If there is an already existing Android app and now it has to be turned into hybrid app supporting both Android and iOS, how should I do that?
Native Android apps are written in Java.
Hybrid apps are written in HTML, JS and CSS.
You will need to recreate your logic and UI from scratch.
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I have a question: I'm going to develop an AR app with viro for react native.
Will I be able to publish the project without the Viro Media app that they're suggesting for development?
Of course, you can create an independent Viro app and build it either from Android Studio or by exploiting the React Native CLI, as it is described here.
Remember to use an ARCore supported device to access native modules and the AR functionalities.
I'm developing a React Native application. We are using Fabric for beta testing. Is it possible to upload
Android app with split APKs ("armeabi-v7a" and "x86")
iOS app
with the same package ID?
Thanks! Yes this is possible, however you will need to create blank apps in AS and Xcode to get the initial skeleton setup in Fabric. Then you will be able to distribute your React Native app for both platforms.
I want to build a simple read-only app which should run on Android, iOS, Windows, OSX and Linux.
Does electron support mobile platform?
I couldn't figure out which one should I go for.
Electron include chrome engine to render web pages as Native apps with support for different plugins to add desktop apps features.
Electrino doesn't include any render engine it uses the Safari engine on the Mac so the installation file is smaller than Electron.
There's no support for Windows yet.
React Native is using a cross-platform render to Android and iOS.
Example: <Text> on Android will be TextView and on iOS will be UITextField
React Native Web made React Native work on web
Example: <Text> on web will be <p> or <label> not sure
and after that, it can work on the desktop by electron
You can build universal apps by using this template by React Native code.
Also if you want a specific target you can add component.web.js or .electron.js
or .android.js or .ios.js so it will render to this target only
https://github.com/react-everywhere/re-start/tree/react-16
Take a look at PWAs. These can be installed on almost all the major mobile and desktop platforms plus it is a web app.
https://developers.google.com/web/progressive-web-apps
Electron does not support mobile platforms, but it will be difficult to use one framework for mobile apps and computer apps.
I would recomment to use phonegap for mobile and electron for the computer application
Can I use Onsen UI with my Worklight hybrid applications? Specifically, while using the Worklight Studio for development?
Since it seems to be compatible with Cordova and JQuery on the surface it looks like it does.
As Idan said, you'll need to perform some manual work and you cannot use cordova tools. I was able to create a WL hybrid app project, add the references as in their Guide, deploy to WL Server and open the app in the Mobile Browser Simulator. It took 3 minutes.
I'm confused. What are the differences between Sencha, Titanium, and Cappuccino?
(I'm assuming you're talking about Appcelerator Titanium.)
Probably the biggest difference is the language used. Cappuccino uses a language called Objective-J, which is VERY similar to the Objective-C language used for native Mac and iPhone/iPad apps, but then gets compiled into Javascript for a web app. The other two use HTML/JS like a native web app.
Also, there's the big question of what the application actually looks like on a mobile platform, and what features it can access. Cappuccino and Sencha, AFAIK, allow you to design web apps that are optimized for mobile. But, since they're just glorified web pages, they won't be able to get things like accelerometer or GPS data; they aren't native iPhone or Android apps. Titanium, however, compiles to a native iPhone or Android app and allows you to do those things. Titanium can also compile to a native desktop application.
Hope this helps!
Sencha is the web-based javascript framework to develop webapp. You must use Sencha with other platform such as PhoneGap in order to run this webapp in iPhone / Android. There are many web-based javascript framework like Sencha such as jQuery Mobile, Magic Framework, xUI...
Titanium is different. It also use Javascript for develop app. But Titanium will compile these javascript to objective-C code. It mean when using Titanium, you develop native app, not webapp as PhoneGap.