Android Cross Platform Development using Phonegap

Presented to the Florida Android group on June 2010

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1. Presented by Damian Montero Online Marking Guy/ iPhone Playa! http://tinyurl.com/MultiplatformPresentation Multi-platform Development Or Which is better? iPhone or Android? (hint, neither...it's Nokia!)
2. Multi-platform Development
3. So....Who Am I? Damian Montero - Had a internet Email 19 years ago - Web Developer for 15 years - Got into Mobile App Development in 2003 w/ WM2002 - Know how to speak french.... In russian Multi-platform Development
4. Should you Develop for the iPhone? - 10,000,000 iPhone + iPod Touch + IPad -220,000+ Apps that are advertized on TV - $1,000,000,000 Handed out to developers - No Credit Card Required for Apps - In-App Purchases Multi-platform Development
5. Should you Develop for the Anroid? - More Android Phones sold than iPhone every month (At least in the US) - 160,000 Android Phones A DAY - Less Competition (Users looking for same kinds of apps) - More access to all the features of the phone. Multi-platform Development
6. Should you Develop for Blackberry? - Even Steve Jobs agrees. Blackberry is #1 - Everyone has one and they always will - Less Competition (Users looking for same kinds of apps) - App World NOW makes it easy? Multi-platform Development
7. Is that it? No more Platforms? Multi-platform Development
8. Ever heard of Nokia? - Ovi Store is free - Same as iPhone App store. No Credit card - Apple sold 10,000,000 iPhones in 3 years. Nokia sold 1,000,000 phones in january of this year. - Nokia will: "make smartphones cheap enough for Developing markets" - $20 phones (UNSUBSIDIZED) Multi-platform Development
9. So what's the answer? What should we develop for? Multi-platform Development
10. ALL OF THEM! Multi-platform Development
11. Develop once. Publish everywhere Same language for all platforms. Different developers for different tasks, not platforms New platforms take less time. Investment is per project, not per platform. You can win in a platform you didn't think about. Multi-platform Development
12. Websites or Apps Multi-platform Development
13. Here are SOME of the technologies I found Nitobi's Phone Gap Appcelerator's Titanium Ansca Mobile's corona Multi-platform Development
14. Phone Gap PRO Lots of Platforms: - iPhone, Android, Blackbery, Nokia, Windows Mobile 6.5, WebOS, Nokia WRT, Nokia Maemo, Windows Mobile 7 - Lots of examples and programmers using it. - Free (completely) - Training and support is cheap CON - Documentation is weak. - Some features are only on a few platform Multi-platform Development
15. Appcelerator's Titanium PRO -All Major Platforms: iPhone OS, Android, Blackberry, and iPad - Best Documentation and support I've seen with any company - Easy to learn. Mainly Javascript CON - There are free and PAID versions. Paid can be as much as $200 a month! - Does not support Blackberry YET unless you pay - it's javascript but with added changes. Multi-platform Development
16. Corona PRO - Local Support - Programming is EASY - Paid version is only $99/year - OpenGL-ES support CON - no pay? no publish code. - Probably not allowed by apple Multi-platform Development
17. Things to look out for - Won't be able to do everything - Less support - Might be slow compared to real in platform development - Apple might now allow it. - Your "works everywhere" code might need tuning per platform - The technology you've chosen might not continue and you might be left behind. - Additional cost. Multi-platform Development
18. Things you WILL have access to - Geolocation (GPS and other ways) - Accelerometer - Camera - Vibration - Contacts - SqLite - File System IO - SMS - Multitouch - Sounds (Play AND record) - Maps and Google Maps access - Orientation Change. Multi-platform Development
19. App Store Prices iPhone - $99/Year - Unlimited Free and Paid Apps Android - $25/Year - Unlimited Free and Paid Apps Blackberry - $200/year - 10 App submissions (including upg.) WebOS (Palm/HP) - No idea? Anyone know? Nokia - Free (there are costs but not if you use WRT) Windows Mobile - Free for now. Windows Phone 7- $99/Year- Unlimited paid, but only 20 free Multi-platform Development
20. Shall we say it? Adobe Flash Multi-platform Development
21. I am: Damian Montero Twitter.com/DamianMontero www.MonedLLC.com 3Guys 1Phone.com http://tinyurl.com/MultiplatformPresentation Multi-platform Development