What is a Mobile Application Development Framework?

The progression of technology has led to an evolution in mobile computing devices and operating systems, thereby enabling productivity on the go for the users via mobile applications and software. But the real question is, what powers these mobile apps? What are the ingredients of mobile applications, and what are the processes in Phone Gap mobile application development?

Fundamentally, the Mobile Application Development Framework is software that provides the structure for the mobile app to the mobile app developer. It enables the developer to create the mobile application in any desired platform helping in the reduction of cost, time, and consumption of scarce resources. It is mainly executed on a desktop computer, but it will enable the mobile application developer to develop the app on any platform.

Now, let’s discuss various Mobile Application Development Frameworks

1. React Native

React Native is an open-sourced framework that enables mobile application developers to build a mobile application both on iOS & Android simultaneously. The whole process can be rendered using only JavaScript, which all Mobile Application developers are proficient at. React Native targets mobile platforms rather than browsers. React Native has the potential to expand to all platforms, even tvOS. This platform was developed and launched by Facebook in 2013. This platform enables the developers to build a truly native mobile application

Pro’s of React Native

Cross-Platform Support

Easy Reusing of codes and Knowledge Sharing

Advanced and Latest Architecture

Abundant resources of third-party plugins

The main drawback of react Native is it is a relatively newer framework, making it prone to bugs and absence of support for many features in iOS & Facebook

2. Flutter

Flutter is another open-sourced platform developed by Google. It uses Dart as its primary programming language. This framework can compile the code, thereby giving the mobile app developers a truly native feel for their mobile application. Flutter is considered one of the best mobile application development frameworks, and it is used by many developers.

If you are still doubtful about choosing your mobile application development framework, feel free to contact us at Quintero Solutions

Pro‘s of Flutter

It is blazingly fast and saves a lot amount of time in the development process

Dynamic UI

Enables Native performance and helps the developers to build apps for both iOS & Android.

The drawbacks of flutter include,

Larger file sizes

Dart is not as advanced as other programming languages.

Both Flutter and Dart is unstable and is evolving rapidly

Read also: How Do You Choose A Javascript Framework?

3.Ionic

Ionic is a free open source software that combines HTML, CSS3, and JavaScript to build Native based apps. This mobile application development framework is being used widely. It offers good performance and also has a large library of plugins in Cordova. This framework also enables hybrid app development for the developers, thereby giving them massive flexibility. It can easily integrate with other platforms, or it can perform as a standalone platform.

The ionic framework has a large user base and a community enabling more accessible knowledge share among the community

Pro’s of IONIC

Free of Cost

Easy Access to Cordova Plugins

Greater Flexibility

The main drawback of this framework are:

Greater Tendency to crash

Debugging is complex

Unstable Plugins

4.Node JS

Node JS is another JavaScript-based open-source platform. Used for mobile app development and web application development. It is also implemented in creating the Internet of Things(IoT). There is a great need for Node JS and NodeJS developers. This is one of the fastest and most scalable frameworks in the market.

Applications can be developed rapidly using this Mobile Application Development Framework. NodeJs is easy to understand and manage to make the job of developing much easier. It offers extensive flexibility and long term support enabling you and your business to rely on a single technology

Pro’s of Node JS

Outstanding performance and Larger Scalability

Wide Range of Application

Easier Management of the enterprise through Nord Package Manager

Long term support

Easy to Adapt and Learn.

The main drawbacks of NodeJs are

Lack of Library support and lesser access to knowledge share

High demand for developers, but skilled engineers in NodeJs are scarce.

Backward incompatible API changes

We, Quintero Solutions, have talented developers skilled in almost all mobile application development frameworks, including NodeJS, Flutter, React Native, etc. We are more than happy to have a conversation about your mobile application development requirements and will enlighten you with the necessary information and deals.