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Hybrid mobile apps: Forms and AJAX

Submitted by pindi on Tue, 01/17/2012 - 4:29pm

This is part 3 of a series of posts about the conversion of OneSchool's fully native app to a hybrid HTML/native app. Read part 2 or part 1.

We've set up some basic links between the native and HTML parts of our app. But just links aren't enough for a whole app.

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Hybrid mobile apps: Navigation

Submitted by pindi on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 7:59pm
This is part 2 of a series of posts about the conversion of OneSchool's fully native app to a hybrid HTML/native app. Read part 1. When convering part of an existing native app to HTML, the most important part is making sure the new HTML parts fit seamlessly with the existing native code. To do so, we will employ some clever tricks involving custom schemes.

Hybrid mobile apps: Introduction

Submitted by pindi on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 5:06pm
I've been working at OneSchool for seven months now. In that time, I've overseen development of our core product: a mobile application for college students to connect to the people, places, and things around them. We decided to go native on iPhone and Android from the very beginning to provide the best possible user experince. However, lately I've begun to realize that our fullly native architecture is increasingly unsustainable. In this series of posts, I'll be exploring all the different aspects of making a hybrid HTML/native app.