jquery mobile for apps for IOS and Android?
android, ios, jquery, jquery-mobile
Solution
Take a look at my other answers related to this theme:
- Hybrid apps vs Native apps: Hybrid vs native apps/
Mobile App vs Web App - Apple no longer accepting web apps?: https://stackoverflow.com/a/14436328/1848600
Tutorials: https://stackoverflow.com/a/14375842/1848600
To make a story short. Hybrid apps are still more then acceptable in Apple app store, you just need to accept some guidelines like:
- App must have native look and feel
- Do not use 3rd party payment systems
- Do not use server side technology to render page content, use ajax instead
Problem
I am quite confused with the info I read online. Some say for IOS apps, Apple restricts developers to writing iPhone applications in Objective-C, C, C++ or JavaScript as executed by the iPhone OS WebKit engine. Apps must be originally written in one of these languages and may only use Documented APIs in a manner prescribed by Apple. Only code written in Objective C, C, or C++ may compile and directly link against the Documented APIs. while Android apps use Java. Then I also came across jquery mobile for cross platforms. So I am not sure which route I should take for developing an app. I prefer jquery mobile of course as I think it is not ideal to use two different languages to develop an app. And it takes time to learn Java and Objective-C. So I want to know - can I just use jquery mobile to develop an app for IOS or Android? Below is tutorial on developing an app by using jquery mobile, http://www.noupe.com/tutorial/jquery-mobile-tutorial-creating-a-restaurant-picker-web-app.html