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Mobile App Development Methods

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Mobile App Development Methods
An app is developed is almost as important as
what an app does, and there are various schools
of thought on development kits, platforms, and
other environments in which to develop an app.
Mobile App Development Methods Native
App Cross Platform - Mono Cross-Platform App
with a Development Platform HTML5 Mobile
Site Mobile Friendly Site
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Native App Building a native app means
developing separately for each mobile device
(Android, BlackBerry, iPhone). The advantage of
designing an app entirely from the ground up for
a native platform is that you can optimize the
look and feel of each specific app for each
device, pushing each device's hardware to the
limit. The obvious drawback is that code must be
developed for each platform independently and
you'll be required to program the same app in
multiple languages. This method costs the most
and has the longest development time, but you
have complete control over the user interface for
each mobile device.
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Cross Platform Mono Developers familiar with
Microsoft's.NET Framework do not need to switch
to Objective-C in order to develop for iOS,
Java/J2ME for android and other mobile device
platforms. Instead, they can use the free and
open source project, Mono, which can be run on
Android, iOS, and many other operating systems.
Mono users can develop using Visual Studio
instead of Xcode and can use a PC instead of a
Mac to develop for Apple's products. The
ability to develop using a preferred language
lowers the skill requirements and infrastructure
overheads for developing for iOS and Android. The
drawback is that since each mobile device uses
different hardware and operating systems, the app
might not be user-friendly and optimized for each
native platform. However, the UI layer code can
be built for each app device and the business
and data layers can remain consistent if you use
right architecture.
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Cross-Platform App with a Development
Platform If you do choose to go cross-platform
and need a development environment that works for
more operating systems than iOS or Android, then
you need a cross-platform method with more
options. There are three other major development
platforms PhoneGap, Titanium, and Rhomobile.
The advantage of this method is that it is cost
effective and requires little maintenance because
a single code base is used. The disadvantage is
that it is not very user-friendly and custom
plugins are required to do device-specific
coding.
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HTML5 Mobile Site With the advent of HTML5,
instead of developing apps for mobile devices,
app developers can now simply make websites and
web applications that can then be converted to a
mobile app. Developing an app in HTML5 is simple
and fast and requires less code and maintenance
than the other options. Only knowledge of HTML
and JavaScript are needed to create an app that
has the feel of a web app but is mobile friendly.
First, the developer could create a HTML5 site
with any other programming technology, such
as.NET or PHP. Then, they need to create code for
iPhone, Android, or Windows solution, that loads
browser controls. The browser controls can show
the URL in the browser. Finally, the set up is
released to mobile user. The advantage of
mobile-centric websites and web applications is
very fast development and no skill required in
specific language, the code will be the same. The
disadvantage is that developers cannot explore
the abilities of specific devices or call the SDK.
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Mobile Friendly Site The mobile-friendly option
simply means designing a simple site that just
has the look and feel of a mobile app even though
it is only a normal website. The site cannot call
mobile specific SDK functions or be tailored for
each native device. Out of all the solutions
listed thus far, this is the one with the least
amount of cost and development time. However, the
solution will not have a lot of the user
interface abilities and will probably lack the
look and feel of a mobile app.
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