Write your app in HTML5, upload it and get back app-store ready apps

Post by shahidhussain » Fri, Sep 30, 2011, 4:30 PM UTC

kwellman wrote: post #19

flyosity wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm fairly certain that the Facebook iPhone app does not UIWebViews to render anything. Their fast-scrolling tableviews are painstakingly crafted from scratch, natively, and (I believe) still use Joe Hewitt's framework for complex view rendering. I know some guys on the Facebook iPhone app team and they're die-hard Cocoa developers, I can't see them ever saying "screw it" and using a UIWebView with HTML.

I just watched this video ( http://gigaom.com/2011/09/27/facebook-mobilize-2011/ ) where Facebook's head of mobile product talks (a tiny bit) about using HTML5 in their mobile products instead of all native development to keep pace with launches on the Facebook desktop site. Check out the video at ~16 minute mark.

Post by ggoodale » Fri, Sep 30, 2011, 4:35 PM UTC

Post by wavephorm » Fri, Sep 30, 2011, 4:43 PM UTC

Post by adolph » Fri, Sep 30, 2011, 4:48 PM UTC

wavephorm wrote: post #25

Upload your website, download a native app. What is wrong with this picture? If you can build your app as a web app and don't require hardware access then I'd think twice whether a native app is required.

Post by dpcan » Fri, Sep 30, 2011, 4:50 PM UTC

wavephorm wrote: post #25

Upload your website, download a native app. What is wrong with this picture? If you can build your app as a web app and don't require hardware access then I'd think twice whether a native app is required.