How Cross-Platform Technology Can Facilitate Easier Creation of Business Apps

2017 ◽  
pp. 104-140
Author(s):  
Tim A. Majchrzak ◽  
Jan C. Dageförde ◽  
Jan Ernsting ◽  
Christoph Rieger ◽  
Tobias Reischmann
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Computing ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Web Technology ◽  
App Development ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Platform Technology ◽  
Cross Platform ◽  
Platform Development ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
Business Orientation

Applications for mobile devices – apps – have seen unprecedented growth in importance. Ever better apps keep propelling the proliferation of mobile computing. App development is rather easy, particularly if it is based on Web technology. However, implementing apps that are user friendly and useful in the long-run is cumbersome. Thereby, it typically is expensive for corporate developers. Nonetheless, business apps are embraced by enterprises. To overcome the overhead of developing separately for multiple platforms and to mitigate the problems of device fragmentation, cross-platform development approaches are employed. While many such approaches exist, few have found widespread usage. In this chapter, we argue what the path towards future solutions could look like. We thereby take a rather technological look, but always keep business-orientation in mind. Our findings suggest that much effort is needed to enable the next generations of business apps. However, such apps will provide many merits and possibilities. Moreover, they provide the chance to master several of today's challenges.

scholarly journals Animations in Cross-Platform Mobile Applications: An Evaluation of Tools, Metrics and Performance

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (9) ◽  
pp. 2081 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Biørn-Hansen ◽  
Tor-Morten Grønli ◽  
Gheorghita Ghinea
Keyword(s):  
User Interfaces ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Memory Usage ◽  
Performance Profiling ◽  
App Development ◽  
Cpu Usage ◽  
Cross Platform ◽  
Platform Development ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact

Along with the proliferation of high-end and performant mobile devices, we find that the inclusion of visually animated user interfaces are commonplace, but that research on their performance is scarce. Thus, for this study, eight mobile apps have been developed for scrutiny and assessment to report on the device hardware impact and penalties caused by transitions and animations, with an emphasis on apps generated using cross-platform development frameworks. The tasks we employ for animation performance measuring, are those of (i) a complex animation consisting of multiple elements, (ii) the opening sequence of a side menu navigation pattern, and (iii) a transition animation during in-app page navigation. We employ multiple performance profiling tools, and scrutinize metrics including frames per second (FPS), CPU usage, device memory usage and GPU memory usage, all to uncover the impact caused by executing transitions and animations. We uncover important differences in device hardware utilization during animations across the different cross-platform technologies employed. Additionally, Android and iOS are found to differ greatly in terms of memory consumption, CPU usage and rendered FPS, a discrepancy that is true for both the native and cross-platform apps. The findings we report are indeed factors contributing to the complexity of app development.

Mobile Computing

2012 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Hakikur Rahman ◽  
Senthil Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Computing ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Communications ◽  
Text Messaging ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
User Friendly

With the advent of complex but user friendly mobile communications technologies and transformation of mobile devices being handy for usage, the applications and utilities of mobile devices have come into the palm of almost each and every human being of this modern world. Furthermore, with the unprecedented growth of the Internet and its outreach, the demand and requirement of users are growing fast, ranging from basic livelihood support, to infotainment, to social networking. Applications of mobile devices nowadays do not include only the facilities for calling another cell phone and text messaging, but also connecting to social networks, service providers networks, and servers of various organizations, like academic or business or health sector, thus providing appropriate services to users, meeting daily demands including emergencies . However, all these are dependent on technologies, social, cultural, and economic issues, which this study has explored. This chapter is based on a survey of concurrent literatures on mobile computing, its applications, and challenges. This study has put forwards three applications of mobile computing: learning, health, and GIS. In this aspect, by exploring the background on mobile computing, the chapter discusses a few constraints and challenges that have emerged in terms of design and application issues. Thereafter, before the conclusion, the chapter puts forward a few future research hints.

