Chapter 6
Creating a GUI with HTML/JavaScript and AIR
The Android SDK and development environment provide a rich set of tools for developing applications. The biggest drawback to these tools is their lack of cross-platform support. It is true that many of the simpler Java classes provide some level of cross-platform functionality, but when it comes to the UI, it is a different story. It would be a considerable task to write an Android application in a display-agnostic way using the standard Android tool chain. One solution to this cross-platform problem is to write your application in an alternative language and framework that is supported on Android.
At this stage in the game, JavaScript probably provides a developer with the greatest number ...
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