What do you think from a customer’s end regarding
User-experience? Doubtless, there could be only one answer. Regardless to what device they have in front
of them, be it a Windows PC at work, or an Apple iPad at the local coffee shop or an Android*
phone on the go- the mobile application must work, intact.
So... why HTML5?
Instead of deluging in programming technologies such as C#
and Windows APIs and Visual Studio, ObjectiveC and iOS APIs and Xcode; Java and
Android APIs and Eclipse, etc cross-platform HTML5 languages focuses your
efforts on the things that really matter, starting from developing the right
features for your app without failing user experience.
Today’s cross-platform apps need to adapt to varying screen
sizes, resolutions, aspect ratios and orientations and, yes this is both an opportunity
and challenge. HTML5 code are packed and been deployed as a locally installed
hybrid web app rather than running within a sandboxed browser window frame.
This article will explain the following best practices for
building cross-platform HTML5 apps for enterprises:
Supportive to All
the APIs Used By Your App
ü HTML5
browser is a first-class programming language supported by some of the latest development
tools, including Microsoft Visual Studio, Appcelerator Titanium and Node.js.
ü Also,
the HTML5 runtimes implemented on your target platforms will always support
slightly different APIs but a nuisance for app development. However, using
Cordova, you can take advantage of device capabilities to deliver rich and
contextual user experiences.
Adaptive To Provide
A Good User Experience
ü Based
on screen dimensions and, adjust padding around the UI components to better accommodate
various aspect ratios, you can scale your UI components and fonts.
ü Instead
of loading a different image asset optimized for a different resolution, propose
web standards for support of responsive images.
Managing “Quirks
The fast evolution of the HTML5 standard behaves
differently as a function of the target platform, optically different in the
behaviour of platform runtimes to complicate cross-platform development. Say, Android
platform shows inconsistent behaviour over audio and video playback across
various manufacturer implementations. Such differences can be easily overcome
by the use of cross-platform JavaScript library APIs that mask runtime
implementation differences such as Modernizr.
In order to serve the app developers, HTML5 technology is
applied to building device applications that will help you to write once and
deploy across multiple platforms.
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