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by ristretto
5443 days ago
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Wouldn't it be better though if we did not have to rely on either apple or google for mobile programming? How about extending trusty old HTML to provide low level Apis for mobile devices? Phone gap does it and it's already proving valuable. As mobile bandwidth is becoming more stable it makes more sense to quit the app store madness and embrace the wild open web as the only app platform. In principle I do not see why there isn't a set of mobile browser extensions already; i suspect that both google and apple will use their platforms as a tool to lock in developers to their own strategies. |
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Building apps with JavaScript is doable, but has performance consequences that are severe on low-power mobile devices.
It's hard to fault Google for providing an open-source Java-compatible OS. It's not their fault if other OS builders are not compatible and actively block cross-platform solutions.
I haven't tried it, but I don't know a reason why one couldn't write an Android native app on Objective-C. You'd need a cross-compiler and technical/legal ability to port Cocoa though, the latter which I suspect would be quite challenging.