Marmalade 6.0 embraces hybrid apps, adding support for HTML5 and Adobe's PhoneGap

Expanding its platform support even wider, UK vendor Marmalade has announced a new version of its eponymous framework technology.

Continuing its support for native development on iOS, Android, PlayBook, bada etc, Marmalade 6.0 is also designed for HTML5 developers, including integration with the Adobe-owned PhoneGap tools.

This means you can create web apps using HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript, and deploy them as native apps to iOS and Android, without moving between platform SDKs, or switching between Windows and Mac.

Aiding the process is Marmalade's desktop device simulator, which is integrated with the Chrome JavaScript debugger and Web Inspector tools.

Every which way

"We believe hybrid apps combining web and native technologies are the future, but not as they've been known up to this point. With Marmalade 6.0, we're starting to redefine what hybrid apps can achieve with native API breadth and power," said Tim Closs, Marmalade's CTO.

"Marmalade has always been about open standards, so HTML5 and PhoneGap are natural choices for us.

"But with our unparalleled experience of cross-platform native apps, and our patented single-binary architecture, we're creating for web developers a brand new opportunity - use existing HTML5 technologies and frameworks, but access all the power of cross-platform native code."

Marmalade 6.0 is available for a full and free evaluation at madewithmarmalade.com