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In the fast-changing realm of mobile app creation, being efficient and productive is crucial for the success of any project. Imagine you’re an Android developer, and you’ve got loads of experience working with Java, Kotlin, Compose, and the usual Android development stuff. You’ve seen for yourself how tough it can be to handle different sets of code for Android and iOS apps. But now, there’s something exciting on the horizon: Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile (KMM). This technology has the potential to completely transform the way we do cross-platform development, and I’m here to tell you all about it.

The Genesis of KMM

KMM (Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile) is a cool tool made by JetBrains, the same folks who gave us Kotlin, with the aim to make life easier for developers working on both Android and iOS apps.

Imagine this: you have this awesome code that you want to use on both Android and iOS. Normally, you’d have to write it twice, once for each platform. It’s a real pain and can lead to mistakes and slow you down. But with KMM, you can write that code once and use it on both platforms. No more duplicating work, no more inconsistencies in your code, and development speeds up like magic.

The best part is, you’re not just saving time and effort, you’re also reaching a bigger audience. It is possible to develop for Android as well as iOS at the same time.  It’s like having a superpower for mobile app development!

Use Cases for KMM

Fig-2 Use cases of KMM

Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile (KMM) isn’t just a fancy idea on paper; it’s already proven its worth in various real-world scenarios. Here are some practical examples that show how versatile and beneficial KMM can be:

  1. E-commerce Apps:
    Imagine you’re working on an e-commerce app that needs to handle a ton of data processing and network communication. KMM comes to the rescue by allowing you to share the code for managing the product catalog, shopping cart logic, and payment processing between both iOS and Android. This means you save a significant amount of time and effort.
  2. Media Streaming:
    Whether you’re creating a music streaming app or a video platform, KMM can make your life easier. It simplifies tasks like user authentication, content recommendations, and user preferences, making it possible to deliver a consistent experience on both iOS and Android.
  3. Healthcare Solutions:
    Healthcare apps are notorious for their strict data management and privacy requirements. KMM steps in to streamline the development process, ensuring that your application maintains data consistency and complies with privacy standards on both platforms.
  4. Productivity Tools:
    If you’re building productivity tools like task management apps or note-taking applications, KMM can be your secret weapon. It allows you to create efficient cross-platform solutions that cater to a broad user base, helping you reach more people with less hassle.

In a nutshell, Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile isn’t just a theoretical concept; it’s a practical solution that has already proven its worth in a variety of industries. It simplifies the development process, saves time, and ensures a consistent experience across different platforms.

How to set-up an environment for KMM?

Install ‘Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile’ plugin.

Fig-3 Plugin Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile

After successfully downloading this plugin, IDE will ask you to restart IDE. Click “Restart”.
After this, Create a new project.. File > New > New Project..

Fig-4 Activity selection dialog

Now, here you can see Kotlin Multi-platform App activity. Click on Next, Name your application and click on Next.

Here if you want to add sample tests for Shared Module, then check on Add sample tests for Shared Module, and click on Finish.

And…. Done!!! You have your KMM project ready with demo sample code.

Fig-5 Demo KMM Code

Demo example:

Here’s the little snippet code of how to add shared code for both platforms.

Fig-6 KMM Snippet 

Above code demonstrates the use of the expect and actual keywords in KMM to define platform-specific implementations of a function. The shared code in SharedCode can be used on both Android and iOS platforms, and the platformFunction() method provides different implementations based on the platform. When you run this code on Android, it will print “Shared code running on Android”, and when you run it on iOS, it will print “Shared code running on iOS”.

