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Tomer
Tomer

Reputation: 17930

Android application development: java vs. jquery mobile

I'd like to build an android application for a school project but I'm a bit confused, I saw that i can build an application using Java or using Jquery mobile.

Do they have the same capabilities?

If i build an application using Jquery , can i pack it and have it installed like a java application (as apk) or is it only used for building websites?

If so, what tool do i use to pack it?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 6613

Answers (3)

Jasper
Jasper

Reputation: 76003

jQuery Mobile needs an intermediary framework that communicates between JavaScript and Java. PhoneGap is a popular one of these frameworks.

PhoneGap is also actively maintained and they roll out new versions almost every month.

The main reason to use PhoneGap/jQuery Mobile is that it makes development easy if you already know HTML/JS/CSS. Another great reason to use PhoneGap is that you can use your existing website as the base for native applications, yeah, plural, not just Android but also iOS, Blackberry, etc. It also gives you a pre-built UI with some widgets so you don't have to roll your own.

The jQuery Mobile documentation talks about some of the caveats to creating a native application with PhoneGap and jQuery Mobile.

Upvotes: 8

Neeraj Sharma
Neeraj Sharma

Reputation: 473

Jquery Mobile Framework provides the way how you web application looks on different hand held devices simply but this can not use the native device capabilities like picking up an contact from the contact book/application. while native application has the capabilities to handle all the system generated events or broadcasts.

Upvotes: 1

jacknad
jacknad

Reputation: 13739

I don't know what you have already tried or what your skill set is (based on your stackoverflow history you may know more about java than I do), but you would be best off just using the Android SDK. I was able to design and complete a custom business project and learn java while doing it. I can't comment much on jQuery since I've never used it. jQuery seems like it might be a nice for the reasons Jasper listed but might add layers of complexity you don't need to deal with if you don't need to run your app on other platforms.

Upvotes: 1

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