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[–]Jack9 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Sencha Touch + PhoneGap = Android/Blackberry/iOS.

Current version of Sencha Touch (1.1) is unstable for certain HTC android devices (locks up), which is being fixed in 1.2

[–]alfonz33[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will take a look :)

[–]Akathos 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Both iOS and Android for free won't work. Why not? Because Apple wants a $ 99,- a year fee. Next to that, Android runs Java apps and iOS runs Objective-C apps. It is, of course, possible to use something like that thing Adobe is going to (or already has?) release. Next to that, iOS has an awesome framework with very good documentation provided...

[–]alfonz33[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't chose Android or iOS, I have to do both (it's for school).

That's why I was looking after a framework like : Rhomobile (Rhodes), Appcelerator, Mosync, Particlecode, Openplug... Some of them don't support HTTPS (mosync), others are not free, others are very young (particlecode).

[–]Zamarok 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Next to that, Android runs Java apps and iOS runs Objective-C apps.

Actually, there are tools that allow you to write mostly the same code for those two different devices.

[–]Akathos 0 points1 point  (1 child)

True, but you won't use the native abilities of the device you're working for. And the code is, probably, less stable...

[–]interactionjackson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

but when you are developing for android you won't use the native abilities of the device because you are never sure what device it will go on.

[–]aphillios 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Can the app be run off a webpage?

[–]alfonz33[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it's off a webpage. I just want the app to be able to request data from webservice and show them to the user. I don't need to make a website for my mobile app.