Real-world use cases

Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile (KMM) isn’t just a fancy idea on paper; it’s already proven its worth in various real-world scenarios. Here are some practical examples that show how versatile and beneficial KMM can be:

    1. Netflix:
      Netflix, which is one of the largest companies for streaming movies and TV shows online, uses something called KMM. They have this app called Prodicle, which helps out with making TV shows and movies in the real world. 
    2. Cash App by Square, Inc.:
      Cash App, created by Square, Inc., is a popular app that many people use to send and receive money, invest in stocks, and buy Bitcoin. 
    3. KFC Russia:
      You know KFC, right? Well, in Russia, they used KMM to make their mobile app for ordering food. It’s part of the big KFC chain you see all over the world. They used KMM to share the important stuff that makes the app work, like how you choose your food, how you pay, and how they process your order. 
    4. Philips:
      It’s Philips’ goal to improve 2.5 billion lives by 2030. With their smart apps for Android and iOS, Philips has a wide range of connected products for smart home care and personal health.
    5. VMware:
      VMware offers a variety of apps in their collection, and some of them are included in Workspace ONE, which is a digital platform that helps manage and securely deliver applications to different devices. Because VMware has such a wide range of products, they were looking for a solution that could work on multiple platforms, and one of the options they considered was KMM. Within VMware, there’s a dedicated team that creates KMM libraries. These libraries are later used by application developers.
    6. Memrise:
      Have you heard of Memrise? It’s this cool app that helps you learn languages. What’s unique about it is that it uses memes, videos, and pictures to make learning fun and easy. 
    7. PlanGrid:
      PlanGrid is like a handy tool for people in the construction business. It helps them do lots of important stuff, like making, looking at, changing, and sharing all kinds of documents they need when they’re building things. 
    8. XAPO Bank:
      Xapo is like a financial company that also acts as a Virtual Asset Service Provider. They have special licenses that let them do banking and handle assets. With Xapo, you can use your phone to do banking and manage your money and assets from anywhere in the world. You can use regular money (like dollars or euros) or Bitcoin for your transactions.
    9. Careem: Careem, a company focused on making life easier in the Middle East, created an app known as “the everything app.” Their goal was to improve mobility and convenience for people in the region. This app does a lot of things – it helps you get around, delivers food and groceries, helps manage your payments, and more.

Conclusion

Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile is like a glimpse into the future of making mobile apps. It’s a fantastic tool for Android developers like me, who are already familiar with Kotlin. With KMM, we can create apps for iOS too, and the best part is that it doesn’t slow down our apps or make us work harder. It’s a real game-changer!

I’ve been working with Kotlin for a while now, and I can say that KMM has the potential to change the game. It’s high time we start using this technology and enjoy the benefits it brings, such as sharing code between platforms, saving time in development, and reaching a wider audience in the market.

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A Quick Guide on Cross Platform App Development in 2023 https://www.itpathsolutions.com/a-quick-guide-on-cross-platform-app-development-in-2022/ https://www.itpathsolutions.com/a-quick-guide-on-cross-platform-app-development-in-2022/#respond Mon, 03 May 2021 13:31:46 +0000 https://itpathsolutions.com/?p=6711   With a single codebase or cross-platform app development, developers can create a single code that will work on multiple platforms such as Android and iOS. Cross-platform app development provides single-code base facilities. Using this single code base functionality, developers can deploy mobile apps that can work on any platform. They can avoid creating native […]

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With a single codebase or cross-platform app development, developers can create a single code that will work on multiple platforms such as Android and iOS. Cross-platform app development provides single-code base facilities. Using this single code base functionality, developers can deploy mobile apps that can work on any platform. They can avoid creating native apps for each platform.

Cross-platform app development allows developers to deploy apps faster as they can reuse the code and provide a more unified user experience across devices.

 

What is Cross-Platform App Development?

With cross-platform app development, multiple platforms such as iOS, Android, Windows, etc will run with a single codebase developed in cross-platform technologies such as React Native and Flutter. With cross-platform apps, a single code will run on all the platforms allowing developers to quickly deploy code across devices and reuse the code as and when needed. Updating the app platform also becomes easier as you only have to update one code. Despite the cross functionality the code will offer a near native experience.

 

The same code can be used for multiple devices

 

The advantage for the client side is that faster deployment, cost-effectiveness, and faster turnaround time for development are possible with single codebase development. Especially for startups that are keen to launch a beta version, a single codebase allows them to launch a product quickly and deploy it for consumer feedback before they launch a full product.

That is not to say that faster deployment will offer reduced functionalities. With rendering engines and robust server-side capabilities, cross-platform app development technologies can offer an experience that is comparable or even exceeds native app development experience.

