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Most smartphones use modern browser engines that have implementing HTML 5 (or at least partially). Should I start using HTML 5 for my web application ? Where can I find a list of browser engines used by most popular devices (iPhone,Android,etc.) ? My application doesn't have to work on older desktop browsers.
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The same HTML5 app will work on different mobile operating systems, whether that's iOS, Android, Windows Phone or Blackberry; the upshot of this is that the cost of developing the app is much lower than creating native apps for each OS.
Yes, you read it right in the title of this article. In this article, we are going to build an Android App with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript in Android Studio.
With HTML5, you don't have to choose. You can build your application using powerful HTML5 regardless of the Android operating system version.
But now, anyone with a decent knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript can build a mobile application. One key advantage of using web technology to build your app is Portability. Using a packager/compiler, like PhoneGap, you will be able to port and install your app on many different platforms.
Depending on how commercial/critical your web page is, the answer differs.
If it is CRITICAL that it works on ALL smart-phones, use HTML4, with a view to upgrading it to HTML5.
If it is preferable that it works on most smart-phones HTML5 will be fine. Even where it is not supported, the page will render - it just won't look like you intend. I'm using HTML5 with a couple of additions that help older browsers to render it correctly.
I did a browser test of HTML 5 (with the helpers for older browsers) with the following results:
http://www.stevefenton.co.uk/Content/Blog/Date/200907/Blog/HTML-5-Browser-Test/
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