app building research

After finalising how my app was going to work with the second app test I started researching how I could actually create a functioning app. There a lot of different variables that I needed to consider which I discovered upon researching.

I firstly started looking at all in one "app builders" including gamesalad and appfurnace unfortunately I found these to be more geared towards creating games rather than an app that could effectively play video. I started then looking into using flash as it is known for producing games and websites using interactive animations. Flash also seemed like it was effective for publishing for different platforms (android, web, ios ect). I unfortunately know very little about flash from any point of view so I was starting from scratch with my research. It seemed like it would be very difficult to create what I wanted using flash and there was a surprising lack of useful material on using flash for this purpose. I knew from my reading I would definitely need to learn some java to customise what I was creating.

It was at this point I realised I was stuck somewhat between a rock and a hard place when it came to development, I did not want to compromise the UI of my potential app through software that was very limiting however my knowledge of app dev is very rudimentary that planning on creating something from scratch seemed unrealistic. At this point it seemed the best course of action is to focus on the visual aspect of the app and try speak to third parties to either create the app or point me further in the direction of doing it myself. The creation of the app is less important for my overall dissertation and the moving of video to app may become a separate project after the hand in.