Bridging the Gap: Investigating Device-Feature Exposure in Cross-Platform Development

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorBiørn-Hansen, Andreas
dc.contributor.authorGhinea, Gheorghita
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-28T02:20:40Z
dc.date.available2017-12-28T02:20:40Z
dc.date.issued2018-01-03
dc.description.abstractBy traversing academia and developer communities, two predominant approaches to cross-platform mobile development have been identified, specifically Hybrid and Interpreted. Previous research has established the use and integration of platform- and device-specific features to be core requirements for cross-platform frameworks. In this study we assess and discuss how the Hybrid and Interpreted approaches facilitate the use of native device features from within a JavaScript context, and how custom communication bridges are both developed and integrated. Our research motivation lies in data from an industry survey, stating that developers perceive device communication as a real pain-point. While both approaches exist to ease development of mobile apps, they are fundamentally different at a technical level. The article takes a technical approach, drawing evaluations and discussions from two app implementations. Our findings indicate that implementation and development of communication bridges are non-complex tasks, and that execution-time performance varies greatly.
dc.format.extent8 pages
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2018.716
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-1-9
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/50605
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectSoftware Development for Mobile Devices, Wearables, and the Internet-of-Things
dc.subjectcross-plaform development, hybrid apps, interpreted apps, cordova, ionic framework, react native
dc.titleBridging the Gap: Investigating Device-Feature Exposure in Cross-Platform Development
dc.typeConference Paper
dc.type.dcmiText

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
paper0718.pdf
Size:
952.12 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download

Collections

Software Development for Mobile Devices, Wearables, and the Internet-of-Things