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I would like to write a phone app that draws information from a mysql database. &nbsp;It seems like I have two options: &nbsp;<br />
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App Builder Websites:<br />
Sites like Mobincube or TheAppBuilder seems to offer a quick way to build web apps. &nbsp;What are the drawbacks of these products? &nbsp;<br />
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Write the code myself:<br />
I've been writing php for 10+ years. &nbsp;Can I write the app in php and intergrate the code into the development tools for iOS, Droid, Windows, etc? &nbsp;To clarify... I do understand that I'll need to get ahold of a Mac and download their development tools. &nbsp;I'm assuming Droid and Windows both have similar development tools. &nbsp;Can I mostly use the same php code for the basis of the programs and just copy paste?
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I would like to write a phone app that draws information from a mysql database.  It seems like I have two options:  

App Builder Websites:
Sites like Mobincube or TheAppBuilder seems to offer a quick way to build web apps.  What are the drawbacks of these products?  

Write the code myself:
I've been writing php for 10+ years.  Can I write the app in php and intergrate the code into the development tools for iOS, Droid, Windows, etc?  To clarify... I do understand that I'll need to get ahold of a Mac and download their development tools.  I'm assuming Droid and Windows both have similar development tools.  Can I mostly use the same php code for the basis of the programs and just copy paste?

Getting started writing a phone app

A cellular phone (also known as a mobile phone, cell phone, hand phone, or simply a phone) is a telephone that can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link while moving around a wide geographic area by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile phone operator, allowing access to the public telephone network. Mobile phones that offer services such as text messaging, email, Internet access, business applications, gaming, photography and more general computing capabilities are referred to as smartphones.

Cell Phones

Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google, based on the Linux kernel and designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Android's user interface is based on direct manipulation, using touch gestures that loosely correspond to real-world actions, such as swiping, tapping and pinching, to manipulate on-screen objects, along with a virtual keyboard for text input. In addition to touchscreen devices, variants of Android are also used on notebooks, game consoles, digital cameras, televisions, automobiles and other electronics. Applications are usually developed in Java programming language using the Android software development kit (SDK), but other development environments are also available, including Delphi, Ruby and Visual Studio (using C++).

Android

The iPhone is a smartphone made by Apple Inc. It and the iPad, along with several other mobile devices from Apple, run on the iOS operating system, which has its own topic, as does the iPad for device-specific questions. Native iOS applications are written in Objective-C or in Swift using the Cocoa Touch frameworks or HTML5 compiled with the help of a package manager such as Adobe PhoneGap; a common IDE is Xcode.