 

Difference Between Native and Cross-Platform App Development

Native apps are platform-dependent and are built using specific languages such as Java for Android and Swift for iOS. With cross-platform languages such as Flutter, they are written in Dart language and run on virtual machines to make the code cross-platform.

Native apps are built with the end device in mind so that they are able to access the device’s hardware and software tools such as camera & microphones better. Because of the OS that was built using the same language, the performance and cross-compatibility are also improved.

But for developing native apps the app entrepreneur needs to develop a different version of the app for each platform. Plus the efforts and time needed to develop different versions also add up to the timeline for the launch.  Hence cross platforms apps can be developed, you only need to develop the code once and reuse it across devices.

Cross-platform provides a wide range of tools and technologies that can help to create better cross-platform apps that look near the same as a native app. By and large, you will be able to decide better after a discussion with an expert based on your requirements whether cross-platform app development is suitable for you or not.

 

Advantage of Cross-Platform App Development

More Audience Reach

With cross-platform app development once, you can target audiences through Android or iOS phones at once. This can save your time and money in targeting more audiences with fewer efforts.

Reduce Expenses

You can develop a single app that will run on all platforms such as iOS, Android, and Windows.

Quicker Output

Using a Cross-platform app development process, we can build extremely fast applications compared to native app development. It can save time and effort for developers.

Quick Prototype

Quick prototyping helps to ensure that the development process is going quickly, and as per the pre-decided flow. It can give an idea of the flow of the correct development process.

Easier Integration

As you only have a single code integrating with plugins and prebuilt components.

 

Top Cross-Platform Technologies

As per a Stack overflow survey here are the top cross-platform technologies favored by the developers community.

Top Cross development platforms as per stack overflow

Xamarin: With Xamarin developers can create cross-platform applications for Windows, iOS, macOS, and Android. You can also create platform-specific apps with Xamarin’s platform-specific tools.

React Native: React Native can help you build cross-platform apps with its Javascript libraries. Up to 80% of the code can be used across platforms.

Flutter: Flutter was launched by Google in 2017. It is based on Dart, a relatively new programming language. This framework is preferred for MVP development.

Cordova: Cordova uses HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript for cross-platform app development. Developers can avoid developing apps for each platform by using wrappers made for each platform and use standard API bindings for hardware & OS features access.

 

Conclusion

Earlier, organizations looking for their mobile app development needs had to go for native development only. With robust cross-platform apps development, they can easily merge non native cross platform code with OS-specific features and functionalities. Opting for cross-platform development or native app development will depend largely on your app-related business plans, your user needs, and the features you want to include in your app.

We can help you get an idea of which native or cross-platform will be the best fit for you. Contact our experts for a no-hassle confidential consultation.

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React Native App Development Costs in 2022 https://www.itpathsolutions.com/react-native-app-development-costs-in-2022/ https://www.itpathsolutions.com/react-native-app-development-costs-in-2022/#respond Fri, 05 Feb 2021 14:42:25 +0000 https://itpathsolutions.com/?p=6183 In today’s app development scenario, React Native app development framework is one of the most popular and cost-effective frameworks available. If you want to launch a mobile application but you have a tight budget then React native app is the greatest option. Most businesses get started with react-native technologies due to their flexibility and cross-platform […]

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In today’s app development scenario, React Native app development framework is one of the most popular and cost-effective frameworks available. If you want to launch a mobile application but you have a tight budget then React native app is the greatest option. Most businesses get started with react-native technologies due to their flexibility and cross-platform mobile app development features. Using these react native app features you can get effective and real native type mobile application for both android and iOS platforms. React native app framework enables developers to faster and quickly process by giving a skeleton framework to develop on it.

Here are the two main reasons react native development cost depends upon the complexity of apps and requirement. And also require some expert developer experience to play role in this decision.

Let’s discuss some important factors affecting react native app development costs, such as:

  • App complexity
  • User authorization
  • Add-ons
  • App design
  • App maintenance
  • Team Size
  • Agency Location

 App complexity

Depending on the usability, flexibility, and complexity of the app, timelines can shorten and extend. Multiple factors can influence the timeline of development such as:

  • Deployment Architecture Mode:

If you come backend development. There are two choices custom and Baas. Custom will be feature specific as per the client’s needs and Baas will be prebuilt with some features added on.

