Question

Hi I have to develop an app for Android and iPhone.
I know the language to develop for Android and to develop for iPhone, but if I want to create only one app for all platform, how can I use?
I have to create a simple app with some news taken from a server, this app can be downloaded from iTunes and from PlayStore but is the same app.
I know that there is PhoneGap, but I don’t know if it can be done what I want.
Another way I thinked to use jQuery Mobile, but when I finish to develop how can I create an app? because I have ever use jQuery Mobile like a site on my server for mobile and not to create an app.
I suppose to create a jQueryMobile app and when is finished to compile it with some program to create my App. I’m a little bit confused, which is the best way and program to optimize develop time and to create only one multiplatform app?

Answer 1

You cannot write one app natively for both platforms. Either you develop natively, but for each platform separately, or you use a framework like Phonegap. Then you write your code in HTML5 and JavaScript. You will still have to set up a project for each platform, but you can use the same HTML/JS files for both projects and simply drop them in. The only exception is: Any native code you write needs to be written for both platforms again (for example, all the standard phonegap plugins are written for each platform separately, but they already exist so you don’t need to write them).

jQuery Mobile is something else, it’s a framework for web development. You can use jQuery Mobile to develop the app you use in a Phonegap application (it’s what I do).