Android & iOS: How to develop for both?

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fouad picture fouad · Nov 4, 2010 · Viewed 13k times · Source

I want to develop an application for both android and iOS devices. Is there a way to develop the application once and deploy on both? Or is it a must to develop for each platform separately?

Answer

mikerobi picture mikerobi · Nov 4, 2010

If you want applications that provide a native experience, then you will have to write separate applications.

I think the best place to start is with a really nice web version optimized for mobile browsers. I think the nicest web apps are better than a lot of the native apps, but they aren't competitive with the better native apps.

There are also a couple of options like Titanium or PhoneGap, which are kind of hybrid web/native systems, they use web technology to build native apps.

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