  • Admin Panel Development:

It is the part which helps business or enterprise to manage the app. There are many admin panel features involving tracking app, view stats, update content, and many more.

  • Third-Party Integration:

If you want to build a truly user-friendly application. Your application needs social media logins and easy payment methods.

  • In-App Purchase:

IF you are offering products or services for sale, you need to integrate third-party payments providers such as stripe or Paypal to collect payments.

User authorization

Most apps today offer user logins so that the personal data of the user is securely stored and backed up on the app cloud. This feature will add to the development timeline.

Add-Ons

Add-ons are additional features that may occur during the development cycle. These are optional but many app developers would still like to add them for enhanced user experience and to stand out from the competition.

App Design

The interactive developing app will demand the development of amazing and well strategic design planning, along with smooth transitions to move one screen to another, efficient user-flow, animation. This kind of designing screen and user experience could easily help with costs.

App Maintenance

Once your app is completely developed and launched you will still need to make sure that it is maintained and any bugs discovered are dealt with. Hence you need to have app maintenance contracts with your developer. This adds to the overall costs of the app.

The annual app maintenance cost is usually calculated as 20% of the complete react native app development project.

Team Size

Team Size or developer and their experience are important factors for react native app development cost and it is very dependent on which type of team you have on board. If you are choosing a freelancer who will be at an affordable price but may compromise work quality. Another option is to choose expert app developers who can provide timely development and pay as you go models.

Conclusion

React native is the right choice for cross-platform app development in many ways. If you are looking to develop your own react native app contact our experts at IT Path Solutions to develop a plan of how you should go about it. It’s free and confidential.

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We have seen an amazing change in mobile application development over the last couple of years. Companies are making the best effort to adapt up to the newest technologies and client’s requirements. Take any mobile apps, and you will think that it’s simple and expressive with an amazing user interface. It’s all a direct result of the mobile development technologies used to grow such applications.

Mobile Application frameworks provide components such as tools, debuggers, compilers, and components that allow developers to pick and choose the right components and write code to create the perfect app for iOS or Android.

 

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That being said, here are the top technologies to consider for mobile app development in 2022.

#1 React Native

React Native is the most well-known and implemented framework for Mobile application development. It renders error-free great mobile applications for iOS and Android effectively. React Native is additionally one of the promising open-source, cross-platform mobile frameworks that utilize a native platform. The community of React Native developers provides constant support and technical support to each other. With the help of this astonishing cross-platform framework, Hire React Native developers can build amazing Android and iOS applications.

Most Popular applications build using React Native:

Facebook

Instagram

Pinterest

Myntra

Walmart

Airbnb

#2 Flutter

Flutter is a free, open-source platform giving a development kit to develop excellent applications. The benefit of Flutter is that it incorporates mobile and web applications. Flutter is a satisfactory platform for creating expressive applications for Android and iOS. The language utilized is Dart – object-oriented programming language, which gives developers all the advantages of object-oriented concept. Flutter utilizes a single code base for gathering the whole application to native code.

Most Popular applications build using Flutter:

Alibaba

Cryptograph

Reflectly

Google Ads Application

Coach Yourself

#3 Ionic

Ionic is a proficient mobile framework that is utilized for creating cross-platform mobile applications. Ionic gives a free platform and uses the combination of advanced HTML, CSS3, and Javascript for building native, web, and hybrid applications. Using Ionic is an ideal decision to build hybrid applications and web applications that utilizes HTML5. Ionic is a popular framework that creates applications for platforms, for example, Android, Windows, and iOS. Ionic gives the best performance because of the minimal utilization of DOM.

Most Popular applications build using Ionic:

JustWatch

Diesel

Sworkit

McDonald’s Turkey application

Honeyfi

#4 Xamarin

Xamarin App Development is .NET based framework that gives to builds applications for Windows, iOS, and Android. It’s a layer of deliberation that controls the communications occurring between the manual codebase. The application can be made for any platform, with 90% of the code reusability that expands development productivity. Xamarin gives an inviting climate to development. It is significantly used for building hybrid applications.

