2. What Are Cross-platform App
Development Frameworks
APP DEVELOPMENT IS A COMPLICATED AND TIME-
CONSUMING TASK THAT REQUIRES THE
COLLABORATION OF MULTIPLE PROFESSIONALS.
SEVERAL COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS DEVELOP
APPS FOR DIFFERENT PLATFORMS, SUCH AS ANDROID
AND IOS.
HOWEVER, NOT ALL CROSS-PLATFORM APP
DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKS ARE CREATED EQUAL.
EACH FRAMEWORK IS DESIGNED FOR A DIFFERENT
PURPOSE AND SETS OF USERS. CHOOSING THE RIGHT
FRAMEWORK CAN SAVE MONTHS OF WORK AND
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN DEVELOPMENT COSTS.
3. Popular Cross-platform App
Development Frameworks
APPLE PROVIDES THE IOS DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK
FOR IPHONES, IPADS AND APPLE WATCHES.
ANDROID IS GOOGLE'S PLATFORM FOR BUILDING APPS
FOR MOBILE DEVICES, COMPUTERS.
REACT NATIVE
FLUTTER
XAMARIN
NATIVES CRIPT
IONIC
4. React Native
REACT NATIVE IS AN OPEN-SOURCE PLATFORM FOR
BUILDING NATIVE ANDROID AND IOS APPLICATIONS
WITH JAVASCRIPT.
IT PROVIDES AN EFFICIENT WAY FOR MOBILE APP
DEVELOPMENT COMPANY TO DEVELOP APPS FOR
MOBILE PLATFORMS WITHOUT REWRITING THE WHOLE
CODEBASE.
MANY SIGNIFICANT TECHNOLOGICAL AND DESIGN
CHANGES HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE AS A RESULT
OF REACT NATIVE'S CREATION.
THIS INCLUDES FASTER APP DEVELOPMENT, BETTER
VISUAL QUALITY, AND MORE USER-FRIENDLY
INTERFACES.
5. Flutter
FLUTTER IS A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR BUILDING MOBILE
APPS USING DART.
THE FLUTTER PROJECT BEGAN IN 2016 AS AN
INITIATIVE BY GOOGLE'S NATIVE SDK TEAM.
GOOGLE DESIGNED THIS PROJECT WITH THE GOAL OF
MAKING IT EASY TO BUILD HIGH-PERFORMANCE,
NATIVE-LIKE APPLICATIONS.
DEVELOPERS CAN BUILD AND DEPLOY FLUTTER APPS
FAST WITH COMPACT CODE BASE SIZES. THIS MAKES IT
EASIER TO EXPERIMENT WITH NEW UI DESIGN
CONCEPTS IN MOBILE DEVELOPMENT.
6. Xamarin
XAMARIN ALLOWS DEVELOPERS TO CREATE NATIVE
APPS FOR MULTIPLE PLATFORMS.
MICROSOFT CREATED XAMARIN TO CREATE A CROSS-
PLATFORM APP DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK.
MICROSOFT ADAPTED THE MONO PROJECT TO CREATE
A PLATFORM FOR CREATING NATIVE APPS. THE
SOFTWARE COMPANY BEHIND XAMARIN HAS WORKED
HARD TO MAKE IT EASY TO CREATE COMPLEX, CROSS-
PLATFORM PROGRAMS.
USING XAMARIN, YOU CAN TARGET THE ANDROID, IOS,
AND WINDOWS PLATFORM WITH JUST ONE CODE BASE.
THIS MAKES IT EASIER TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN
YOUR APPLICATION.
7. NativeScript and I
onic
NATIVESCRIPT AND IONIC ARE TWO OPEN SOURCE
FRAMEWORKS USED TO BUILD NATIVE MOBILE AND
DESKTOP APPLICATIONS, RESPECTIVELY.
BOTH FRAMEWORKS ARE BASED ON THE HIGHLY
SUCCESSFUL NODE.JS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
PLATFORM AND ARE DESIGNED TO BE FAST, EASY TO
USE AND WITH A STRONG STRUCTURE FOR BUILDING
APPS.
BOTH NATIVESCRIPT AND IONIC ARE BUILT ON TOP OF
THE ANGULARJS FRAMEWORK AND LEVERAGE
GOOGLE'S TOOL API FOR BUILDING APPS.
USING THIS APPROACH, BOTH FRAMEWORKS ARE FAST
AND EASY TO USE- WHICH MAKES THEM IDEAL FOR
RAPID APP DEVELOPMENT.