PhoneGap Alternatives

Qt

Qt is a cross-platform application framework that is widely used for developing application software that can be run on various software and hardware platforms with little or no change in the underlying codebase, while having the power and speed of native applications. Qt is used for device creation, UI and application development supporting deployment to over a dozen leading platforms – desktop, mobile and embedded.

Features:

• Clean API
• Cross-platform
• Desktop app
• Embedded Device development
• Native application

Android Studio

Android Studio is a new Android development environment based on IntelliJ IDEA. Similar to Eclipse with Android Development Tools for Eclipse, Android Studio provides integrated Android developer tools for development and debugging. Best IDE available for Android development specially with limited hardware options on development device.

Features:

• Android Development
• Java IDE
• Code completion
• Developer Tools
• IDE
• Integrated Android Emulator
• Visual Programming
• Xterm emulation

Qt Creator

Qt Creator is a cross-platform C++, JavaScript and QML integrated development environment which is part of the SDK for the Qt Framework. It includes a visual debugger and an integrated GUI layout and forms designer. The editor's features include syntax highlighting and autocompletion, but purposely not tabs (although plug-ins are available). Qt Creator uses the C++ compiler from the GNU Compiler Collection on Linux and FreeBSD.

Features:

• Autocompletion
• Build system
• Visual studio intergration
• Code formatting
• Debugger
• IDE
• QT Based
• Refactoring
• Syntax Highlighting

Apache Cordova

Apache Cordova is a set of device APIs that allow a mobile app developer to access native device function such as the camera or accelerometer from JavaScript. Combined with a UI framework such as jQuery Mobile or Dojo Mobile or Sencha Touch, this allows a smartphone app to be developed with just HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. When using the Cordova APIs, an app can be built without any native code (Java, Objective-C, etc) from the app developer.

Ionic Framework

Ionic makes it easy to build native-quality hybrid interactive applications using HTML5 and JavaScript. Built with Sass, optimized for AngularJS.

Features:

• Cross-platform
• Native application

React Native

React Native enables you to build world-class application experiences on native platforms using a consistent developer experience based on JavaScript and React. The focus of React Native is on developer efficiency across all the platforms you care about — learn once, write anywhere. Facebook uses React Native in multiple production apps and will continue investing in React Native.

Features:

• Android Development
• Performance Monitoring