Beyond web/native/hybrid a new taxonomy for mobile app development

Currently, mobile operating systems are dominated by the duopoly of iOS and Android. App projects that intend to reach a high number of customers need to target these two platforms foremost. However, iOS and Android do not have an officially supported common development framework. Instead, different...

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Published in:2018 IEEE ACM 5th International Conference on Mobile Software Engineering and Systems (MOBILESoft) pp. 214 - 218
Main Author: Nunkesser, Robin
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: New York, NY, USA ACM 27.05.2018
Series:ACM Conferences
Subjects:
Android
Human-centered computing > Ubiquitous and mobile computing > Ubiquitous and mobile computing systems and tools
Human-centered computing > Ubiquitous and mobile computing > Ubiquitous and mobile computing theory, concepts and paradigms > Mobile computing
Human-centered computing > Ubiquitous and mobile computing > Ubiquitous and mobile devices > Smartphones
Human-centered computing > Ubiquitous and mobile computing > Ubiquitous and mobile devices > Tablet computers
Hybrid
Hybrid power systems
Information systems > Information systems applications > Mobile information processing systems
iOS
Java
Mobile App
Native
Operating systems
Runtime
Smart phones
Software and its engineering > Software notations and tools > Development frameworks and environments
Taxonomy
Web
hybrid
iOS
native
web
mobile app
Android
ISBN:9781450357128, 1450357121
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Summary:Currently, mobile operating systems are dominated by the duopoly of iOS and Android. App projects that intend to reach a high number of customers need to target these two platforms foremost. However, iOS and Android do not have an officially supported common development framework. Instead, different development approaches are available for multi-platform development. The standard taxonomy for different development approaches of mobile applications is: Web Apps, Native Apps, Hybrid Apps. While this made perfect sense for iPhone development, it is not accurate for Android or cross-platform development, for example. In this paper, a new taxonomy is proposed. Based on the fundamental difference in the tools and programming languages used for the task, six different categories are proposed for everyday use: Endemic Apps, Web Apps, Hybrid Web Apps, Hybrid Bridged Apps, System Language Apps, and Foreign Language Apps. In addition, when a more precise distinction is necessary, a total of three main categories and seven subcategories are defined. The paper also contains a short overview of the advantages and disadvantages of the approaches mentioned.
ISBN:9781450357128
1450357121
DOI:10.1145/3197231.3197260