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I'm gonna develop a small app both for android and Iphone. The app will contain a simple little online magazine. I have not done any app before. I work with developing Web pages in asp.net c# and I'm familiar with java. So I'm a beginner in terms of mobile apps, and now I'm wondering how to begin and where to find good information about basic app-development.
If you aren't building anything complex and just want to display something, a good solution might be PhoneGap. You can develop using HTML, CSS and Javascript and deploy to multiple platforms.
If you want to develop native applications, however, for Android, you can follow Vogella tutorials. He provides a set of tutorials starting from beginner level to intermediate.
There are many routes you can go. I will try to list some below:
Java / Objective C. You will need to know how to program in each of these languages (java for droid and Obj C for iphone). Use the SDK for the respective platform.
Cross Platform mobile platform- You can use frameworks like Rhodes, Sensa touch, etc. This will let you write code one time and build the packages for android, iphone, and much more.
Web- You can write applications using web technologies like HTML5, CSS, Javascript, etc and there are tools to package them as Android / Iphone application. Otherwise, you can use a WebView in Android (which basically creates a browser-like experience in your application).
It is upto you to decide the best route to go. There are tons of information available online (stackoverflow, and Android/Iphone sdk websites).
I suggest that you take a look at http://developer.android.com/ for guidance in android development
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I'm trying to create an app for Andriod and IOS, but i have no clue how to do the front-end and have a hard time deciding to use HTML5, CSS & JS or Objective objective C/Java.
I'ts going to be use network options, checkout-features, joined checkout-features. Maps api, facebook api.
I've got expierence in HTML5, CSS3, SASS, PHP and JS.
I've tried looking online, but i've still got no clue how to do the front-end for app.
To answer your question, you will use framework like phonegrap, Titanium Appcelarator and I guess you can use NativeScript, Ionic, Framework7 as well. For Titanium, you have to use different environment for different app (OSX for iOS products and OsX, Windows or Linux distros to run android app) and have it's own syntax and everything. Language is one of Javascript versions (I am guessing, I have used it once 2 years ago). And Phonegap and other Frameworks use a varient of JS, so basically you will have to use HTML and CSS to work with UI. However, you will face some hardware constraint like unable to access hardware buttons (from my experience with one project some months ago) and memory management and other functionalities will mostly depend on your JS coding skill.
[My opinion] I believe, the best way to develop an app is to develop in its native language/framework. I believe it. Unless you're bound to use Html, JS to build app (you can!), don't use those. Java is there to help you with Android Development, since I am an developer, I can tell you that starting might seem a bit difficult than iOS development. But in the end, communities like stackOverFlow and thousands of thousands blogs will help you. Same case for iOS app development. You can find lots of different tutorials. New Bostons tutorial helped with android however, it's contents are bit old (android 2.3) and mostly everything has changed since. However, you can check his iOS app development with Swift. Learning a new language is mostly like learning how to ride bicycle. If you can know how to ride, keep learning the advance parts after basic mechanics, you can become a pro one day. However, for that you have to pass a whole cartoon of hurdles (unknown bugs, sleepless nights to name a few) like the falls you did when learning how to ride.
I would really suggest you to focus on building a real stack.
Happy coding!
For android:
I would recommend using Android Studio.
It is a powerful tool for creating an android app - the front end can be implemented by dragging and dropping items or by using xml.
It is easy to use and there a lot of tutorials online.
I'm an iOS developer on the native side. If you want to do native development, I would recommend Stanford course CS193P by Paul Hegarty. You can find this course on iTunes U, Coursera and other MOOC platforms. For advanced features, follow a GitHub repo called "awesome-ios" where you'll learn some production level stuff for iOS apps. If you want to do hybrid apps, have a look at PhoneGap, Ionic, React.
In either case, you would be able to implement features you've described in your question.
Tools needed for Native Development: a machine which runs macOS and Xcode(free download from app store).
I started developing native apps years ago. The last 2 years I've been using only hybrid possibilities. Designing and developing an app in HTML / CSS / JS is much easier and more efficiently.
I recommend taking a look at Phonegap, Ionic, Framework7. These are open source and there are already some templates.
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I can say it's a long time I've been searching for the more correct way of using my C++ skills for making real world apps. To me, most of the real world apps are graphical ones — those that have graphical environment and GUIs, like any ordinary app used on MS Windows. Of course there are many other (and probably vital) real world apps that are used for embedded systems that may don't have GUI.
Apart from MS Windows, there are quite a bit programs for other OSes like Linux.
On smartphones we also use iOS apps for devices made by Apple and Android ones as well.
My purpose is being able to create apps for the following platforms, in order of priority:
1- MS Windows platform
2- iOS and Android platform
3- Maybe in future, Linux platform or embedded systems
These are my needs generally.
Saying these matters, one idea comes into view: A good IDE that we can use our C++ experience in it to make cross-platform apps that can also supports those 3 needs perfectly, yes, Qt.
But there seem to be some difficulties on using Qt. I read some of discussions said in the link below, but since I'm not familiar with it yet, I couldn't understand high-level subjects.
https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/88685/why-arent-more-desktop-apps-written-with-qt
I know that each choice may have its own advantages and weaknesses. But finally I have to choose.
My intention is to start learning Qt in near future and now to be sure that my chosen way for that near future (one or two months later) is not wrong!
Now I want you expert guys that please help this novice to make a correct decision.
My question on making the issue clear for me is that:
Is Qt the best choice for my needs please? (Those three needs)
Thanks in advance.
