Should I Use Corona for this?

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Hello guys.

I intend on building a mobile app with tons of information (text and photos) in it, and I was hoping I would be able to use XML(or alternative) to quickly edit this information.

This app would have to run on iPhones, iPads and Android phones and tablets.

I know how to code in c++, java and actionscript and was learning apple’s object-c programming. And by what I’ve read, I’ll have a lot of work to make this app for iOS and later I would still have to port it to Android.

So I guess what I want to know is if it is worth to pay Corona’s yearly fee to develop this app more easily or if Corona won’t help that much since it would be a much simpler app than a game.

Thanks! [import]uid: 151732 topic_id: 26761 reply_id: 326761[/import]

#2

Hey there,

The following is my opinion as an indie developer, not as a part of the Ansca team :wink:

Q: So I guess what I want to know is if it is worth to pay Corona’s yearly fee to develop this app more easily or if Corona won’t help that much since it would be a much simpler app than a game.

A: What is your time worth to you? Let’s say that making the app for Android and iOS using native code will take you 6 months (just an example) - 3 months iOS, 3 months Android - making it in Corona would take you maybe 2 months.

What are those 4 months worth? If you value 1 hour of your time at $20 (again just a random figure) then those 4 months are worth at least $12,800. (Based on working full time.)

If you value your time then the cost of developing in Corona isn’t an additional $349, it’s a saving of over $12,400.

Just my 2 cents :wink:

Peach :slight_smile: [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 26761 reply_id: 108617[/import]

#3

Thanks for your answer Peach.

I’ll probably use Corona for my next project, but first I want my Apple developers license to test my apps in a real device before actually buying it :slight_smile:

I’ve been reading some tutorials and I am wondering if you know any tutorials about file reading, because I want to populate my app with content from a text or xml file.

---- Update ----

Ok, understood how file io works. Got an app that reads from a .txt and prints a scrollable content with text and images to work.

Now I need to know how can I make it so when I change my device orientation, my content change orientation as well.

Any tips are welcome :slight_smile:
[import]uid: 151732 topic_id: 26761 reply_id: 109145[/import]

#4

Hey there - my apologies, I was out sick the last couple of days.

Glad to see you’ve figured out text, for rotation we have a sample in the Corona folder under SampleCode :slight_smile: [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 26761 reply_id: 109860[/import]