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kuschelino
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January 23, 2013
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AIR right solution for us? (multiple Plattform, iOS, Android, Win 8, Win RT, Windows Phone 8

  • January 23, 2013
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We have to implement a APP for this plattforms.

Windows 8

Windows 8 RT

Windows Phone,

Android

iOS.

First it seems that PhoneGap could the right  framework for us. But PhoneGap has a limitation about the size of the local database, 5 MB, (if i unserstand right).

But our database can be more than 10 mb.

Required basic features are?

  • Sync data with an online database.
  • Create photos with camera and upload (is camera available on an Windows 8 Netbook in AIR?)
  • Potential speech recognition, this means the APP displays an textarea and user can create some text in it with speech recognition (possible with native device features?).

I know this are many questions.

I hope somebody is reading this thread.

I'm reading the roadmap of adobe AIR, but there are no comments about the new Windows 8 Phone.

I am looking forward for answers.

Kind Regards

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rgbastrost
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March 19, 2013

For truly curious, you can use Haxe -- it will allow compilation to all listed platforms. But really, when you talk about Windows 8 as desktop OS, and others are mobile OSs, are you trying to create one fits all app? It doesn't work that way, I'm afraid.

You could your core objects in C++, create interfaces for each particular platform and then use Marmalade to compile to mobile OSs and xCode or Visual Studio to compile to OS x/Windows OSs.

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kuschelinoAuthor
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March 19, 2013

Thanks for your reply rgbastrost. Can you tell me more about Haxe (url?). I never heared about this before.

Kind Regards

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rgbastrost
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March 19, 2013

Err, man, really? Asking for URL, really?

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kuschelinoAuthor
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February 18, 2013

Is there no one who has some opinion about this?

Colin Holgate
Colin Holgate
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February 18, 2013

AIR is out of the question for all of those platforms. An HTML 5 solution might work, though you might need to use a variety of wrappers to get all those platforms. Also, you would need to be sure that you can do all the features of your app just using HTML 5, which seems unlikely (unless it's just a web page in an app).

As an aside, if the app is too simple it may get rejected when you submit it to the iTunes app store.

Your best option may be to use AIR for iOS and Android, then use various other tools to hit the other platforms.

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kuschelinoAuthor
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February 18, 2013

Thanks a lot for your answer.

I read the white paper from adobe about flash and air, and i saw there is no Modern UI support planned in the future (and a i saw only windows 8 on x86 CPU's --> no chance for air on Windows 8 RT (ARM CPU, right?), and no Adobe Air on Windows 8 Phone?

I do not understand why adobe is not supported this, because i think air is the better cross plattform solution for complex apps as phonegap (limited by browser of the OS), and the flash player is available on windows 8 RT.

I am playing around with phonegap, and i think it is good for small apps with some "internet features". But it is not very handy if you need  a lot of business logic in your application or if you need a lot of data (local database > 10 mb), it is the wrong solution too, isn't it?

I see, the  dream of "one code, multiple devices" are really restricted, and it is very hard to make the right decision, because the adobe white papers are so vague.

Kind Regards

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