Should I be using an iOS framework to create a native version of my web application?

Question

I have a twitter like web application written in Ruby on Rails that allows shops to communicate with their customers.

The web application allows the shop owner to upload product photos as well as new product details.

I want my application to be accessible from an iOS device, and although most of the tasks can be accomplished using my web app with mobile safari, it is impossible to upload images.

What are my options for creating a native ios application? Should I learn objective C, and use Xcode, or are there frameworks out there that make this sort of task easier?

thanks

Answer 1

You could check out http://phonegap.com/ or http://www.appcelerator.com/products/titanium-mobile-application-development/

When you already know webprogramming its much easier to go from that, learning objective-c is a hard road