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Post by egghead on Dec 19, 2016 10:08:05 GMT
Over the weekend, I gave Intel XDK a test drive, not so much to develop using the XDK, but just to test a simple single page app made with jQM over the cloud and over local WiFi without requiring a developer certificate and provisioning profile in case of iOS. In fact, it works for all 3 platforms, viz., Android, iOS and Windows Phone. Of course, it requires installation of a client, viz., Intel App Preview on device, for which versions for all 3 platforms are available on respective appstores.
I know in the Rho world we have Rhohub, but that's likely to be sunsetted soon (please correct me if I'm wrong), but even if its not, there's no way to build/test iOS apps in device thru Rhohub without valid certificates in case of iOS.
Are there/will there be any alternatives similar to Intel XDK for testing iOS Rho apps in device without valid certificates from Apple?
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Post by Dmitry Soldatenkov on Dec 19, 2016 18:41:22 GMT
Over the weekend, I gave Intel XDK a test drive, not so much to develop using the XDK, but just to test a simple single page app made with jQM over the cloud and over local WiFi without requiring a developer certificate and provisioning profile in case of iOS. In fact, it works for all 3 platforms, viz., Android, iOS and Windows Phone. Of course, it requires installation of a client, viz., Intel App Preview on device, for which versions for all 3 platforms are available on respective appstores. I know in the Rho world we have Rhohub, but that's likely to be sunsetted soon (please correct me if I'm wrong), but even if its not, there's no way to build/test iOS apps in device thru Rhohub without valid certificates in case of iOS. Are there/will there be any alternatives similar to Intel XDK for testing iOS Rho apps in device without valid certificates from Apple? Hi, Currently we do not plane reimplement RhoHub. Bu it possible if some clients request this functionality. I can suggest our Live Update feature - docs.tau-technologies.com/en/5.5/guide/live-updateIt similar solution, but developer should make iOS application once by self. The difference with Cordova - Cordova open content from server, Rhodes application with developer extension download/update content from server and can work offline after update. |
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Post by egghead on Dec 20, 2016 0:37:01 GMT
I forgot to mention that Intel XDK doesn't require a Mac for testing on iOS (useful for those without Mac). I developed the app using Windows PC only, uploaded it to the XDK by creating a project there, previewed the app in XDK simulator for different platforms as well as devices there, and finally use app preview to test my app in my 3 physical devices, iOS, Android and Windows Phone either by previewing (thru App Preview client) the app hosted in XDK cloud or my Windows development machine via local WiFi. Looks like my development machine acts as app server in latter case.
Unfortunately, Intel XDK does not support Ruby, it supports HTML5, CSS3, JS cross-platform and Cordova apps and plugins only.
Just wondering if a similar tool can be made for Rhomobile development or if Rhohub can be modified/enhanced to offer same features as we also need the SDKs and NDKs to compile for the different platforms.
Of course for such apps which don't have platform-specific APIs Rho already has single local_server port setting which can then be used for viewing the app thru desktop and mobile, but I'm looking for something like Intel App Preview but with enhanced capabilities and APIs. Not sure if that's feasable...
Looks like Intel is now focusing on IOT and therefore some features for cross-platform mobile app development have been removed from the latest version of the XDK.
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