Analysis of the development of cross-platform mobile phone applications
Pinedo Escribano, Diego (2012)
2012
Master's Degree Programme in Information Technology
Tieto- ja sähkötekniikan tiedekunta - Faculty of Computing and Electrical Engineering
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Hyväksymispäivämäärä
2012-06-06
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tty-201206191224
http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tty-201206191224
Tiivistelmä
The development of mobile phone applications is a huge market nowadays. There are many companies investing lot of money to develop successful and profitable applications. The problem emerges when trying to develop an application to be used by every user independently of the platform they are using (Android, iOS, BlackBerry OS, Windows Phone, etc.). For this reason, on the last years many different technologies have appeared that making the development of cross-platform applications easier.
In this thesis one of these technologies, Appcelerator Titanium, will be analysed. During the analysis process we will explain what a mobile phone application is. Also will be explained what a cross-platform mobile application is and what their features are. Finally, Appcelerator Titanium is introduced, presenting the features this technology provides.
In order to show the results on a more visual way, a cross-platform mobile phone application that will be installed natively on Android and iOS platforms will be developed. It will contain the most important features that a mobile phone application should have.
The general conclusions extracted from this thesis and the application is that cross-platform mobile applications have some advantages compared with the regular mobile applications, but the development process depends on frameworks that are not mature enough.
In this thesis one of these technologies, Appcelerator Titanium, will be analysed. During the analysis process we will explain what a mobile phone application is. Also will be explained what a cross-platform mobile application is and what their features are. Finally, Appcelerator Titanium is introduced, presenting the features this technology provides.
In order to show the results on a more visual way, a cross-platform mobile phone application that will be installed natively on Android and iOS platforms will be developed. It will contain the most important features that a mobile phone application should have.
The general conclusions extracted from this thesis and the application is that cross-platform mobile applications have some advantages compared with the regular mobile applications, but the development process depends on frameworks that are not mature enough.