Mobile Computing for M-Commerce

2009 ◽  
pp. 1584-1592
Author(s):  
Anastasis Sofokleous ◽  
Marios C. Angelides ◽  
Christos Schizas
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Computing ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Data Transfer ◽  
User Profile ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Transfer Rates ◽  
Location Data ◽  
New Applications ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
Mobile And Wireless Networks

The ubiquitous nature of modern mobile computing has made “any information, any device, any network, anytime, anywhere” a well-known reality. Traditionally, mobile devices are smaller, and data transfer rates are much lower. However, mobile and wireless networks are becoming faster in terms of transfer rates, while mobile devices are becoming smaller, more compact, less power consuming, and, most importantly, user-friendly. As more new applications and services become available every day, the number of mobile device owners and users is increasing exponentially. Furthermore, content is targeted to user needs and preferences by making use of personal and location data. The user profile and location information is becoming increasingly a necessity. The aim of this article is to present an overview of key mobile computing concepts, in particular, those of relevance to m-commerce. The following sections discuss the challenges of mobile computing and present issues on m-commerce. Finally, this article concludes with a discussion of future trends.

Mobile Computing for M-Commerce

2011 ◽  
pp. 622-628 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasis Sofokleous ◽  
Marios Angelides ◽  
Christos Schizas
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Computing ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Data Transfer ◽  
User Profile ◽  
Location Information ◽  
Transfer Rates ◽  
Location Data ◽  
New Applications ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
Mobile And Wireless Networks

The ubiquitous nature of modern mobile computing has made “any information, any device, any network, anytime, anywhere” a well-known reality. Traditionally, mobile devices are smaller, and data transfer rates are much lower. However, mobile and wireless networks are becoming faster in terms of transfer rates, while mobile devices are becoming smaller, more compact, less power consuming, and, most importantly, user-friendly. As more new applications and services become available every day, the number of mobile device owners and users is increasing exponentially. Furthermore, content is targeted to user needs and preferences by making use of personal and location data. The user profile and location information is becoming increasingly a necessity.

scholarly journals Comparative Analysis of Hybrid Mobile App Development Frameworks

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 21-26
Author(s):  
Mohit Singh ◽  
◽  
Shobha G ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Operating System ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Operating Systems ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
App Development ◽  
Cross Platform ◽  
Case Basis ◽  
Made In

With the rise of mobile devices and their usage, a lot of development has been made in terms of the development of applications for mobile devices. Traditionally, app development was restricted to the particular operating system, and a separate codebase was required for applications to be developed for multiple operating systems. A new paradigm of development took place in recent years which was of Hybrid app development, leading to the development of multiple frameworks which allowed for a single codebase to be used for multiple operating systems. This paper explores the features and analysis of different hybrid app development frameworks available in the market. A comprehensive analysis has been made to compare the different frameworks which are cross-platform and support web, Android, and iOS platforms. The analysis shows that all the frameworks have their merits and usage of anyone framework over others can vary from case-to-case basis. The detailed analysis of the features will bring a general conclusion over the choice of framework.

Security issues in Mobile Computing

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Kartik Khurana ◽  
Harpreet Kaur ◽  
Ritu Chauhan ◽  
Shalu Chauhan ◽  
Shaveta Bhatia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Computing ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Communication ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Mobile Security ◽  
Security Issue ◽  
Security Issues

Now a day’s mobile communication has become a serious business tool for the users. Mobile devices are mainly used for the applications like banking, e-commerce, internet access, entertainment, etc. for communication. This has become common for the user to exchange and transfer the data. However people are still facing problems to use mobile devices because of its security issue. This paper deals with various security issues in mobile computing. It also covers all the basic points which are useful in mobile security issues such as categorisation of security issues, methods or tactics for success in security issues in mobile computing, security frameworks.

A model-driven approach to cross-platform development of accessible business apps

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Rieger ◽  
Daniel Lucrédio ◽  
Renata Pontin M. Fortes ◽  
Herbert Kuchen ◽  
Felipe Dias ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Model Driven ◽  
Cross Platform ◽  
Platform Development ◽  
Model Driven Approach

Deep Compressive Offloading

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-42
Author(s):  
Shuochao Yao ◽  
Jinyang Li ◽  
Dongxin Liu ◽  
Tianshi Wang ◽  
Shengzhong Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Embedded Systems ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Sensor Data ◽  
Important Research ◽  
Resource Limitations ◽  
Visual Inputs ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
Tracking Objects

Future mobile and embedded systems will be smarter and more user-friendly. They will perceive the physical environment, understand human context, and interact with end-users in a human-like fashion. Daily objects will be capable of leveraging sensor data to perform complex estimation and recognition tasks, such as recognizing visual inputs, understanding voice commands, tracking objects, and interpreting human actions. This raises important research questions on how to endow low-end embedded and mobile devices with the appearance of intelligence despite their resource limitations.

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