Is it a good idea to create shared UI library that would render natively on different platforms?

Posted by Maciej Donajski on Programmers See other posts from Programmers or by Maciej Donajski
Published on 2014-08-18T10:16:31Z Indexed on 2014/08/18 16:44 UTC
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I am designing an application that has following flow:

User designs a form using web application (J2EE backend application)
The form is sent to mobile device (Android)
Mobile device User fills out the form designed in 1.
Results are synced with backend.

One of my ideas is to create a common java UI library for creating the type of forms that I need. This library would also have a native renderers for different platforms (Web and Android would be implemented first).

The whole point of it is to have a native experience on web and android side.

Are there any existing solutions to meet the requirements that I have? Is it a good approach to achieve them?

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