How to Start with tablet development

Question

I have been task with a tablet application project; all my experience is with Windows Apps (VFP and C# .Net WebForms). The app will initially be Android based but must have the architecture to port to iPad, Windows Tablet without too much re-write.

The application must work "offline" so I need to use local data and not be web based so as I understand it HTML5 is out.

I am leaning towards C# .Net and using Mono, but have struggled to find resources on keeping the UI size independent and how to create and access a database (SQLite?).

After some real newbie ideas and links please or maybe a simple sample app to show cross platform limitations and flexibility.

Gary.

Answer 1

or maybe a simple sample app

Here's a full sample of an application that was designed to work on Android, iOS (both iPhone and iPad) and Windows Phone.

Everything is there, including SQLite support, to show you how to maximize code reuse across the three platforms.

Answer 2

Check out PhoneGap . I haven't used it myself but I've heard good things about it. And it looks like you can access native functionality across different devices so you'll be able to use local storage.