Pros and Cons of Building a Cross Platform Mobile App

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Pros and Cons of Building a Cross Platform Mobile
App
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Introduction

• There are clearly plenty of options to select
  from when you decide to develop a mobile app.
• You can create a native app or a web app. You can
  even develop a cross platform mobile app so that
  you have to maintain just one codebase for your
  app!
• Some of the pros and cons of cross platform
  mobile application development that will help you
  decide whether this approach is good for your
  business or not.

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Pros

• Speed
• Cross platform mobile apps are relatively fast to
  develop rather than building one app separately
  for Android and iOS.
• This is because a single code base is used across
  all the platforms.
• Costs
• Cross platform mobile apps are very cost
  effective as they require you to develop code
  just once. 
• Unlike native apps for various platforms, that
  require a separate code, that significantly
  increases costs, cross platform apps help in
  saving costs.

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• Simplicity
• Cross platform apps are simple in terms of
  development and maintenance. They can be synced
  across all the available mobile application
  development platforms.
• There are various technologies that support cross
  platform development such as appcelerator,
  PhoneGap etc.

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Cons

• Platform limitations
• Each platform has its own uniqueness and
  flexibilities. Using a common platform for
  developing apps for various devices you may not
  be able to leverage from these unique features
  provided by these platforms.
• User experience
• Both iPhones and Androids have different screen
  resolutions, sizes and features. Designing a
  common app for the two platforms could result in
  the app offering a good user experience on one
  platform and a not so good experience on the
  other.

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• Integration challenges
• Integrating the app with the local settings and
  preferences is a challenge for various platforms.

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Conclusion

• Clearly, there is a lot to consider when you
  select a method for developing mobile
  applications. 
• You will need to decide whether you wish to
  develop for a single platform or for multiple
  platforms.
• You will also need to decide whether you would
  want to develop an app separately for each
  platform or create a cross platform mobile app.
• Make a decision after thoroughly understanding
  the pros and cons of cross platform mobile apps
  development!

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