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AskHN: Current state of cross-platform mobile development?

5 pointsby fidrelityover 11 years ago
How do current tools for multi-platform development compare? Which tools are available and where&#x27;s the biggest community?<p>I&#x27;m interested in building a relatively simple app that should run on as many devices as possible. The app shouldn&#x27;t rely on any of the phone&#x27;s sensors. I&#x27;m especially interested in creating a good User Experience but since iOS, Android and all the other platforms behave quite differently I feel like this can be a deal breaker.<p>Please share your insights, experience, links and knowledge about developing one app for multiple mobile devices!

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Liongadevover 11 years ago
Adobe AIR works great, has support for some phone features build in, all others can be added using native extensions.<p>Skinning can be done very well, and the app could also run in the browser via flash.<p>The bad part is, AIR is relativly slow on older mobile devices.
_random_over 11 years ago
If idiomatic and flawless user experience is important, but you still want to at least re-use your business logic then your best bet is Xamarin.