Native, hybrid and cross-platform apps development for mobile devices.

1. Apps development for
mobile devices
Robert Dresler
ITpivo 25/9/2014
@rdresler

2. Native Hybrid Cross-Platform

3. Native Hybrid Cross-Platform
Apps specifically made for a mobile platform
and run directly and only on that platform

4. Native
XCode (Mac, free) - Objective-C / Swift

5. Native
Eclipse (Win, Mac, Linux, free) - Java

6. Native
Android Studio (Win, Mac, Linux, free) - Java

7. Native
IntelliJ IDEA (Win, Mac, Linux, €179) - Java

8. Native
Visual Studio (Win, $499 Professional) – C#

9. Native Hybrid Cross-Platform
Mobile apps deployed in an app store,
but are actually web apps.

10. Hybrid
HTML, CSS, JavaScript

11. Hybrid
Visual Studio 2013 Update 2

12. Hybrid

13. Hybrid

14. Hybrid

15. Hybrid

16. Native Hybrid
Cross-
Platform
Native mobile apps developed
using a framework which enables
the sharing of code between
mobile platforms.

17. Cross-Platform
C# 5.0
Code reuse
Platform specific UI
iOS, Android, Windows Phone

18. Cross-Platform

19. Cross-Platform

20. Cross-Platform
Xamarin
Xamarin Forms

21. Cross-Platform
Xamarin.Forms

22. Cross-Platform
Xamarin Studio

23. Cross-Platform

24. Cross-Platform

25. Cross-Platform
JavaScript
Shared UI
Choose platform when build
Alloy framework

26. Cross-Platform

27. Language
Native Hybrid Cross-Platform
iOS: Objective-C
or Swift
Android: Java
Windows Phone: C#
JavaScript
Many libraries and
frameworks
Hard to structure
Titanium: JavaScript
Xamarin: C# powerful
Tabris: Java

28. UI
Native Hybrid Cross-Platform
iOS: XML
Designer in XCode
Android: XML
Designer in IDE
Windows Phone:
XAML
Designer Visual Studio
Blend
HTML, CSS
Many tools
Frameworks to
support MVVM, MVC
Titanium: XML
Designer in IDE
Xamarin: Platform specific
or Xamarin Forms

29. Debugging
Native Hybrid Cross-Platform
Full-blown debugger
in IDE
Hard than the other
Console messages
or F12 tools
Full-blown debugger
in IDE

30. Performance
Native Hybrid Cross-Platform
Highest possible
performance
Depends on browser
Render speed
somewhat slower
Extra abstraction
layer could take
some extra time

31. Footprint
Native Hybrid Cross-Platform
Smallest possible
footprint
Wrapper adds size
to the package
Relatively big
Less important
for larger apps

32. Tools
Native Hybrid Cross-Platform
iOS: XCode on Mac
Android: Many choices
Windows Phone: VS
Your favorite IDE
Appbuilder has
its own IDE and
VS plugin
Fixed IDE per
Product
Xamarin has
VS plugin

33. Code sharing
Native Hybrid Cross-Platform
No code sharing 100% code sharing
Can detect platform
in JavaScript
Titanium and
Xamarin:
100% code sharing
or UI per platform

34. Costs
Native Hybrid Cross-Platform
Free Cordova and
PhoneGap are free
AppBuilder:
$228-$1188
/year/user
Titanium is free
extended version
Available
Xamarin:
$300-$1899
/year/user/platform

35. Developers fees
iOS Developer Program: $99 /year
iOS Developer Enterprise Program: $299 /year
Google Play Developer Console account: $25 one time
Individual account: $19 /year
Company account: $99 /year

36. Next steps …
Creating Mobile Apps: Native, Hybrid, or Cross Platform Framework?
By Roland Guijt