Developing multiplatform apps : using hybrid solutions
Kristbergsson, Ellert (2015)
Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu
2015
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201505076676
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201505076676
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The aim of this thesis is to describe the process of developing multiplatform apps for mobile phones by discussing and comparing the different methods of developing apps for all platforms. The purpose is to ease decision making of smaller companies that are starting to develop their own product for smartphones.
The paper analyses tools based on the Cordova framework and the Qt framework. The difference between how the frameworks deliver the code to the machine, Cordova compiles JavaScript into native code for each platform but Qt compiles C++ code to binary code with different toolchains for each architecture.
Two projects, in paticular, are discussed, where an app was made with a hybrid solution. In one of the projects, an app was made for a company named Locatify with location-based interface using a framework called PhoneGap based on the Cordova framework and a project management methodology called Scrum. The other project is an app made for a company called Barnaefni for recording videos and sending them to a server.
The main results are that most of the different tools that are available for hybrid app development are based on a few tools. This makes it easy for companies with talent coming from web development to choose Cordova-based frameworks but for companies with talent from low-level programming to choose a framework based on the Qt technology.
The paper analyses tools based on the Cordova framework and the Qt framework. The difference between how the frameworks deliver the code to the machine, Cordova compiles JavaScript into native code for each platform but Qt compiles C++ code to binary code with different toolchains for each architecture.
Two projects, in paticular, are discussed, where an app was made with a hybrid solution. In one of the projects, an app was made for a company named Locatify with location-based interface using a framework called PhoneGap based on the Cordova framework and a project management methodology called Scrum. The other project is an app made for a company called Barnaefni for recording videos and sending them to a server.
The main results are that most of the different tools that are available for hybrid app development are based on a few tools. This makes it easy for companies with talent coming from web development to choose Cordova-based frameworks but for companies with talent from low-level programming to choose a framework based on the Qt technology.