Hybrid Mobile Development
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The document discusses hybrid mobile development, comparing native and hybrid applications, and highlights frameworks like Cordova and Xamarin. It emphasizes the advantages of hybrid apps, such as cost savings and quicker updates, while also noting performance differences. The conclusion suggests that while native applications are becoming more niche, well-developed hybrid apps can be a viable and efficient alternative.
Hybrid Mobile Development
- 2. Agenda • Understanding Mobile Space • Introduction to Cordova & Xamarin • Native or Not? • Questions • Summary
- 3. Mobile Application or Mobile Web Application? • Mobile Web Apps • Limited functionality w/ HTML • Flash is problematic • Mobile Applications • Native or hybrid • Both provide much more functionality than “Web” • Native is platform-specific • Hybrid casts a wider net- but performance and experience could* suffer but • Hybrid one code base. 3
- 4. Platform Selection • Web • HTML with JavaScript/CSS • Hybrid • Adobe AIR (AS3, MXML) • Cordova (JS, HTML) • Titanium (JS, HTML) • Xamarin (C#, XAML) • Unity • Native (only choose one) • Objective-C Swift (iOS) • Java (Android / BlackBerry) • C#/Silverlight/XAML (Windows) 4
- 5. Multi-platform developers earn more 5
- 7. So, Native vs. Hybrid… Hybrid Native Skills Cordova - HTML, JS, CSS Xamarin - C# Obj C, Java, C#, SL, C/C++ Cross Platform Yes No Device APIs Yes Yes Distribution App Store App Store Updates App Store App Store Performance Fast Faster UI Complex | Simple Simple
- 8. Intention of using a CP Tool for app development
- 10. Performance Compare to Native 10
- 11. Mobile App Performance 11 2.698 1.006 0.679 1.015 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 Swift 1.1 Swift 1.2 Obj2 Xamarin iOS Computational Performance 2.7334 2.9977 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 Java Xamarin Android Computational Performance
- 12. Cost 12 100,000$ / y Native + 80% Slower Hybrid 33,000$ /y + Faster & Maintainable
- 14. • Free • No app store nonsense, no approval processes, apps update instantly. • All layout rendering is done via the Web View • Supports 7 platforms (native capabilities) • Visual Studio Integration • Huge community • Feel heavier compared to native • Complex UI
- 15. Xamarin Use the same language, APIs and data structures to share an average of 75% of app code across all mobile development platforms. Build user interfaces with Xamarin.Forms and share nearly 100%. 15
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- 17. Xamarin.Forms 17
- 18. How it Works? 18 XAML C#
- 19. Xamarin • Native, no cheating but larger. • C# and Visual Studio • MVC and MVVM (MVVM Cross) • Growing community (Band, Watch) • Support (1 Day SLA) • 999$ - 1899$ Per platform • You still need a mac :-) 19
- 21. Viceversa 21
- 22. Sworkit 22
- 23. Skulls of the Shogun 23
- 24. Questions?
- 25. Summary • Platform-specific native applications seem to be slowly fading away into a niche or need- basis. • Hybrid apps done right, can be a good alternative, and can save you time an money. • If you’re not sure, validate.
Editor's Notes
- #2: More and more companies are building their applications to support smart phones and tablets, as a result of tremendous growth on those markets. Until 2012 there were two major mobile leaders, Android and iOS, Now Microsoft entered the mobile world with Windows Store apps for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. The big questions is how you can build your application to support multiple devices and operation systems? Building the same application in three different languages is not just time consuming but also require a lot of maintenance - Each bug or feature need to be develop 3 times. In this session we'll learn how to build your application using PhoneGap framework in JavaScript and HTML 5 that will support all platforms and devices under one code base. http://blah.winsmarts.com/2014-2-HTML5_vs_PhoneGap_vs__Xamarin_vs_Native.aspx http://www.research2guidance.com/r2g/Cross-Platform-Tool-Benchmarking-Report-2014.pdf?utm_source=CPT14-landing-page&utm_medium=E-Mail&utm_campaign=CPT-2014
- #4: The Mobile App World is divided between Web Apps and Mobile Apps Web app are pure HTML & JavaScript, most of the web sites provide an Web App for mobile users – Jquery Mobile and several more helps making you Web Site into Web App. But those Web App are limited due to HTML 5 functionality – Everyone takes about HTML5 as the future but right now it doesn’t contains enough. The second space is Mobile Applications, that can be Native or Cross Compile , mobile app provides more functionality.