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		redthrowaway on Feb 15, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nokia Plan B `Building cross-platform apps that run on all of them in C++ is also doable, since you can share the business-logic.` What about the OS-specific APIs? I would be more confident in a mono-type framework that makes Android ports much easier.

bad_user on Feb 15, 2011 [–]

If you want the best user-experience, you have to use the OS-specific APIs.

Otherwise your best options are Webview components + HTML + Javascript + some native hooks to provide the missing functionality. Works quite well, take a look at PhoneGap + JQuery mobile / jQTouch.

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