Cross-platform apps ride the popularity of developing mobile apps. Its ability to run on multiple mobile platforms allows startups to save time for development and cost savings.

What are the Cross-Platform Apps?

Mobile cross-platform applications are mobile applications that are developed to work for multiple mobile platforms. These apps are compatible with more than one operating system like iOS and Android.

With the development of cross-platform mobile apps, developers are able to build applications that can run with a single code system on different platforms. That means the company can release the product more quickly and with better quality. The application can reach a broader audience since it is compatible with various mobile operating systems. It is very suitable for startups because of its rapid development, turnaround time, and cost-effective quality.

Choose a Cross-Platform Development Tool

React Native

Facebook introduced this cross-platform Framework in 2015. React Native triggered a huge wave in the hybrid frameworks trend. Since its debut, it has become one of the most popular development frameworks for mobile applications. Well, this is due to its code reusability feature and ready-to-apply elements that shorten development time considerably.

Xamarin

Xamarin, in this list, is the oldest cross-platform framework. Once independent, the framework was acquired but later by Microsoft. Xamarin is a C#-coding open-source framework, which means it can work on any platform, including Android and iOS.

Flutter

Flutter is the newest of the three on the list. This is another cross-platform, open-source framework that seamlessly creates native Android and iOS interfaces. This framework is perfect to build a minimum viable product (MVP) for startups. Instead of creating two separate Android and iOS apps, you can build cross-platform Flutter apps on both platforms which look native.

Ionic

Ionic is one of AngularJS-based, most outstanding and popular cross-platform application frameworks. It allows developers to access native platform controllers using a combination of many languages, such as HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS, and Cordova wrapper.

Ionic allows developers to create an impeccably creative user interface with the addition of user-friendly features into the application. With this framework, the apps developed are highly interactive and native-like, making Ionic also a perfect candidate for PWA development.