Cross-platform Mobile App Development

By Author: Marvin Cole
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Cross-Platform App Development is becoming increasingly more prevalent in today’s world. It is also known as multi-platform app development / multi-OS app development. As its name indicates, a cross-platform mobile app runs across multiple mobile platforms like iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, Symbian, WebOS, Bada, and tablets like iPad & Samsung Galaxy Tab. But first things first: what’s the need?

If you are a mobile services provider or an app developer, creating platform-specific versions of your app presents a great challenge. With so many platforms around today and more getting added by the minute, which platform(s) should you create your app for? iPhone? Android? iPhone and Android? iPhone and Android and Windows Mobile? iPhone and Android and BlackBerry and … Phew! And just imagine what it might do to your cost of development and time to market… let alone future app maintenance and upgrade challenges! And even after an epic struggle, your mobile app may still cover only a part of your target audience!

In a changed world such as this, cross-platform mobile app development comes to ...
... the rescue. Using modern cross-platform mobile development frameworks such as Appcelerator Titanium, Adobe PhoneGap, Motorola RhoMobile, etc. one can create a cross-platform mobile app just once and deploy it to multiple mobile platforms like iOS, Android, BlackBerry, etc.

Companies like Mindfire Solutions provide expert cross-platform app development services backed by a strong track record of developing engaging cross-platform mobile apps using Titanium, PhoneGap, and RhoMobile. Whereas Titanium is considered to be one of the top choices for building cross-platform mobile apps by many, PhoneGap is a powerful an open source cross-platform mobile development framework, and RhoMobile offers an impressive suite of polished tools for cross-platform app development. Dedicated Titanium, PhoneGap, and RhoMobile teams at Mindfire have made deep use of these powerful cross-platform mobile app development frameworks and have successfully delivered many high-quality projects for global clients across diverse industries such as healthcare, entertainment, sports, retail, etc.

If you want to do cool cross-platform mobile apps and need some development help, get in touch with Mindfire today – call 1-248-628-1424 or email sales at mindfiresolutions.com – to leverage the strong track record and solid experience of Mindfire’s Cross-Platform App Development experts to bring your cool mobile app ideas to life.