An Evaluation of Cross-Platform Frameworks for Multimedia Mobile Applications Development

作者：Ferreira Cristiane M S^*; Peixoto Maria J P; Duarte Paulo A S; Torres Andrei B B; Silva Junior Messias L; Rocha Lincoln S; Viana Windson

来源：IEEE Latin America Transactions, 2018, 16(4): 1206-1212.

DOI：10.1109/tla.2018.8362158

• Cross-Platform
• Sensibilidade ao Contexto
• iOS
• Android
• PhoneGap
• Sencha Touch
• Titanium

Cross-Platform Mobile Development Tools allows developers to write a unique base code and create the same application for multiple mobile platforms (e.g., Android and iOS). A variety of frameworks have been proposed to support cross-platform mobile application development. PhoneGap, Sencha Touch, and Titanium are well-known frameworks designed for this purpose. The main goal of this research is to analyze their current state of maturity. In that direction, an application was developed in PhoneGap, Titanium, and Sencha, as well as native versions for Android and iOS were implemented. Such mobile application obtain information from sensors, uses camera to take pictures, applies image filters, and establishes connection to a remote Web Service. We analyzed the feasibility to build this kind of mobile application, the performance of each version, and the development effort. With our results, we intend to provide an overview of the qualities and limitations of these frameworks.

• 出版日期2018-4