Did anyone ever think of developing an iOS and Android app in HTML5 but wrapped in a native app, using the Webkit control?
Would that make it to the App Store?
I don't want to invest time learning iOS, then redevelop for Android. HTML5 + some boiler plate initialization code would make a nice solution and minimize platform dependency.
Ideas?
you can checkout,
http://www.appcelerator.com
and
http://www.phonegap.com
what both does is, it wraps HTML5 within native app.
There are many applications build by both and approved in AppStore.
check sites, to check what apps are in example , that are approved
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I'm learning how to code a android mobile app with Ionic Framework because I want to create a todo list with a bubble like Facebook Messenger, that is able to send task to workmates, a chronometer and something more but I don't know if with Ionic I will can do it and if is not if I will need programming all of my app again with native or not because if it is then it'd be better programming with native right now.
Pretty much everything available on a native app is also possible to do with Ionic. HTML5 constructs give you universal layout flexibility, and device APIs are available through Cordova.
That said, the Facebook chat heads uses a lower-level Android API, and as there isn't currently a Cordova plugin for that, you'd need to develop one. This would take more development time than just going native.
Also, it's understandable that you're opting for hybrid development for the enormous time savings in having code that works across platforms. But, as far as I know, Facebook chatheads is a feature that only works on Android. And if Android is your only release target, it makes sense to just go native.
I am on a research and our panel cannot quite understand that I am developing a mobile app using html5.
Does mobile app means a native app of a certain platform (ios / android)?
If the app can be accessed in a browser, does that mean this is not a mobile app? are there any articles/journals/researches that prove my claim that html5 applications nowadays are being considered as a mobile app today?
From my epx, native apps are basically apps written/developed on the specific device/platform
Eg: Native app for android would be using Java, while iOS would be Objective C,
while mobile-apps in this case are basically web-apps, which works cross platform.
HTML5 is unique in a sense that it is able to simulate certain functions or accessing device hardware without being developed in a native environment.
If you are accessing the app via a web-browser on you mobile phone, most-likely its a web-app.
Most sites will have different layouts for different platform, for example when using your Desktop or Laptop, you will have a different view compared to using your Mobile Phone.
Some points that I hope you find useful:
Can it be published on the App Store/Google Play?
Think it's safe to say, most people expect a mobile app to be found in them.
Note that, from personal experience, Apple has rejected apps that are just simple copies of webpages.
Common sentiment
It's not very useful if a journal says something that the general public does not agree. Ask around, ideally people that are the target segment/market of your app, see if they agree on the definition of an App.
Many popular Apps using HTML5
There are many Apps on the App Store/Google Play that uses HTML5 as it's main development language. Facebook is the most visible one, though they went back to native for UX/performance reasons. (See: http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/11/mark-zuckerberg-our-biggest-mistake-with-mobile-was-betting-too-much-on-html5/)
Phonegap
Is a quick way to get HTML5 apps "into" a native app. If you are already not using it.
All the best with your panel!
Mobile Apps Are not always native apps. Mobile apps can be Native, Mobile-Web or Hybrid. The Mobile-Web which is basically written in HTML5, CSS and Javascript.
Native Mobile Apps are Specific to a platform or Operating System written in most of the time a particular language examples are writing an android apps in JAVA and an IOS app in Objective C.
While Hybrid Apps are combinations of Both Native and web sometimes puree mobile-web but wrapped in a native shell. They simply runs on a native widget more like a Browser. For android its uses WebView
So what I want to do is, "develop" an app where it main purpose is just to open a website. I need that on android and ios. Is there an online website to do just that?
I jused to know a website, where you could develop for various platforms (PHP, Java, Object C for iOs) and even test your code online.
Somehow I can't find it anywhere. Thank in advance if you can either show me the website again or find me a new website to do just that.
Regards!
Update:
Found the website: http://www.programmr.com/
I think you're referencing PhoneGap.
PhoneGap allows you to build native applications using HTML/CSS/JS for all mobile operating systems.
If all you want is for your iPhone App and Android App to open up a website "inside" of the application, you will want to use a webView. This will allow you to have your application listed on the iOS App Marketplace and the Android Google Play Store.
EDIT: This will definitely work on Android. You must get pass Apples app approval process to get on iOS of course.
What I am trying to do might not be quite difficult but I am confusing myself. I am trying to build an app only for Android that will play videos for my company.
As I am not an native Android developer what I did is using html, jquery and phonegap to create and bundle my app as a web view which will help the end user installing the app instead of going to a URL and then open it.
Now here the challenge starts for me, I am looking for touch optimized design which should look like a native app. I can use twitter bootstrap , foundation or any other CSS framework to make my design responsive. I also know how to make ajax based animated page loading which will help me in preventing complete page load.
The real issue: is css the only and right way to design a mobile app? Does apps like Facebook , Youtube also make use of Css to design their native apps?
I do not want to use jquery mobile because I simply don't like their design patterns.
Again, my question might seems to be foolish. What I want to use are industry standard tools to build my app, even if I have to dig into Android tutorials and learn it from scratch.
Any help ,links or guidance will be helpful.
Native apps do typically not use HTML/CSS, and instead use the widgets etc provided by the platform. That's what native means. Facebook recently switched from a web view/HTML5 implementation to native (at least on Android).
I would like to wrap my mobile website in a native shell. The reason for this is that I'd like to:
Allow my users to take pictures using the app via a link on the page, if they're using the wrapped native site.
Send push notifications to my users
Based on my initial research neither PhoneGap nor Titanium are really meant for this. What is the best strategy here? If it makes any difference, this is an enterprise app not a public app. I am only targeting Android and iOS.
Are you not looking for something like Rhodes?
http://docs.rhomobile.com/rhodes/build
So several months later I'm not sure why I thought PhoneGap and Titanium were poor choices, but they both would have worked fine, I'm sure. For a hybrid iOS app I ended up just using UIWebView with a native UITabBar and implementing some delegate methods on the web view to make it feel native.