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I came across these quirks too at a prior job while using Cordova as well - I'm largely convinced that these sort of hybrid tools are just not good enough. I ha
by Bahamut 10y ago
I came across these quirks too at a prior job while using Cordova as well - I'm largely convinced that these sort of hybrid tools are just not good enough. I haven't used alternatives like React Native, NativeScript, etc. - those sound a lot more fundamentally sound than Cordova/PhoneGap/etc. since they aren't leveraging a WebView to do everything, although I have heard complaints about those as well.
It would be nice if these platforms use just one language, but unfortunately I doubt Apple would ever play nice there. It costs companies a lot more money to maintain separate codebases or resort to subpar solutions...or just go iOS first/only, which is an insidious consequence.
- MBCook 10y agoLanguage doesn't necessarily matter, at this point you can use C or C++ and many other things for iOS. The system libraries and interface paradigms are completely different. You'll never have a write once run anywhere thing. Games can come the closest since they generally have their own completely custom UI is, but there still bits that need to match each platform.