Best cross-mobile javascript framework (iPhone/Android)

Question

Hi all,

Id like to create a small cross-mobile javascript application, which consists of a form and a grid as result. I also want to display some images, with something similar to lightbox. I coded an home maded prototype but id like to add 'touch' effects and support multiple screens easyly.

I looked at JqTouch but its very slow on my HTC magic/android. Also found XuiJs but cant find any working example !

Anyone found something light, nice, and iPhone+Android compatible ?

Also, is it possible to access some of the phone API using javascript ?

Thanx

EDIT : just found a nice Android/iPhone web frameworks comparison here

EDIT2 : Sensa Touch and Wink are the newcomers for pure web apps.

If you want a minimal mobile-enabled webpage, just add this meta :

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/>

Answer 1

Take a look at phonegap.

Answer 2

I've had luck with web apps developed in iui looking good on both the iPhone and Droid platforms.

Answer 3

Finally, Sencha Touch from ExtJs just landed. ouf !

its open source, and built with jqTouch creator, David Kaneda, with ExtJs great patterns.

http://www.sencha.com/deploy/touch/examples/kitchensink/

seems to be the missing lib for mobile web app dev

Answer 4

You could use Titanium Appcelerator they are using java script without html and until now I found them to deliver the best native look on both platforms.

Answer 5

There is also wink, a new open source initiative of the Dojo foundation with some cool widgets

Answer 6

In addition to wink, don't forget Dojo itself. You can use the normal version to develop web apps that run nicely in several mobile web browsers, or you can use the optimized versions as outlined in Dojo 1.5: Ready to power your web app:

A number of new Dojo Toolkit and Dojo Foundation initiatives are underway:

• dojox.mobile: lightweight mobile web widgets
• dojox.mobile.app: mobile application development framework
• embedjs: Dojo API, optimized for mobile
• TouchScroll: scrolling layer for WebKit Mobile
• wink: mobile web app toolkit

And what is possible in phones with Javascript? Have a look at this book: Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Answer 7

jQuery Mobile, which has just gone into beta, provides a cross-mobile framework including UI widgets.

The widgets are a little too iPhone-inspired for my tastes (it would look very out of place on anything but iOS and possibly Android), but it's at least a good foundation.