I was talking with a friend about developing a mobile app (android/iphone) but I've never messed around with mobile app development code before. My friend flippantly told me that I don't need to know mobile app code... because there are converters out there that convert your code to mobile app code. My question is two-fold:Is this true? Where can I find these fabled converters and are they any good? I'm pretty handy with PHP/Javascript/Java (in order of skill level). Which mobile application language would be a good starting place? Or... which of my following code languages convert the best to mobile app language?
Mobile App Development Language Converter?
android;iphone;source code;mobile
I haven't actually tested them, but have made some research and I found that there are some more like Phonegap, you should look at Titanium from Appcelerator or if you have a game oriented idea you should look into Corona from AnscaMobile.I've found at least one success history of a boy who used Corona for a mobile app. If you want to get some nice comparisons between all of them, you should check out this question at SO.If you have a background on Java, you should start better off with Android, it should be easier for you to get a grip, because the dev language is Java, besides it seems that is growing stronger by the second, and the market experiences I've read are not so bad. EDIT I forgot placing a reference to Phonegap, which is another way to accomplish the same results, but uses HTML, Javascript and CSS, so if you have done any sort of web development, it should be quite easy to learn. The question I referenced above considered Phonegap in the comparison as well, I think that this is the best answer (funny enough isn't the chosen one... :))Hope I can help!