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Are you fully confident about your chosen cross-platform framework? It’s time to give it a go and hire a team of dedicated resources.<br>If you’re searching for a cross-platform app development team, our dedicated developers are available 24*7 at your service.<br>
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As per a recent Markets and Markets research report, the size and popularity of the cross-platform app market is increasing at a rapid pace, and it is estimated that the cross-platform and mobile advertising market will increase to $80.45 Billion in 2020, which was $25.19 Billion in 2015. For every modern business, whether it is a startup or an enterprise, mobile development is a necessity to vie with competitors. However, there are many alternatives available to choose from, such as pure native to hybrid and cross- platform native. Now, it’s time to think and decide what approach to choose for one’s app: Native, Hybrid or Cross Platform? Here we will shed some light on different mobile platforms, so clients can easily choose the best mobile app approach for development. Let’s begin with a native mobile app. A native app is designed for a specific platform, i.e. to develop apps for the Android platform, code is written in Java language and for the iOS platform, one can program in Objective-C and Swift language. Native applications are responsive and lightning fast, and their performance is higher than other mobile app types. Security is also robust within the native approach. Similar to native apps, hybrid apps can be downloaded from a platform’s app store. However, the difference lies in the development process, thus, it is essential to understand the difference between hybrid and native mobile applications. We generally advise our clients to opt for the cross-platform route. Here is why: The advantages mentioned below will illustrate why cross-platform mobile apps are ideal. Cross-platform mobile apps are developed with a single codebase for multiple platforms or software environments. Using web technologies like JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3, Cross-platform mobile development encompasses specific
apps on a native platform or an app developed for one platform, and then deployed to other native platforms. Advantages of developing cross-platform apps are huge, but here, we are listing some of the key benefits. ●The approach is cost-effective – Single team required, code once, & run on multiple platforms ●Approx. 90% codebase can be reused to design the same functionality for other platforms. ●Easy to maintain –developers don’t have to deploy changes on each different platform separately. ●Single technology stack used by Development teams So, if you have decided to develop a cross-platform app, it’s time to choose the rightcross-platform mobile development frameworksand of course, hire a dedicated development team to develop your dream app. Several cross-platform mobile development frameworks are available to choose from. Here, we are going to list some of the powerful mobile development frameworks. React Native React Native allows you to develop native mobile apps using React.JS and JavaScript. Introduced by Facebook in 2011, React Native works well for web and mobile application development and it allows reuse of around 95% of code to design apps for other platforms. Deployed first on Facebook's newsfeed in 2011, React Native was later adopted by Instagram.com in 2012 and now, most businesses look for for a reliable React native development company to develop cross-platform apps with the React native framework.
Flutter Want to build native iOS and Android applications? Flutter will help you do that. Flutter is another option introduced in the mobile application development space by Google. This UI toolkit is quite different from other cross-platform frameworks, as Flutter uses Google’s very own programming language, Dart, to develop Android and iOS applications. One of the interesting things about Flutter is it uses a 2D rendering engine, Skia, for creating visual components on the screen. It offers hot-reload functionality that enables testing without restarting the application. Until now, “thousands” of Flutter apps have been published by developers to the Apple Store and Google Play store. Recently, Google has launched the latest version, Flutter 1.0 , with remarkable features like new third-party integrations, Add to App, and Platform Views. Xamarin Acquired by Microsoft in 2016, Xamarin uses C# and shared codebases to develop cross-platform apps for iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and Tizen. As it uses C# and shared codebases, Xamarin covers up to 90% of each platform’s language, data structure, and APIs and then, wrap in a .NET layer that enables cross-platform development. Xamarin allows sharing code directly with a PHP based server. In fact, it also works impeccably with Microsoft’s Visual Studio. In addition to these benefits, Xamarin allows developers to create unique User-Interfaces for each platform and then create components, which can be reused on other platforms, using the C# programming language. Last But Not the Least, Ionic Ionic is another cross-platform framework based on the HTML5 programming language but it works with PhoneGap or Cordova. It is an independent platform, so developers can work with JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and AngularJS.
Ionic is mainly used to develop hybrid mobile applications and its code can be reused to develop Desktop & Web apps, iOS apps, Android apps, and Windows Phone apps. Concluding Thoughts Have you decided which cross-platform framework to use to create your dream business app? Are you fully confident about your chosen cross-platform framework? It’s time to give it a go and hire a team of dedicated resources. If you’re searching for a cross-platform app development team, our dedicated developers are available 24*7 at your service. Do take a look at our portfolio and schedule a demo.
