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App development for Android and iphone - advice please

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OtleyLad

Joined: 13 Jan 2007
Posts: 2737
Location: Otley, West Yorkshire

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 15 6:03 am Post subject: App development for Android and iphone - advice please

I've had yet another brain wave and want to finally take the plunge and develop an app for mobile phones.
It will involve interaction with a mysql database sat on a webserver.
I've written major programs for windows in C and done lots of perl cgi stuff as well as a little php. My knowledge of java is old though and mostly forgotten.
What books (happy to buy), resources, IDE would you recommend? Is there a single IDE for apps for both Android and iphone platforms?
Any advice welcome...

OtleyLad

Joined: 13 Jan 2007
Posts: 2737
Location: Otley, West Yorkshire

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 15 4:23 pm Post subject: Re: App development for Android and iphone - advice please

OtleyLad wrote:

Doesn't anyone know nuffin?

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42219
Location: North Devon

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 15 4:43 pm Post subject:
Prolly not. I don't think our techies are that sort.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46239
Location: yes

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 15 4:47 pm Post subject:
c++ is the last pro level programming stuff i know a little about and i can still crash a windoze machine into dos and order it about,i have enough bother using and fettling the things these days let alone writing new stuff or if you needed advice on a/d electro-mechanical interfaces for bbc basic im yer(rather old)man . sorry im not that sort of engineer as they say at nasa

joanne

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7100
Location: Morecambe, Lancashire

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 15 5:56 pm Post subject: Re: App development for Android and iphone - advice please

OtleyLad wrote:

It depends on what you want to do, there are so many ways to skin a cat so to speak. If you aren't going native then you need to look at HTML 5, CSS 3, Javascript and JQuery Mobile, frameworks like AngularJS, as for IDE's take a look at Brackets.

As for databases, there is far more out there now than just MySQL for mobile apps, you really need to learn about holding state in apps. For instance if you loose data connection in a bad signal area, you want to be able to write back to the server once reconnected.

I've done a little for a payment system at work but it's a massive area and I've got a couple of ideas myself that I've not had time to look at properly.

joanne

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7100
Location: Morecambe, Lancashire

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 15 5:59 pm Post subject:
Also https://www.infoworld.com/article/2606611/mobile-development/113034-10-cutting-edge-mobile-development-tools.html#slide2

SteveP

Joined: 23 Jan 2008
Posts: 155
Location: North Devon

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 15 7:49 am Post subject:
The IDE (not used that particular version) is available free from MS. https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/downloads#d-express-windows-8?CR_CC=200395106 The blurb says:- A rich, integrated development environment for creating stunning applications for Windows, Android, and iOS, as well as modern web applications and cloud service Maybe a suitable starting point.

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Posts: 6612
Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 15 6:28 pm Post subject:
You could run through codeacademy.com for a (potentially too simplistic) primer on Java (this is advice from a non-coder, mind you)

OtleyLad

Joined: 13 Jan 2007
Posts: 2737
Location: Otley, West Yorkshire

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 15 6:46 am Post subject:
Thanks everyone for all those tips. Now I've got to start learning!

RichardW

Joined: 24 Aug 2006
Posts: 8443
Location: Llyn Peninsular North Wales

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 15 3:22 pm Post subject:
What ever you do make sure that your app only need permissions for the things it actually needs. To many want rectal exams or control of your world before you can install them.

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