Top Cross Platform App Development Frameworks

Introduction Cross-platform app development frameworks facilitate the creation of such software applications that are compatible across a variety of operating system ranging from Android to iOS. With its reusable code component system, it helps developers leverage the program developed for one app again and again.

To put it in other words, it makes use of a single source code amidst multiple platforms. This, in turn, plays a significant role in speeding up the whole app development process along with significant cost reduction. Here's a detailed look at some of the significant cross-platform app development frameworks.

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Cross-Platform App Development Frameworks React Native React Native is another cross-app development framework that has accelerated the development process of apps.

It has over 1.6k contributors who have committed code to this framework’s codebase. It uses JavaScript and Reacts to build Native Android and iOS Mobile apps.

It can leverage complex UI and component-based UI. This, in turn, helps developers utilize the same UI component to React Native iOS and Android apps. This is the reason its popularity has doubled up in the past few years. www.techtic.com | info@techtic.com

Cross-Platform App Development Frameworks Advantages of React Native Facilitates Code Reuse and cost Saving React Native facilitates the reuse of 90% of code between Android and iOS. It means that the same code can be deployed on both platforms. This wouldn't only reduce the development time but, also enhance the cost-saving considerably.

Comes up With Live Reloading Live Reload allows the developer to immediately see the result of any changes made in the code. While one window will show the code, the other window will display the effect of changes made in the app.

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Cross-Platform App Development Frameworks Advantages of React Native Robust Performance React Native is super-fast and robust in performance. The use of GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) makes the React Native architecture well-tuned and compatible with all the devices.

Techtic, with its excellent team of developers, has a thorough knowledge of React Native's modular and intuitive interface. This makes them a pro at creating apps that are easy to develop and maintain.

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Cross-Platform App Development Frameworks Ionic Ionic is a cross-platform framework that facilitates the development of interactive mobile apps that can get deployed across different platforms ranging from Android, iOS, windows, and web. It is a free and open source framework created on top of Angular JS and PhoneGap. It was one of the leading cross platform framework in 2016.

Ionic provides a variety of tools for the development of hybrid mobile apps with the help of technologies such as CSS, HTML5, and SASS. Further, it even has a plethora of features ranging from Bluetooth, HealthKit, Finger Print Auth, PhoneGap plugins and TypeScript extensions.

These features make the overall development of advanced apps easy. Here's a look at its various advantages.

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Cross-Platform App Development Frameworks Advantages of Ionic Learning is Easy Ionic is an easy to learn development framework. All a developer needs to have is the general familiarity with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Reduced Development Time Since Ionic apps run on different platforms such as Android, iOS, windows, etc., it saves a developer from writing different codes for each platform. A code written for one app can be deployed across all the iOS, Android, and Windows devices.

This, in turn, reduces the overall development time a lot.

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Cross-Platform App Development Frameworks Advantages of Ionic Higher Feasibility Ionic helps in the development of cross-platform apps with optimum utilization of resources such as time, assets and efforts. This facilitates a unified look and feel of the app while enhancing its feasibility.

Techtic has all the expertise to build applications based on Ionic rapidly. The developers here know how to deploy standard tools with a single code base.

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Cross-Platform App Development Frameworks Flutter Flutter is a modern development kit by Google, that will facilitate the development of mobile apps for Android, iOS, and Google Fuchsia, a new platform being developed by Google. Since its inception, Flutter has got immensely popular among the developers—as evident from the graph shown below:

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Cross-Platform App Development Frameworks Advantages of Flutter Hot Reload Hot reload refers to the fact that developers can preview all the changes made to the code in the app itself. It hardly takes few seconds to visualize the changes, thereby enabling the developers to directly experiment, resolve any technical glitches or buds, and add new features. Consequently, you will be able to ensure more effective collaboration between the developers and designers.

Ideal for Minimum Viable Product (MVP) In case you want your investors to see the product on a short notice, Flutter mobile application can help you out. The app will look native on both Android and iOS. This will give your investors a complete picture of the MVP. While developing two separate apps would be time-consuming, Flutter makes things easy for the developer.

