario it's one >>> application for all devices, but you lose the ability to access device >>> specific functionality. >>> >>> Hybrid : using frameworks such as PhoneGap (a.k.a Apache Cordova) you >>> build one html5 application and the framework can generate a native >>> app for each supported device. In this scenario, you can still have >>> access to the device functionality. >>> >> Yes I think Hybrid is the way to go. >> +1 >> >> Then shall we use Apache Cordova(seems it is pretty recently started > incubating in Apache) or have any other concerns ? > WDYT ? > > >>> >>> You can find some useful information on the HTML5 track from last QCon >>> >>> http://qconsf.com/sf2011/tracks/show_track.jsp?trackOID=513 >>> >>> What I was proposing is for us to work on a hybrid application that >>> leverage frameworks such as PhoneGap to help minimize the work needed >>> to support different platforms. >>> >>> -- >>> Luciano Resende >>> http://people.apache.org/~lresende >>> http://twitter.com/lresende1975 >>> http://lresende.blogspot.com/ >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Avdhesh Yadav >> http://www.avdheshyadav.com >> http://twitter.com/yadavavdhesh >> > > > > -- > Subash Chaturanga > Department of Computer Science & Engineering > University of Moratuwa > Sri Lanka > > Blog - http://subashsdm.blogspot.com/ > Twitter - http://twitter.com/subash89
