Using PhoneGap Preferences in an Android Native App

When updating RecipeFolder from a PhoneGap/Cordova hybrid to a Native Java app I initially experienced a euphoria on how quick it was to develop in Android now. 6 months in, and still without having a...

Going Native

Regular readers of this blog, or a casual reader who has looked at my posts will quickly realize that I am a big fan of hybrid apps. I have written extensively on the various frameworks, Phonegap and ...

Ooh! Shiny!

After almost three years running on Jekyll-Bootstrap, and getting the feeling that The Minimum theme wasn't doing it for me any more, I've bit the bullet and switched to a stock Jekyll build. You can ...

Building A Not Very Successful Product For No Money

Every now and then when a technical person tries Recipe Folder out, I get asked about how the application was built and what it runs on. It is kind of an interesting application in that it has quite a...

A Quick Dive into React Native

In my last post's comments, Dave (no other name), suggested that I try (or to be honest try again) React Native. And I thought I would give the whole MobileNativeJavaScript thing one more shot. React ...