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Cross-Platform App Development Frameworks Advantages of Flutter Less Code Flutter uses Dart as the programming language. It is similar to React Native as the programming style is reactive and declarative. It enhances the app startup times and overall performance as no JavaScript bridge is needed.

This is easily achieved with the help of 'Ahead-of-Time' or AOT compilation used

by Dart. It also takes help of Just-in-Time or JIT compilation which ultimately refines the development workflow as it enables hot reload capability to refresh the user interface during development, thereby eliminating the need of building a new version.

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Cross-Platform App Development Frameworks Xamarin Xamarin is a robust cross-platform app solution that is being used by 1.4 million developers spanning 120 countries. Take a look at the increasing number of developers using it.

Xamarin works across multiple operating systems. It doesn't only provide developers with excellent tools that facilitate the building of cross-platform apps but, also consists of all the native features along with the ability to share a common code base.

All in all, Xamarin is an excellent platform for building an app that's high on functionality and support. From letting the developer include added functionalities through simple plugins to integrating the application with popular backends, Xamarin does it all like a pro. Here's a sneak peek in its various advantages. www.techtic.com | info@techtic.com

Cross-Platform App Development Frameworks Advantages of Xamarin The Enhanced App Development Cycle Since Xamarin contains reusable code, 90% of it can get recycled for app development across various platforms. This doesn't only accelerate the pace of development but also reduces the period of the product development lifecycle.

Facilitates Rapid Mobile App Development for Business Xamarin serves as a business-friendly platform because of its agility and the reasonable cost approach. With its user interface making use of form libraries, the whole development process becomes smooth, rapid and straightforward.

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Cross-Platform App Development Frameworks Advantages of Xamarin Reduces Hardware Compatibility Issues Xamarin mobile app Development Company has a range of plug-ins and supporting APIs for cross-platform app development. This facilitates the interaction of native level with the operating device hardware, thereby giving excellent compatibility options for app development.

All in all, Xamarin is the future of mobile application development. Techtic, with its fully expert team of developers, can help you leverage Xamarin by making use of its extensive toolset for developing world-class cross-platform mobile applications.

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Cross-Platform App Development Frameworks Phonegap PhoneGap is the next big thing for cross platform mobile development. It’s recommended for those app projects which have to be developed in a cost effective manner. The single code base can be used for creating multiple versions of an app.

It’s an open-source framework for mobile app development. In spite of being based on web standard technologies like HTML, CSS and JavaScript, apps created with PhoneGap do support native device features like accelerometer, compass, GPS, camera, storage, contact, network and lot more through APIs.

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Cross-Platform App Development Frameworks Advantages of Phonegap • Single code base can be used to create apps for iOS, Android, Windows Phone and mobile web.

• Even if you have developed the app using PhoneGap, the app can be distributed on App store and Google Play.

•There is no need of additional development skills • If the app is going to be the extension of your existing enterprise app, hybrid will prove to be best choice.

• With Phonegap, it is easy to do rapid testing ad deployment of an app

• You can create hybrid apps to save the development time and efforts.

• If there is little time to go to market, Phonegap is the technology to be used. www.techtic.com | info@techtic.com

About Techtic Solutions One of the major hurdle mobile app development industry is facing right now is with the proliferation of mobile platforms. It becomes lengthy, cumbersome and expensive method to build a native mobile application for each platform. Moreover, ensuring the features of the operating system and phone is another trouble.

The web applications are just not good enough. Which is why, companies started building frameworks and libraries to work with a single code base for iOS and Android. To name a few, Facebook came up with React Native, Microsoft's Xamarin, Google's Flutter, Phonegap and Ionic.

Techtic Solutions Inc. team has extensive experience in building both, native & cross platform mobile applications. We have served many industries with our expertise.

Our cross platform mobile app development team in NYC is always updated with the trending technologies to incorporate & implement the most efficient methodologies to build mobile apps.

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