Chapter 16. Android web development

 

This chapter covers

  • Understanding Android web development
  • Introducing WebKit
  • Optimizing web applications for Android
  • Storing data in the browser
  • Building a custom JavaScript handler

Mobile software development has usually required working with a proprietary toolset to build applications. The term SDK is a familiar one—the majority of this book covers Android software development using the Android SDK. But the Android SDK isn’t the only way to build and deliver applications for the Android platform. With the emergence of accessible and powerful mobile browser capabilities, it’s now possible to develop applications for the Android platform with web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.[1]

1 See Hello! HTML5 and CSS3 at http://manning.com/crowther. The book is to be published in spring 2011.

16.1. What’s Android web development?

16.2. Optimizing web applications for Android

16.3. Storing data directly in the browser

16.4. Building a hybrid application

16.5. Summary