Moodle HQ is ending development of native My Moodle mobile
apps for iOS and Android, according to a blog entry posted by Moodle founding
developer Martin Dougiamas last night. "After much thought Moodle HQ is changing how we
support mobile development for Moodle," Dougiamas wrote. "Our current
approach of native apps per platform was costing a lot while not moving very
fast and not serving our community."
Instead of native versions of the apps, Moodle's mobile
components will move to HTML5, which will allow updates to be released across
platforms simultaneously and will allow for modularity and greater
participation from Moodle's developer community. Dougiamas said the HTML5
version will lose a bit of speed but should also improve some areas of
performance.
He said the iOS version of the mobile app will continue to
be available and will continue functioning "for a long time yet." The Android version was never completed.
Moodle was purchased by Blackboard this year. I wonder if that has anything to do with the change of plans.
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