Sencha vs Native SDK

[TommyMaintz]

You could put your Sencha Touch app into something like PhoneGap to use native capabilities. We are planning on writing tutorials that show you how to do this.

[xantus]

I tried only some feature of Android SDK using emulator and some (<5 model) mobile phones.

But the point is not the difficult of developing using objective-c or java but the feature available...

Sencha will be also easier than native SDK but it doesn't provide access to needed API

Like I said before, you can get access to the apis you mentioned by using phonegap with sencha touch.

[sbwoodside]

Reviving an old thread here, but I think native developers aren't thinking enough about the impact that Sencha Touch should have on their choice of frameworks. We've thought about it a bit ... our thoughts at: http://monolithinteractive.com/2011/...web-or-native/

Basically I think that for content-style apps you're probably better off going with Sencha Touch and maybe PhoneGap ... or embedding Sencha Touch manually. But for stuff that requires a more sophisticated user experience ... native is still better. The main advantage as I see it is you can hire a web developer for way less than a native developer... not a great reason but economics always wind up in charge.

[SimonFlack]

The main advantage as I see it is you can hire a web developer for way less than a native developer... not a great reason but economics always wind up in charge.

I don't know if I agree regarding the native versus web developer comment. Its not like your requirements change based on who you hire to do the work. We are not talking HTML here. Getting a sencha touch app running well requires a good understanding of javascript, css, browsers and web technology. Yeah you could hire a run of the mill web developer and cut and paste a sencha app together on a budget. But you could also grab any developer and do the same with native code too. If you want a good app you need good developers and designers. I was primarily a c# developer until we needed to develop a mobile app last year. We choose sencha because it gave us the ability to build a cross platform business app that worked well and didn't need to go via app store and market. That's a big pluss in line of business apps where you may need to patch bugs immediately so that your customers can get back to work. I honestly believe html5 is the future of business mobil apps. So much so that I quit my job and started a new company that will definitely be using sencha touch to deliver great mobile experiences and port existing business applications to mobile platforms.

[lorandT]

Hi,

Can you show me an application on android market which use most off Sencha features because I'm beginner and I want to see what we can implement with Sencha.
Or show me some custom things implemented with Sencha, the examples are good, but what will happen when we need to implement something not so Sencha specific.

thx, Lorand

[SimonFlack]

https://market.android.com/details?i...efox.yggdrasil

This app contains basic sencha components, uses plugins and has a custom rating component.

Hope this helps.