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by marknutter
4594 days ago
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Netflix has been using HTML5 for their mobile apps for years and the vast majority of people you will ask about it, developers or otherwise, probably don't realize it. It can be done, and is being done by many apps out there. And no, it does not take as much effort as writing N native apps for N platforms. |
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There's no argument that it can or can't be done, only that the time and cost to implement is equal to or greater than implementing N native apps. Wouldn't mind a contradictory citation for apps that have taken the plunge and found it to be worthwhile, and that the write-once-run-anywhere promise was fulfilled to their satisfaction.
You'll notice that the Windows Phone Netflix app certainly isn't using the same approach as the iOS and Android counterparts, and the iOS/Android versions use a non-trivial amount of native UI components for their respective platforms.