13 May 2021
Last Updated: 15 Feb 2019 | 5 min read
Cross-platform app development capabilities open up a world of tools to access from a pool with libraries and SDK. However, which one to choose to from or put it this way, the best mobile app development framework is the question facing mobile app developers of a top mobile app development company.
There are millions of apps on the popular mobile app stores but the basic battle remains of app development time-frame. Some agree with the thought that iOS app development takes lesser time. Well, it is true that iOS app development has the capability to reduce time-to-market but there are many Android app development frameworks which could also get the job done in no time without even coding experience.
To settle this thought, we bring you a list of popular Android App Development Frameworks for building your mobile app.
Corona SDK is a cross-platform framework ideal to quickly develop apps and games for mobile devices and desktop systems. It is Lua-based, i.e, an open source scripting language designed to be reliable, robust & lightweight. Corona SDK is 100 percent free, works both on Windows and Mac OS X, and supports real-time testing. Corona is empowered with the ability to call any native library and offers plugins for all need.
That means your project can be made once and implemented multiple times on multiple types of devices, including Apple iPhone and iPad, Android phones and tablets, Amazon Fire, Mac Desktop, Windows Desktop, and even connected TVs such as Apple TV, Fire TV, and Android TV.
React Native is the first of its kind to perform equally as native does due to the hybrid app technology. This allows React Native to cope up with 2 major ecosystems i.e, Android and iOS with equal design features and robust performance. It is a JavaScript framework that formulates rich mobile UI from Declarative components. It simply means that businesses can have intuitive cross-platform mobile apps.
Dynamically invented by Facebook and Instagram, React Native quickly grew popularity as a reliable platform among other companies such as Netflix, Walmart, Airbnb, GitHub, Pixar, Microsoft, Pinterest, etc. We quickly became acquainted with React Native because of our development capabilities to use a single codebase between several platforms allowing faster time-to-market with the reduced development cycle.
PhoneGap is one such platform where you can create apps to operate and run on more than one device without changing the code base.
One of the many reasons that PhoneGap is highly preferred by entrepreneurs is for being cost-effective, scalable and robust in nature. Hence, empowers developers to build simple and useful PhoneGap mobile web apps as per your business needs while ensuring great app performance and yielding quickest ROI.
Xamarin which is recently been acquired by Microsoft is an ideal tool to do cross-platform development. Xamarin Studio offers modern and distinct features for creating iOS, Android, Windows and Mac applications.
It is equipped with the rich editor, debugging, native platform integration and integrated source control and also test cloud for testing across devices. It has one of the most sophisticated IDE.
jQuery Mobile framework takes the “write less, do more” kind of approach and provide beyond experience to mobile app developers to create unique applications for each mobile device or OS. It is popular because it gels well with various other mobile app development frameworks like PhoneGap and Worklight, etc.
The jQuery mobile framework allows you to design responsive web site or application that will work on all popular smartphone, tablet, and desktop platforms. jQuery Mobile is cross-platform with HTML5-based user interface to build engaging and responsive websites and apps that are accessible on all smartphone, tablet and desktop devices.
It enables mobile app developers to create customized mobile applications for Android, iOS, Blackberry, WebOS, and Symbian operating systems. Knowing jQuery syntax will accelerate the learning curve of new or aspiring mobile developers who want to try jQuery for mobile app development.
Ionic app development framework can provide an amazing push for enterprises, startups and large organizations by opting Ionic solutions which provide hybrid mobile development services by focussing on front-end development.
Summary:
The Android app development frameworks are designed to help the developer build complex websites with much ease. We hope that the above-provided information was beneficial to you. Being a top mobile app development company with close to 10 years of experience, we are constantly involved in researching, developing and delivering cutting-edge solution regarding the upcoming and trending technology and its aspects.
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