You can use Qt Qml from Qt5
Qml allows to develop desktop and mobile applications. What you will need is to compile your application for new platform.
Qml is language for developing UI, but qml is javascript-based language and you can do logic in qml files. To provide your C++ classes you can just register they in C++ code.
P.S Qt for mobile platforms is good idea for fast-developed solutions for all mobile platform. If you want to get all available features and functionality from AndroidSDK, for example, you must use AndroidSDK or AndroidSDK wrappers.
P.S.S Qt is the best solution for crossplatform gui applications, and qt is easy to learn framework
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Hi friends i want to know about how to make apps for different OS.For eg: ANDROID,BLACKBERRY,iPhone,Windows Phone and Nokia phone.Which programming language is required for there different OS.Can any same programming language can be use for all this different OS.
To make apps (mobile apps, I think you mean) for different OS's(I think you mean the different OS's on each phone),(assumption: that you're coding it from scratch) you learn a programming language first, then proceed to learn how to make apps for a particular OS. Typically, you purchase a book (look online for good recommendations) and start from there. You can also find tons of online resource about coding basics, and mobile app development.
I am sure you can use most popular languages; Java, Python, C++/C#/C, etc...
Generally, people make either Android Apps, or iOS apps. They code in Java for Android (and it's derivatives), and Objective-C in iOS but Swift is quite new and I heard it has many cool features, and is the better choice to use for iOS in comparison to Objective-C.
Yes, you can use the same language across the platforms you listed in your question, but generally stick with the common languages most people use, as the difficulty increases when you choose more elegant languages, like Prolog or Haskell etc. :)
#SiddhantSingh you should go for java scripting(i.e.,phone gap)
Android and iOS are completely different. You are asking how to begin creating apps for all phones, iOS is specifically referring to apple products. For apple, go to their website and download the development kit, Xcode (It is in objective-c and/or their own language called Swift). For android, it is primarily in java, and some starter development kits are offered for android as well! To make it really simple these are usually used to develop- Xcode for iOS, you can get it from apple; and some of the most common for Android are gradle and app inventor, which you can get from gradle.com or MIT's website respectively.
If you have a good idea which is support to receive good reviews from all platform App users. I suggest you consider about Web App and Hybrid Framework Development. I hope you get a little knowledge about those two things.
The common point between Web App and Hybrid Framework is saving your time, which means a couple of mobile OS can run your App with one-time development. Multi-OS development and different Program languages are absolutely unnecessary for you. I think this new way of development can bring you the concentration on App's essential thing.
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Want to create an app which can run on both ios and android without modifications.
Cider (http://engineering.columbia.edu/sync-columbia-engineering-team-first-run-ios-apps-android-platform)
seems to be promising. But couldn't find any examples.
Are there any other means of getting this to work? We don't want to maintain 2 codebases for the same app for ios and android.
I am used the following steps to convert
http://www.apportable.com/ please refer this link.Using this sdk we can
directly convert Xcode project into Android project.
I tested this sdk.It is give amazing output.
It is only need four steps for converting.
this is for your reference , in before i never used ,bz i don't knw JAVA.if u need this convert Android to iOS use this link
http://www.androidcentral.com/google-develops-tool-translate-java-ios-friendly-objective-c-code
ok try to develop app in phonegap(cordova) by using html,css and JavaScript programming language
Have a look at Apache Cordova. Supports almost any platform you like and is open source.
http://cordova.apache.org/
Other option would be Xamarin. Has a commercial license for both platforms.
http://xamarin.com/
You can use PhoneGap, you will have one app for platforms other than Android and iOS also.
PhoneGap is a mobile development framework produced by Nitobi, purchased by Adobe Systems in 2011.[3][4] It enables software programmers to build applications for mobile devices using JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3, instead of device-specific languages such as Objective-C.[5] It enables wrapping up of HTML, CSS and Javascript code depending upon the platform of the device. It extends the features of HTML and Javascript to work with the device. The resulting applications are hybrid, meaning that they are neither truly Mobile native application native (because all layout rendering is done via web views instead of the platform's native UI framework) nor purely web-based (because they are not just web apps, but are packaged as apps for distribution and have access to native device APIs). From version 1.9 onward it is even possible to freely mix native and hybrid code snippets.
The link u provided is an on going research,it will take more than 3-4 yrs before it can come in market,However u can use the existing technologies like
phonegap
titanium .... to do what u want
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I want to develop a local web app using mobile jquery.
what is the way to open the app using icon in iphone and in android?
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it really depends on your project depth.depth in sense of complexity.its always suggested to develop separate for each platform.evaluate your needs carefully.
if the application is simple enough then you can go for third party apis
PhoneGap and Sencha Touch are good options.
but still you might find yourself restricted by a third party API if you need to add new functionality in the future.
What i understand from your question is you want to create a iOS and Android app using html, jQuery etc. There are tools such as PhoneGap, Titanium and Sencha touch. Using this tools you can create a mobile applications with help you HTML, jQuery. However, this apps won't have same user experience as it'll have with the native apps. Also, just think about future releases of your application. If Apple or Android adds new features to there OS it'll be definitely take sometime for above third party API to implement them
Also, apple clearly rejects app which acts like a website. So, you'll have to be careful with this. I'd suggest you to go for native app development. It'll provide you flexibility.
As far as I know, you can't get anything onto iOS without an Apple Developer account. As for Android, you can check out PhoneGap. It also has iOS, but it won't build without a valid apple dev account. Does that seem to be what you're looking for?