How Your App Development Company Chooses Mobile App Development Frameworks

Mobile apps have changed the way businesses function. From apps that let you market your products and services to those that let you offer seamless customer support there are a wide range of apps that can streamline the business process. While most of us are intrigued by how apps solve business problems we care little to understand how apps are developed. The choice of mobile app development frameworks is one of the most crucial parts of the app development process. Here in this short write-up we take a look some of the considerations app developers take into account while choosing frameworks for app development –

• Native v/s Cross Platform Apps – This is one of the most important considerations while choosing mobile app development frameworks. In case you want a native app they are often built using standalone technologies that are specific to the platform. These allow the apps to be easily deployed on the native platforms. But when it comes to cross platform app development they are built using standard technologies such as HTML 5, CSS 3 and JavaScript. This reduces the development time and also ensures the apps run smoothly on different platforms.
• App Speed – It goes without saying that every business would want an app that is fast. And when it comes to improving app speeds the best way to opt is for native development and their corresponding frameworks. But the choice isn’t as easy as it sounds on paper as the development cost automatically shoots up when developing native apps for multiple platforms. The question here is – how important is speed for the app? If it is a gaming app it needs to be fast but most business apps can do with the slowness if it offers them other incentives.
• Features Supported – Another important consideration while choosing a framework is the features supported in the app. If your developers choose to build native apps all the features that are specific to the platform are supported while in case of cross platform apps some compromises would have to be made. While frameworks constantly keep adding features to their kitty there is always a delay in exercising the true powers of a platform’s features.

As you can clearly see the choice of mobile app development frameworks has a great bearing on the final product and you need to choose an agency that has a proven track record using different frameworks.

Summary: In this write-up we take a look at some of the considerations that go into choosing the right mobile app development frameworks while creating apps.