300ms delay, overscroll, text rendering, 1px borders, local storage, performances, i18n ... After lot of work and an app released, I'm sharing a long list of solutions to problems I ran into while developing an hybrid app.

Marc G Gauthier

A developer shares practical lessons learned while building and releasing a hybrid iOS app using AppGyver's Steroids.js (built on PhoneGap/Cordova). Topics covered include fixing the 300ms tap delay, disabling overscroll and text selection, handling retina displays and 1px borders, CSS and JavaScript performance pitfalls (especially CSS gradients and animations), code organization, i18n, preloading views, localStorage usage, and inter-view communication via postMessage.

Tips & Tricks Learned Releasing an Hybrid App Using Steroids.js