Developing hybrid applications for Android? Try mobile web tools in Rational Application Developer with Android Eclipse SDK Using web technologies to develop native mobile applications has become a popular solution when writing applications for multiple smartphone platforms. Such applications are typically labeled as "hybrid", referring to the mix of native code and web code running inside the application. As far as development tools are concerned, different options exist for different platforms. In this post I focus on a method for developing in the hybrid model for the Android platform because of the easy integration between the tools for native development on the Eclipse platform. More specifically the Android Development Tools (ADT) plug-ins for Eclipse will be used for native Android development, Rational Application Developer (RAD) tools for web development. Lastly the in Development > Mobile Web Appswith androidappapplicationdeveloperdevelopmenthybridmobilephonegapradrationalsdk