[ale] anybody doing android development and how?

Michael Potter michael at potter.name
Mon Feb 18 15:27:31 EST 2013


I use phonegap and overall it is working for me for the simple apps that I sell.

I am now working with Appcelerator's Titanium for building more complex apps.

Neither of those options require Java code.
Both of those options allow building for iphone or android.

I started using webapps but quickly abandon that because my users
could not handle installing a webapp and offline webapps are not
consistently supported in Android.



On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Richard Bronosky <richard at bronosky.com> wrote:
> My title at Cox Media Group is Mobile Architect. The question I always ask
> in planning meetings is, "what features require native code?". Most of the
> time I can accomplish everything they want, except for "being in the app
> store" with an HTML5 web app. Sometimes they have a legit feature that
> requires PhoneGap. Most of the time the only reason we need PhoneGap to get
> in the app stores.
>
> So, what does your app do? What feature do you need native code to
> accomplish?
>
> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3 using the Swype software keyboard.
> --Richard Bronosky
>
> On Feb 17, 2013 5:29 PM, "Ron Frazier (ALE)"
> <atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm considering doing some android development, mainly for hobby level
>> playing with my tablet, as opposed to commercialization.  If I came up with
>> something really cool, I wouldn't mind commercializing it.
>>
>> I don't necessarily want to learn Java for a few different reasons related
>> to security, kludgy code, etc.  So, I have the following questions?
>>
>> A) Is anyone developing for Android in a language other than Java?  If so,
>> how do you like it?
>>
>> B) Has anyone tried AppInventor, formerly from Google and now MIT?  If so,
>> how do you like it?
>>
>> C) Is there any viable alternative to Java for developing and
>> commercializing moderately complex android apps?  Think apps like, a text
>> editor, a contact database, a basic music player, a movie database, a metric
>> units converter, etc.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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