Cross-platform mobile software development : technology overview and a practical example

Abstract

The vast diversity of portable devices has increased the need for an easy and unified approach to build mobile software. The purpose of this work is to give an overview of technologies widely used to deliver cross-platform software solutions. This was achieved by studying two of the most common cross-platform frameworks – Xamarin.Forms and Cordova.

The first part of the work introduces the problem of mobile software development. The second part describes the underlying technology of the cross-platform solutions and compares them to the native application development in terms of benefits and drawbacks. The third part provides a practical example of building an app using the two cross-platform solutions, demonstrating the workflow of development and a toolset used.