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Evaluating Cross-Platform Development Approaches for Mobile Applications

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Web Information Systems and Technologies (WEBIST 2012)

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The fragmented smartphone market with at least five important mobile platforms makes native development of mobile applications (apps) a challenging and costly endeavour. Cross-platform development might alleviate this situation. Several cross-platform approaches have emerged, which we classify in a first step. In order to compare concrete cross-platform solutions, we compiled a set of criteria to assess cross-platform development approaches. Based on these criteria, we evaluated Web apps, apps developed with PhoneGap or Titanium Mobile, and – for comparison – natively developed apps. We present our findings as reference tables and generalize our results. Our criteria have proven to be viable for follow-up evaluations. With regard to the approaches, we found PhoneGap viable if very close resemblance to a native look & feel can be neglected.

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  1. Department of Information Systems, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

    Henning Heitkötter, Sebastian Hanschke & Tim A. Majchrzak

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Heitkötter, H., Hanschke, S., Majchrzak, T.A. (2013). Evaluating Cross-Platform Development Approaches for Mobile Applications. In: Cordeiro, J., Krempels, KH. (eds) Web Information Systems and Technologies. WEBIST 2012. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 140. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36608-6_8

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