Most Popular applications build using Xamarin:

The World Bank

BBC Great Food

HCL

Alaska Airline

#5 jQuery Mobile

jQuery Mobile is a UI framework dependent on HTML5. It is created as a UI layer on top of the jQuery Center Javascript framework. It gives the web application experience to tablets and mobiles easily. It supports working frameworks like-iOS, Android, Windows, Kindle, Firefox, and some more. It additionally accompanies different plugins for making the web page simpler and user interactive.

#6 Kotlin

Kotlin is a cross-platform and statically typed programming language having type inference. Kotlin is significantly designed to be interoperable with Java and its distinctive adaptation of JVM. Because of the sort deduction include, its syntax is compact relatively. Kotlin targets JVM and furthermore complies with Javascript or native code.

#7 Swiftic

Swiftic is one of the most effortless to utilize the mobile application development framework that creates mobile applications in a matter of moments. Its use is generally to make, promote, and publish the application. It is known as the one of best framework on account of its easy to use and clean user interface. It additionally gives features, for example, – application promotions, coupons in the application, scratch cards, message pop-ups, and some more.

Most Popular applications build using Swiftic:

Spa Cafe

Muve Magazine

The Gentlemen’s Barber

#8 Corona SDK

Corona is an open-source cross-platform most appropriate for creating applications and games for mobiles, tablets, and desktops. It is a Lua based mobile framework that gives speed, simplicity, scalability, and flexibility for application development. Basically, Corona SDK is used for developing games and hybrid applications. Crown SDK reflects moment changes in the simulator.

Most Popular applications build using Corona SDK:

Egg Baby

Mandora

Zip Zap

The Lost City

I Love Hue

#9 PhoneGap

PhoneGap App development is another system for versatile application advancement that forms applications for cross-platform use. The only prerequisite for utilizing PhoneGap is to have your grip over HTML, CSS, and Javascript. PhoneGap may not adapt to your hardware intensive applications, so it won’t be advisable to create gaming applications using PhoneGap.

Most Popular applications build using PhoneGap:

HealthTap

Wikipedia

The DHS program

TripCase

Final Thought

If you are looking to get your mobile app developed in 2022, do let us know. We will be happy to provide you with a confidential and detailed analysis of your requirements.

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5 Best Cross-platform Mobile App Development Frameworks To Adopt https://www.itpathsolutions.com/5-best-cross-platform-mobile-app-development-frameworks-to-adopt/ https://www.itpathsolutions.com/5-best-cross-platform-mobile-app-development-frameworks-to-adopt/#respond Thu, 03 Dec 2020 15:29:09 +0000 https://itpathsolutions.com/?p=6018 Smartphone applications’ performance relies heavily on the app development tools used for their development. With multiple apps operating in various industrial verticals, it has become essential to develop robust, cost-effective, and high-performance applications. Consequently, cross-platform application development has emerged. Cross-platform apps are backed by cross-platform app development frameworks that ensure the application’s seamless performance across […]

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Smartphone applications’ performance relies heavily on the app development tools used for their development. With multiple apps operating in various industrial verticals, it has become essential to develop robust, cost-effective, and high-performance applications. Consequently, cross-platform application development has emerged.

Cross-platform apps are backed by cross-platform app development frameworks that ensure the application’s seamless performance across all platforms. In this blog, we will explore various cross-platform app development frameworks that help you launch your application faster and smoother in the market.

A brief about cross-platform app development:

Cross-platform application development is the process of running applications on multiple platforms such as iOS, Windows, and Android using a single code. The code compatibility saves a lot of development time, reduces the cost of app development, and allows you to reach a broader range of audience.

This is one of the major differences between cross-platform app development and native application development.  

Now let us discuss the top 5 cross-platform mobile app development frameworks for application development:

What are cross-platform mobile app development frameworks?

Cross-platform mobile application development frameworks are the set of tools that you use to build a robust application. This application can perform seamlessly across Android and iOS.

Our best 5 picks for cross-platform application development are:

  1. Flutter
  2. React Native
  3. Ionic
  4. Kotlin Multiplatform
  5. Node.JS

Things to consider while selecting the cross-platform application development tools:

  • Consider the speed of application development;
  • Explore the feature support each of these frameworks will have;
  • Analyze the risk involved with framework selection;
  • Consider the cost of application development.

