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I have seen a number of questions here on SO about the differences between Xamarin and Titanium and PhoneGap, and they got tons of upvotes, so I believe this sort of comparison question to be on-topic. I am looking for facts, rather than opinions.

I'd like a comparison of Adobe FlashBuilder, Telerik AppBuilder, and Intel's mobile SDK (formerly appMobi), especially on the following points:

-- is a separate runtime needed on the mobile device or a single package?
-- is cross-compilation a possibility, to produce native binaries?
-- how are styles applied?
-- what about support for media queries?
-- relative performance
-- stability/robustness
-- debugging
-- IDE
-- any additional hardware required to produce iPhone apps?
-- market share/installed base

Tim
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  • You should also check out Codename One which provides additional advantages over both and has a larger marketshare than Telerik as far as I can tell. It now also supports Cordova if necessary but has a superior framework of its own. – Shai Almog Dec 02 '15 at 05:27

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Telerik AppBuilder and Intel XDK both leverage PhoneGap/Cordova for building hybrid mobile apps. Neither of them require a separate runtime on the device. Styles via CSS and media queries are fully supported.

With AppBuilder you also get to take advantage of NativeScript (which allows you to develop truly native apps with JavaScript and CSS). Additionally with AppBuilder you get access to a great device simulator for all kinds of iOS/Android/WP devices + full featured debugging tools and a variety of IDE choices (web client, desktop client, Visual Studio extension, Sublime extension, and a CLI).

Disclaimer - I am the Product Manager for AppBuilder here at Telerik.

Rob Lauer
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