As I understand it when I create an app in BT I export the source code and run it in my emulator and I can see the changes made live. The source code can be export as either for iOS or Android but I can't or shouldn't compile into both iOS and Android, is this correct? I know that the splash screen works fine on iPhone but there are issues on Android, Therefore you can't really have the same source code for both. (You can but just can't have certain features, like the splash screen) To conclude, is it perhaps better to create 2 separate apps in BT with different names? I am leaning on the yes because iPhone and Android are two completely different communities with different users who expect different things. Make your apps unique to the community. I'd like to hear what others have to say on this topic. Ben

Every plugin that I have I use on both iOS and Android. Splash Screen and all. There are advantages to having a separate app for each platform, with respect to plugin availability. Kittsy is making me drool with some of his stuff, but for now it's only iOS. But if you make two apps, you're doing everything twice. If you're good with that, then it's all good. I'm lazy. I'd rather update just once. :) Cheers! -- Smug

I remember reading about someone who had embedded the Xcode project within the Eclipse project. That way, both projects would be sharing the same BT_config file and the same files in the BT_documents folder and the BT_images folder. I've not yet entered into Android-land, so I cannot confirm this approach. -- Niraj

If you build one app for both platforms, you are obviously constrained to only use plugins that work on both environments; if it is feasible from a design perspective, then I think that makes life easier. My personal preference if I build an app for both platforms is to do my best to keep them on one code base, it is half the maintenance for me that way. If you have an app where the client updates the content, that is a reason why one app might be preferable. If you need use features that only work on one platform, then clearly you will need two apps, but if I am in that siituation, I try to keep the apps as similar as possible. For example, I have one app that uses the circular menu, because I like it and gives a wow factor on IOS which helped the app get through the approval process. I then needed to use a different menu for my android app, but I kept everything else the same. Food for thought! Alan