Mobile app developers, currently, are more inclined towards cross-platform applications over other types of apps. Cross-platform mobile app development provides technology that helps overcome native app development disadvantages like increased development cost, the requirement of developers skilled in different languages, increased time etc. This is achieved by building an app using programming languages such as Dart, for Flutter and Javascript, for React Native.
Choosing the right cross-platform mobile app development is a crucial part of building an efficient app. There are a plethora of cross-platform frameworks available in the market today, which makes it difficult to choose the right option. We understand this dilemma and to make the process of selecting the right cross-platform app development framework easier for you, by bringing you 5 cross-platform mobile app development frameworks for 2021 and their features:
React Native:
Developed by Facebook, React Native is an open-source cross-platform application development tool. JavaScript is the base language of the framework, which offers a chance of native functionality. The framework follows the “learn once, write everywhere” protocol, which allows developers to port the application to both iOS and Android using the same base code. Systango, as a cross-platform mobile development company, London, leverages React Native to build intuitive and native mobile app experiences.
Features of React Native:
Community-driven thus offers excellent support.
Uses advanced web technologies to offer modular and intuitive architecture.
Live-Reload which allows you to quickly check the aftereffect of the most recent changes.
2. Flutter:
Flutter offers a faster and dynamic mobile app development. The Flutter makes it quite effortless to rebuild a widget tree automatically by enabling it to see the effects of your changes. The widget provides features like navigation, fonts, scrolling, icons etc. to launch a full-fledged iOS and Android application.
Flutter is more like react framework with widgets, two-dimensional rendering and tools. All of these elements help you design, test, build and debug apps with ease.
Features of Flutter:
High customization with a rich set of material design
Productive as it allows developers to build iOS and Android apps with a single codebase
Create brand-driven designs utilizing OEM widgets
3. Xamarin:
Xamarin offers an inclusive cross-platform development for desktops, mobiles and tablets. Xamarin support languages such as F#, C# and the Razor template engine. The native-friendly interface of Xamarin empowers developers to respond to specific client demands. It enables developers to share an average of 90% of their application across different platforms. This pattern allows developers to write all the given business logic in a single language.
Features of Xamarin:
Fabulous experience for Android and iOS.
The new version comes with a lower disk impact hence it quickly installs.
Automatic Android SDK installation as per requirements.
4. Ionic:
Ionic mobile app development framework utilizes HTML5 to build a cross-platform mobile application. Free and open-source, Ionic offers a library of mobile-optimized UI, gestures, components and tools for building fast and highly interactive applications.
Ionic’s UI components look great on all mobile devices and platforms. Moreover, Ionic lets developers add apps to the app stores and as a PWA with a single code base.
Features of Ionic:
Stencil, a web component compiler that builds standard compliant web designs.
Lazy Loading that comes with Ionic 4 lets you speed up app loading
Cross-platform APIs that let you call native SDKs from web code.
We, at Systango, a cross-platform mobile development company, UK has delivered 100+ cross-platform applications utilizing Flutter, React Native and Ionic. We first discuss the business and requirements of our clients, then we work on design strategies and apply them to create innovative applications by leveraging the power of cross-platform technology.
Want to determine the right cross-platform platform for your business? Get in touch with cross-platform mobile app development experts at Systango.