Benefits of Selecting the Right Cross-Platform Application Development Tools:

Mobile app development for any device:

As mentioned above, you can deploy the code across multiple platforms enabling your app to run seamlessly across various devices.

Wider market reach:

By deploying the application on multiple operating systems, you get a chance to reach new audiences quickly. 

Cost-effective solution:

Imagine developing two applications at the cost of one. Cross-platform application development seems to be easy on pockets as you are paying developers the price of developing a single code. 

Keeping in mind, all these points, cross-platform app development seems to be imperative.

Let us look at the list of cross-platform app development frameworks:

Flutter:

Flutter is an open-source framework that is used as a UI toolkit for making a fast, beautiful, native compiled app for mobile, web, and desktop with one programming language and a single code base. It was initially developed by Google and launched in 2015 at the Dart Developer Summit. Flutter can create apps for the web, Android, Linux, iOS, and Windows from one single code base.

Flutter, uses Dart, a language developed by Google which is based on Java. Hence, developers familiar with Java find it a bit easier to work on Flutter.

Here are the most popular apps made with Flutter

  • Google Ads (Utility)
  • Alibaba
  • Reflectly

Pros of Flutter

Relatively Faster Development: You don’t need multiple teams for each platform.

Complete Control: Due to Flutter’s layered architecture, the developer has control of even the smallest item in the app.

Real-Time Debugging: With Flutter’s hot reload one can see the code in action and make changes if needed to solve bugs and errors.

Cons Of Flutter

New Framework: As it was launched recently, Flutter still has some issues and a relatively smaller user base. But with Google’s support behind this technology, this is a transient problem.

Dart: Dart is a relatively newer language and still has some issues as compared to Swift or Kotlin.

Not 100% Native Look: Flutter relies on Material UI from Google and Cupertino library so it doesn’t always render the UI perfectly.

React Native:

React Native which was released in March 2015, React Native is an open-source cross-platform for developing mobile applications which are developed by Facebook. According to Statista, 42% of mobile app developers are now using React Native to develop mobile apps. It is used for developing both mobile apps as well as web applications. It allows the developers to use React Native along with other native platform capabilities. React Native App Development gives empowerment to the developer by allowing them to use the capability provided by React Native to develop platform-independent apps. It covers many native technologies such as Android, iOS, UWP, and Web.

React Native is written with combined scripting languages like JavaScript or JSX, XML, and React Native is built by using JavaScript and ReactJS which provides some familiarity for developers.

React Native allows developers to offer the same UI and UX to all users whether they be on Android or iOS by using a single code.

Here are some of the most popular apps/tools made with React Native:

  • Facebook Ads Manager
  • Pinterest
  • Skype
  • Instagram
  • UberEats
  • Myntra
  • Discovery VR

According to Stack Overflow, a survey of developers this year, 40.58% of developers selected React Native due to its native libraries and tools.

Pros of React Native

Time and Cost-efficiency: Most developers are well versed in React Native app development and the large support community can be tapped for any development bottlenecks.

Native Look and Feel of Your Apps: Because it allows you to use many languages such as Swift, Java, etc. the look of the developed app will be quite familiar.

Freedom of Choice for Developers: Developers can create components that appear to be native to each platform and they can use languages they are already familiar with to build apps.

Native Rendering: React Native uses JavaScript to turn the code into native code and then run the app. While this does slow down the app a bit, in most cases it will reduce bugs and improve user experience.

Amazing Community Support: react Native has a large developer base that constantly updates each other on the latest features and bugs and helps each other out with bugs and code issues.  This makes the developer’s job easier as he/she can readily use this resource to troubleshoot if needed.

Cons of React Native

Lack of Ready-made Components: In some minor instances, React Native has relatively low choices of custom components that can be deployed, forcing the developer to develop them from scratch.

Requires a JavaScript Bridge: React native turns the React code into native code using JavaScript and then runs the app for the platform. While this is not a massive disadvantage, for very large apps this can pose a problem.

Native coding Still Needed: For some advanced features, native app development experience is still needed. For the end customer, that means he will need to hire some Android app developers and iOS app developers if needed.

