Pro Android Web Apps: Developing HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, and Chrome OS Web Apps

Web standards-based apps or Web apps on mobile devices continues to grow for iPhone and now Android. Web apps and cloud-based web apps appeal to many developers who may not have the native language requirements, but do have the web standards skills and knowledge like HTML 5, JavaScript, CSS, and more.

As HTML5 evolves, so does the power and flexibility of web apps as they start to rival many of the features that were once only available to native-language-based Apps in Java, Objective-C, etc. Pro Android Web Apps teaches developers already familiar with web application development how to code and structure a web app for use on the Android mobile platform.

• Understand both the why and how of mobile web app development, focusing on the Android platform. 
• Learn how to “work smarter, not harder” in developing web apps for mobile through a number of practical, real-world application examples.
• Discover the potential that cloud services offer Android web apps, for both connecting with and scaling to millions of users.

After reading this book, you'll be able to build complex web and cloud-based apps for Android devices, as well as sell these web apps on the new Google Chrome Web App Store. This book pairs nicely with Pro Android 2, which covers native Android Apps development.

What you’ll learn

• What Android web apps can do, and when to use web development rather than native development to create an application.
• How to use existing JavaScript and CSS frameworks to create rich mobile user interfaces.
• When to use HTML5 and when to use a native bridging framework to access native Android functionality.
• Connext with cloud services and APIs to build engaging location based services and games.
• Enable social integration with your Android web app and gain access to millions of potential users.

Who this book is for

This book is targeted at web developers looking to transfer their skills over to mobile application development. Readers will understand that Android is continuing to gain momentum in the marketplace and will want to build an application specifically for that platform. They will have a strong desire to use web technologies rather than the native tools to build applications, either due to personal taste or to gain cross-platform mobile portability for the majority of their application code.