<p dir="ltr">My title at Cox Media Group is Mobile Architect. The question I always ask in planning meetings is, "what features require native code?". Most of the time I can accomplish everything they want, except for "being in the app store" with an HTML5 web app. Sometimes they have a legit feature that requires PhoneGap. Most of the time the only reason we need PhoneGap to get in the app stores.</p>
<p dir="ltr">So, what does your app do? What feature do you need native code to accomplish?<br><br></p>
<p dir="ltr">Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3 using the Swype software keyboard.<br>
--Richard Bronosky</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 17, 2013 5:29 PM, "Ron Frazier (ALE)" <<a href="mailto:atllinuxenthinfo@techstarship.com">atllinuxenthinfo@techstarship.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I'm considering doing some android development, mainly for hobby level playing with my tablet, as opposed to commercialization. If I came up with something really cool, I wouldn't mind commercializing it.<br>
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I don't necessarily want to learn Java for a few different reasons related to security, kludgy code, etc. So, I have the following questions?<br>
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A) Is anyone developing for Android in a language other than Java? If so, how do you like it?<br>
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B) Has anyone tried AppInventor, formerly from Google and now MIT? If so, how do you like it?<br>
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C) Is there any viable alternative to Java for developing and commercializing moderately complex android apps? Think apps like, a text editor, a contact database, a basic music player, a movie database, a metric units converter, etc.<br>
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Sincerely,<br>
<br>
Ron<br>
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