[LRUG] Rhodes / AppMobi / Titanium

[George Palmer]

They do seem to update for the new iOS/Android releases quite quickly (~2
weeks after general availability) but they often don't include the new APIs
with that.

On 20 January 2012 09:36, Jason Green <jason.green at nogeek.org> wrote:

> Cheers George
>
> Out of interest have you done any work on it since what's support like for
> ios updates etc
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 20 Jan 2012, at 07:24, George Palmer <george.palmer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I used Titanium for a project at the end of last year which I was drawn to
> by the ability to offer native interfaces across all platforms.  Whilst the
> technology is quite impressive there are some annoying bugs - for example
> updating the data source for a list doesn't update the UI element despite
> claims it does.  The support is poor and generally they aren't too
> interested in fixing the bugs rather than focussing on the next version.
>  That said I found bugs workable round and it certainly was the best of the
> 3 options when I looked into it September time last year.  As with all the
> mobile frameworks if you're looking to do something complex you'll be
> better off going down the native route.
>
> On 19 January 2012 18:11, Jason Green <jason.green at nogeek.org> wrote:
>
>> Yeah its a trade off with that, no native stuff like accelerometer or
>> push notifications
>>
>>  Jason Green
>> jason.green at nogeek.org
>>
>>
>>
>> On 19 Jan 2012, at 18:02, Glenn Gillen wrote:
>>
>> Not that I've "launched" anything serious, but I've been opting for HTML5
>> with responsive styles/media queries to give a native-like experience.
>> Great for quickly prototyping. If I need access to device APIs I'll move to
>> PhoneGap. I'm considering it a lean approach, I can validate the idea
>> easily and iterate towards a native client later if there is actual demand.
>>
>> G
>>
>> - from my mobile, excuse the spellnig
>>
>> On 19 Jan 2012, at 09:38, Riccardo Tacconi <rtacconi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Some guys I know are using Phone Gap, so you can develop with JavaScript
>> and compile the app in the native application you want.
>>
>> On 19 January 2012 18:30, Aleksandar Simic <asimic at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Jason Green <jason.green at nogeek.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > Was wondering if anyone has had any experience with Rhodes / Appmobi /
>>> > Titanium and what they preferred?
>>> > Appmobi seems to be a bit slow on older phones and Titanium seemed a
>>> little
>>> > bit of a mess last time I used it, but it has probably come on since
>>> then? I
>>> > haven't had any experience of Rhodes but it does look quick cool.
>>> >
>>> > I am looking for something that provides a super quick experience for
>>> the
>>> > end user, but is quick to get out cross platform. Any ideas much
>>> appreciated
>>> > :-)
>>>
>>> Hi Jason,
>>>
>>> I've used Rhodes on Blackberry phones, fairly newer models.
>>>
>>> The main reason I chose it was because it looked so similar to Rails
>>> and you get to write Ruby (in ERB templates). But in the end all it
>>> does is creates a native web server, that is embedded within the app
>>> that serves the pages. The load time is noticeable, while the web
>>> server loads up. It is only a few seconds, but ... it isn't native,
>>> and the interface is all web pages.
>>>
>>> The slug the framework produces is about 1.9MB in size, compared to
>>> <100KB a native app would. 1.8MB is there constantly plus your app.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps,
>>> Alex
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