Wondering if corona is right for me. Will corona execute this app well?

Getting Started Newbie Questions
#1

I guess it doesn’t get more n00b than this.

I’m looking to create an app that incorporates user input with retailers products.  This is an app for users to use while actually at one of their brick and mortar locations.

Possible interactions could be contextual advertisements based on previous purchases, refining the users experience based upon pre set or custom filters, direct communication with specific departments, inventory information, and other things I’m still considering.

Will Corona/LUA be able to handle this, or should I be going directly into Java? 

Thanks in advance!

#2

This is going to be tough to answer because we don’t know much about what the devices will be communicating with. If you’re looking at some for of NFC or iBeacon type support, you could use Corona to build the UI and handle most of the interactions but because we don’t have bluetooth, NFC or iBeacon support built into Corona SDK, you would need to use Corona Enterprise and code the communications in a native language like Java for Android and Objective C or Swift for iOS but build the core app in Lua.  If you are just querying a web server, perhaps with a REST API, then doing that in Corona SDK will be pretty easy, no native code required.

Rob

#3

This is going to be tough to answer because we don’t know much about what the devices will be communicating with. If you’re looking at some for of NFC or iBeacon type support, you could use Corona to build the UI and handle most of the interactions but because we don’t have bluetooth, NFC or iBeacon support built into Corona SDK, you would need to use Corona Enterprise and code the communications in a native language like Java for Android and Objective C or Swift for iOS but build the core app in Lua.  If you are just querying a web server, perhaps with a REST API, then doing that in Corona SDK will be pretty easy, no native code required.

Rob