Cross-platform mobile development approaches and frameworks

Muhammad Shoaib Farooq; Shamyla Riaz; Atif Alvi; Asghar Ali; Ibtesam U Rehman

Author(s)

Muhammad Shoaib Farooq Department of Department of Computer Science, University of Management and Technology,Lahore, Punjab,Pakistan

Shamyla Riaz Department of Department of Computer Science, University of Management and Technology,Lahore, Punjab,Pakistan

Atif Alvi Department of Department of Computer Science, University of Management and Technology,Lahore, Punjab,Pakistan

Asghar Ali Department of Department of Computer Science, University of Management and Technology,Lahore, Punjab,Pakistan

Ibtesam U Rehman Department of Department of Computer Science, University of Management and Technology,Lahore, Punjab,Pakistan

Abstract

The use of mobile applications is rapidly increasing, due to rapid development of smartphones. Mobile apps, on the other hand, are platform-specific, making development more difficult and expensive. Cross platform or multiplatform application development is a fairly new idea in which developers apply a single code to create apps for several platforms like Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, iOS etc. With the rising usage of these frameworks, it is important to comprehend both contributions and limitations in this emerging field. This paper presents a systematic literature review (SLR) of the research studies in the field of cross platform mobile app Development including approaches and tools. The SLR has been compiled by reviewing the research studies published between 2012-2022 in reputed venues. A Total of 22 studies has been selected and classified by using systematic process. The review has been presented on cross platform approaches, tools and challenges. Further an approach has been proposed for cross platform mobile application development. Finally, open issues and challenges in the field of cross platform have been presented to provide future direction to the researchers.

Publication Details

Page(s) 79-93

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Published Journal: VFAST Transactions on Software Engineering, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Year: 2022

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Keywords

React Native, multi-platform mobile application, cross platform mobile application