WorkLight launched WorkLight Mobile Platform 4.0, enabling companies to develop smartphone and tablet applications using a combined (hybrid) coding of native and web languages within the same application. As a result, it is said that developers get “unmatched flexibility and richness of user experience.”
Also included in this release is support for unified push notifications that work both on Android and iOS-powered devices, runtime skinning of applications for devices of the same operating system, remote application disabling and optimization for iPad and Android tablets.
WorkLight is definitely not the first solution to offer multi-platform development capabilities and I wonder whether its hybrid web/native code support is good enough to entice developers to jump on board. We’ll definitely be writing if and/or when it gets some traction.
In the meantime, you should know that the WorkLight platform consists of the WorkLight Studio for native and web application development, the WorkLight Server for secure delivery and backend integration with enterprise systems, and the WorkLight Console for ongoing management and tracking of adoption and usage of the applications.
The WorkLight Mobile Platform 4.0 can be downloaded from here with a free enterprise evaluation version available.