Cross Platform(IOS & Android)
There are two app building approaches for creating mobile solutions: native and hybrid/cross-platform. They both have advantages and disadvantages and can suit your project depending on your needs and use scenario.
Flutter is Google’s mobile UI framework that provides a fast and expressive way for developers to build native apps on both iOS & Android, using a single codebase.
React Native is one of the top cross-platform mobile development frameworks. It is based on React a best-in-class JavaScript library for creating user interfaces and targets mobile platforms.
The great thing about React Native is that you can use a universal JavaScript language as well as Java, Swift, or C languages specific for native platforms to build cross-platform solutions. Thus, this framework can convert the source code into native elements, contributing to native user experience.
Web developers can easily use React Native to create mobile apps without obtaining new programming skills.
Xamarin is a leading free, open-source platform for building hybrid mobile apps. Xamarin-based solutions are compatible with any mobile platform and provide the same performance and user experience as native solutions.
This popular Microsoft cross-platform mobile app framework relies on the C# programming language complemented with .NET framework and is available under the MIT license as part of Visual Studio. Its development toolset includes the following components:
- Xamarin Studio/Visual Studio (its own IDE)
- Xamarin SDKs
- Xamarin Test Cloud
- Xamarin.Mac to build native Mac apps
Ionic is definitely among the best hybrid app frameworks as it bridges the properties that are in demand: it’s open-source, easily maintained, scalable, and easy to read. Ionic provides a library of HTML, CSS and JS components optimized for mobile development that helps build interactive apps.
Ionic has a rich set of features and tools, including out-of-the-box support for material design, native-style mobile UI elements and layouts. It also provides its customers with regular updates and resources from the development community.
Ionic-based hybrid applications possess native functionalities, specific gestures and customizable tools that enhance user-friendliness. However, they rely on wrappers such as Cordova or PhoneGap to run as native.
