A comparative analysis of cross-platform development approaches for mobile applications
Spyros Xanthopoulos, Stelios Xinogalos · 2013
Nowadays, native mobile applications (mobile apps) are targeted at specific mobile platforms. This phenomenon imposes severe constraints, such as the use of different development environments, technologies, and APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) for each mobile platform, leading inevitably to a waste of development time and effort, and an increased maintenance cost.