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whatwhatwhat

Reputation: 2256

Is it possible to make an app for android + iOS that is actually just a web app?

I'm enjoying web development and I want to make an "app" to try my hand at mobile phone dev. Learning Java/AppleCode isn't feasible right now, so would it be possible to make a website that runs as an app on a phone? And have that app do the things people want apps to do, like integrate with your phone's calendar, receive notifications in the notification bar at the top (Android), etc...??

Upvotes: 1

Views: 71

Answers (1)

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x13

Reputation: 2227

Yes.

Apache cordova will do the trick but you (of course) can't have php running, only html and javascript are supported (and the code in which the app is built).

Featueres :

  • Free :)

  • Code for multiple platforms in html and js.

  • Tons of plugins to do all kind of stuff for you.

  • Can (with a little modification of content security policy) load pages from a remote server.

Downsides :

  • Not the performance of normal code.

  • Only communication between app code and js is using callbacks, this results in true Callback Hell.

  • All app code runs asynchronously while js code doesn't.

  • Installation is not a simple .exe but an actual guide (i managed to screw it up, had to system restore to easily remove created files. But it should be rather simple).

Supported Platforms :

  • android

  • ios, can't compile for ios on non-apple though (thanks apple!)

  • browser (basically webserver)

  • windows

  • windows 8 app

  • windows phone 8

  • blackberry 10

  • and more...

Upvotes: 3

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