PhoneGap is emerging as the clear winner for cross-platform mobile app development amongst the many options available now. We are seeing an increasing demand for developing hybrid apps using PhoneGap these days. Some major reasons for PhoneGap's success is it being free and the vast number of plugins available for implementing various features - like push notifications, ads, in-app purchases. What do you plan to use for your next cross-platform app?

1. Why PhoneGap is
emerging as a
winner

2. Need of Hybrid
app development
tools

3. Tools for developing hybrid apps are gaining momentum
with both developers and clients
For developers
Quick way to get into app ecosystem without learning
new technologies - working with web technologies
Lower investment for developer tools
Multiple platforms - one code base
Easy maintainability of code
For clients
Multiple platforms - one developer
•Lowered cost

4. Most well known tools for hybrid app development
For Data-driven apps
PhoneGap
Titanium
Sencha Touch
RhoMobile
Most well-known
tools

5. 2D/2.5D Games
Corona
Cocos2d-x
GameSalad
HTML5
3D Games
Unity3D
Most well-known
tools

6. From a developer perspective
Free & Open source
Use of standard web development - any text editor,
firebug (no investment on special tools)
Most important & most used plugins are free
in-app purchase, push notifications, ads
Why PhoneGap is
doing better than
most

7. From a developer perspective (Cont.)
No need to know native APIs and native app
dev is almost completely abstract
Development of the tool is at a much faster
pace compared to other tools in this space
Larger dev community to help
Why PhoneGap is
doing better than
most

8. From a customer perspective
Support for all major platforms with one code
base - iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows mobile,
Web
Using a service like PhoneGap Build, get app
store ready builds without native dev
environments
Why PhoneGap is
doing better than
most

9. Drawbacks - only a few compared to other platforms for
data-driven apps
Apps are rendered in web view. So the UI quality
depends on the web view rendering engine of the
platform
You need a Mac to start development using PhoneGap
which is a high initial investment
Why PhoneGap is
doing better than
most

10. Have questions or need guidance with your app?
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