Ionic:

Again, Ionic is an open-source UI toolkit used for developing cross-platform applications. It has an easy learning curve and seamlessly integrates with Angular and Vue.Js. Ionic framework allows developers to use HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, and Cordova wrapper programming language to develop an application that has a native-like feel. 

Ionic uses Cordova plugins that facilitate easy access to built-in features like Camera, GPS, and Audio Recorder. Ionic framework is easy to learn, making it an easy favorite among developers.

Popular apps built using Ionic:

  • JustWatch
  • Sanvello

Pros of using the Ionic framework:

Community support:

Ionic is backed by a strong community that helps in solving any doubt instantly. This is the biggest plus why developers are shifting to Ionic. 

Ease of learning:

The easy learning curve makes the Ionic framework one of the favorites amongst developers.

Cons of using Ionic framework:

Not suitable for complex applications:

Applications with complexities might face some performance issues when built using the Ionic framework.

Kotlin Multiplatform:

Another favorite of developers for cross-platform application development is Kotlin Multiplatform. Kotlin framework facilitates business logic and code sharing across various platforms. Also, Kotlin Multiplatform allows you to use native UI technologies for application development. This is one of the major benefits why apps built using Kotlin give a native-like feel.

Popular apps built using Kotlin Multiplatform:

  • Netflix;
  • Cash App;
  • VMware;

Pros of using Kotlin Multiplatform:

Seamless integration with iOS and Android:

Codes written in Kotlin seamlessly integrate with the existing iOS and Android codebases. 

Gradle Support:

Kotlin extends its support to Gradle, which simplifies dependency management, thereby improving productivity. 

Cons of using Kotlin Multiplatform:

Low adoption:

The framework has limited adoption due to its difficult learning curve;

Limited resources:

One will find limited and less comprehensive resources, for a new developer to learn and implement Kotlin development.

Comparatively slow compilation speed:

One might face issues with application compilation when compared to Java. The process might annoy you during the application deployment.

Node.js:

Node.js is an open-source Javascript runtime environment cross-platform app development framework 2024 that runs on Windows, Linux, and MacOS. The open-source environment allows the development of serverside apps that are robust and scalable. 

Node.js is known for its efficiency and responsiveness in developing cross-platform applications. 

Popular apps built using Node.js:

  • Uber;
  • LinkedIn;
  • eBay

Pros of using Node.js:

Ease of learning:

Node.js is built using Javascript programming language, which is easy to learn and implement. 

Fast and Scalable applications:

Applications built using Node.js are extremely scalable. This feature makes Node.js one of the popular choices amongst developers. It functions on a single-threaded model and event loop functionality. This mechanism allows the server to reply without any blockage, hence the scalability of the apps. 

Cons of using Node.js:

Asynchronous programming model:

Asynchronous programming refers to the programming method where execution proceeds without waiting for all program elements to be processed. This causes problems for programming elements that can not run independently.

An Overview of Cross-platform application development frameworks:

 

Frameworks Developed By Date of Release Repository Programming Language Popular Apps
React Native Facebook 2015 React Native GitHub JavaScript, Java, C++, Objective-C, Python

Facebook Ads Manager

Pinterest

Skype

Instagram

UberEats

Myntra

Discovery VR

Flutter Google 2017 Flutter GitHub Dart

Google Ads (Utility)

Alibaba

Reflectly

Ionic Drifty 2013 Ionic GitHub JavaScript Sanvello, JustWatch
Kotlin JetBrains 2011 Kotlin GitHub Kotlin

Netflix;

Cash App;

VMware;

Node.js OpenJS Foundation 2009 Node.js GitHub C, C++, JavaScript

Uber;

LinkedIn;

eBay

Do you need a cross-platform application?

Well, it looks like cross-platform application development is going to rule the market. It is difficult to decide a clear winner between the cross-platform frameworks, as the selection is very personal and based upon your project requirements. 

If you have any new innovative ideas and looking for an app development partner who can help you with it, feel free to consult us. Also, we provide a hire developers facility, where you can hire our vetted developers on an hourly basis. Thank you for reading the blog.

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