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What about writing cross-platform UIs using HTML/JS for those parts that must display content (not necessary from web)?
by daliusd 13y ago
What about writing cross-platform UIs using HTML/JS for those parts that must display content (not necessary from web)?
- charlesdm 13y agoWhile I think as a concept it's absolutely great, I'm still not that happy with their actual results and performance. Things have certainly improved over the last years, with iOS moving closer towards Android by using flat design. If you're targeting high end devices (which is easier when targeting iOS than Android) it's probably pretty good for UI stuff. The problem usually lies with the lower end Android handsets. That said, most of these pure HTML/JS apps are pure junk when comparing them to a well developed native app. Depends what the business objectives of the app are, I guess.
- daliusd 13y agoWhat about looking at long term? Android 4.4 (KitKat) uses Chromium engine for WebView. On Moto G 200$ device it works like a charm. In 2 years everyone will have Chromium on their phone.
- Tloewald 13y agoIn 2 years there'll be a ton of Android users still not on KitKat.
- daliusd 13y agoMajority of users (almost 75%) today are on 4+ versions (http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html) which was released 2 years ago. Are you developing next facebook?
- charlesdm 13y agoSure, in 2 years. That's still a pretty long time. It's constantly been improving for like 5-6 years, and it's still not there yet.
- daliusd 13y agoWhat do you mean not there? I have Moto G with Chromium based WebView NOW.