You might want to take a look at http://www.phunware.com/uncategorized/2011/06/27/the-delusion-of-right-once-run-anywhere-mobile-apps/
On Monday, March 12, 2012 2:19:11 AM UTC-7, Josh Brown wrote: > > In general what I and the rest of the company I work for have found is > that those "write-once-run-anywhere" platforms never give you a good > solution, and in many cases end up adding more work than they save you. > The main problem with them is that they are inherently limited to a > "lowest common denominator" approach. They have to support only the things > that can be supported on all of their platforms. Worse yet, they often > fail horribly when it comes to scalability and things that are peculiar to > a specific platform. > > Additionally, you will never fully get the "feel" of a truly native app. > Keep in mind that the two platforms are very different even ignoring the > different programming languages and APIs they use. Their whole design > language is different. iOS tends to use tabular navigation heavily whereas > Android uses more dashboards. iOS tabs are typically on the bottom, > Android's are on the top. Horizontal swipe gestures are much more common > on Android. > > There's a huge list of differences that transcend simply rewriting the > code. If you're not willing to respect those differences, write a web-app > optimized for mobile. It's definitely cheaper and you won't have to worry > about conforming to any particular platform. If you'd rather invest the > time seeking a native solution, then go fully native and design and write > for each platform. > > On Sunday, March 11, 2012 11:34:42 PM UTC-7, ALi wrote: >> >> Hi, We are interested to develop CRM business app for Android, iphone >> using multiplatform >> But we are confused to select and finalize one platform. >> Like Adobe Flex, Titanium, RhoStudio Sencha etc.. >> Which should we select to start working on it so its not be a problem >> in future for compatibility. >> Any guide, Suggestions. >> Thanks > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
