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To code iPhone / iPad applications, which one is better cordova or xcode?
Thanks in advance
To code iPhone / iPad applications, which one is better cordova or xcode?
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iOS Xcode Vs Cordova
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Cordova, for anyone wondering like I was, is PhoneGap. It's not something new that you've never heard of (unless you've never heard of PhoneGap, in which case it is).
I've never tried PhoneGap. It seems to mostly make subpar apps. I'm as interested in using it as I am in making a Java Swing app (which is to say I'd use it if I needed it to run on every platform known to man without needing it to actually have a good UX on any platform. I have used Java Swing before, and still use it sometimes for internal tools that will be used by tech-illiterate people who need to use the tool on numerous different platforms.)
I've never tried PhoneGap. It seems to mostly make subpar apps. I'm as interested in using it as I am in making a Java Swing app (which is to say I'd use it if I needed it to run on every platform known to man without needing it to actually have a good UX on any platform. I have used Java Swing before, and still use it sometimes for internal tools that will be used by tech-illiterate people who need to use the tool on numerous different platforms.)
Cordova: Apps written in JavaScript and HTML.
Pros: Write once, use multiple places.
Cons: Not elegant, its slow, no native animations and you don't have access to everything on the phone.
Xcode: Apps written in Objective-C and Swift.
Pros: Fast, has access to everything the phone can provide, easy to build GUI interface and Apples preferred method of writing applications.
Cons: A bit steeper learning curve and apps can only be run on iOS.
Xcode hands down is the way to go.
Pros: Write once, use multiple places.
Cons: Not elegant, its slow, no native animations and you don't have access to everything on the phone.
Xcode: Apps written in Objective-C and Swift.
Pros: Fast, has access to everything the phone can provide, easy to build GUI interface and Apples preferred method of writing applications.
Cons: A bit steeper learning curve and apps can only be run on iOS.
Xcode hands down is the way to go.
Yeah I was rather terse wasn't I?
You can get Xocde with the iOS SDK as a single download. Not only do get Xcode itself which is great for editing code. You get other tools like the iOS Simulator; Instruments (and other various tools) which can help you fine tune your code. And all of this with device support built in.
I just bought a MacBook Pro, and I would like to code an application related to my web page, since iPhone, iPad cannot read videos and audios on the web, I would like to make an application to replace that on devices, which one you recommend to me to learn?
Oh, in that case, I would just change the format of the videos so that they play on iOS. I'm not sure what formats Mobile Safari can play, but I know that they definitely exist. Might be a question to bring up in the web programming / design forums, or you could probably just search the web and find out.
It is not free
Not all the videos are free, but there is a plethora of free written tutorials, which, I feel are much better to learn from.
Watching someone write code isn't as elegant as reading a tutorial. Its annoying to watch a video then try and find the screen with code on it to double check what needs to be typed.
http://www.raywenderlich.com/38557/learn-to-code-ios-apps-1-welcome-to-programming
XCode hands down.
I'm currently doing an emergency re-write of a Phonegap app at work because the thing is just flaky as hell. The guys who made it too aren't amateurs by any means, Phonegap just isnt a good way to make apps.
Not to mention it's debugging hell.
I'm currently doing an emergency re-write of a Phonegap app at work because the thing is just flaky as hell. The guys who made it too aren't amateurs by any means, Phonegap just isnt a good way to make apps.
Not to mention it's debugging hell.
Correct. It may work for something very simple but it has been way more of a pain than it was worth.