New generation android operating system-basedmobile application: RSS/news reader

RSS (Rich Site Summary)/News Reader is a web-based Android OS application developed by using PhoneGap framework. HTML5, CSS and JavaScript are basically used for implementation, instead of native Android programming language. This application has a production process like a web application because it is actually a fully working web program which is wrapped by PhoneGap framework. This means the application could be used on almost every mobile platform with making some basic arrangements.RSS/News Reader mobile application takes advantage of both flexibility of web design and built-in features of the device it is installed. This combination provides a complete mobile application which eliminates the need to use different native languages with its hybrid form. This hybrid structure makes mobile programming faster and easier to implement.In this new generation operating system-based mobile application, a combination of PhoneGap framework, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery Mobile, Python and Django is used for implementation. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015.