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First time creating an app for Android and IOS – Facebook api

I’m trying to create an app for Andriod and IOS, but i have no clue how to do the front-end and have a hard time deciding to use HTML5, CSS & JS or Objective objective C/Java.

I’ts going to be use network options, checkout-features, joined checkout-features. Maps api, facebook api.

I’ve got expierence in HTML5, CSS3, SASS, PHP and JS.

I’ve tried looking online, but i’ve still got no clue how to do the front-end for app.

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    I started developing native apps years ago. The last 2 years I’ve been using only hybrid possibilities. Designing and developing an app in HTML / CSS / JS is much easier and more efficiently.

    I recommend taking a look at Phonegap, Ionic, Framework7. These are open source and there are already some templates.

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    For android:
    I would recommend using Android Studio.
    It is a powerful tool for creating an android app – the front end can be implemented by dragging and dropping items or by using xml.
    It is easy to use and there a lot of tutorials online.

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    To answer your question, you will use framework like phonegrap, Titanium Appcelarator and I guess you can use NativeScript, Ionic, Framework7 as well. For Titanium, you have to use different environment for different app (OSX for iOS products and OsX, Windows or Linux distros to run android app) and have it’s own syntax and everything. Language is one of Javascript versions (I am guessing, I have used it once 2 years ago). And Phonegap and other Frameworks use a varient of JS, so basically you will have to use HTML and CSS to work with UI. However, you will face some hardware constraint like unable to access hardware buttons (from my experience with one project some months ago) and memory management and other functionalities will mostly depend on your JS coding skill.

    [My opinion] I believe, the best way to develop an app is to develop in its native language/framework. I believe it. Unless you’re bound to use Html, JS to build app (you can!), don’t use those. Java is there to help you with Android Development, since I am an developer, I can tell you that starting might seem a bit difficult than iOS development. But in the end, communities like stackOverFlow and thousands of thousands blogs will help you. Same case for iOS app development. You can find lots of different tutorials. New Bostons tutorial helped with android however, it’s contents are bit old (android 2.3) and mostly everything has changed since. However, you can check his iOS app development with Swift. Learning a new language is mostly like learning how to ride bicycle. If you can know how to ride, keep learning the advance parts after basic mechanics, you can become a pro one day. However, for that you have to pass a whole cartoon of hurdles (unknown bugs, sleepless nights to name a few) like the falls you did when learning how to ride.
    I would really suggest you to focus on building a real stack.

    Happy coding!

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    I’m an iOS developer on the native side. If you want to do native development, I would recommend Stanford course CS193P by Paul Hegarty. You can find this course on iTunes U, Coursera and other MOOC platforms. For advanced features, follow a GitHub repo called “awesome-ios” where you’ll learn some production level stuff for iOS apps. If you want to do hybrid apps, have a look at PhoneGap, Ionic, React.

    In either case, you would be able to implement features you’ve described in your question.

    Tools needed for Native Development: a machine which runs macOS and Xcode(free download from app store).

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