Webapp development - native look and feel framework?

Question

I have made some webapps with jQuery Mobile/Phonegap a year ago. Now starting another one. But it seems jQuery Mobile almost didn't advance. Things like:

• Newer UI concepts aren't there. E.g. a left navigation that opens if you click the icon, can make it in jqm, but not very easy.
• The styling in line with iOS7+ and android, jqm seems so 2010 on their styling. It just doesn't look like a (near) native app at all.
• More recent frameworks like Knockout.js and Require.js can be used, but there's so much overlap with jqm.

I looked around, but it seems all good posts on webapps are 2012. Did development somehow stop at that time? I have found the following solutions:

• Sencha Touch: looks good, but goes away from html development, I worry about learning curve. It's almost like native development?
• Dojo Mobile: looks like iPhone 3.
• Cappuccino: focuses on desktop.
• No framework, make html from scratch.

My question: did people give up on webapps for mobile phones with phonegap or are there any good frameworks I don't know about yet?

Answer 1

There are numerous UI frameworks trying to mimic the native look-and-feel. Take a look at for example:

• Onsen UI
• AppGyver Steroids
• Ionic framework
• Telerik for PhoneGap

Also Bootstrap has several themes mimicking native iOS and Android.