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A Tool Selection Framework for Cross Platform Mobile App Development

by Felix Appiah, J. B. Hayfron-Acquah, Joseph K. Panford, Frimpong Twum
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 123 - Number 2
Year of Publication: 2015
Authors: Felix Appiah, J. B. Hayfron-Acquah, Joseph K. Panford, Frimpong Twum
10.5120/ijca2015905246

Felix Appiah, J. B. Hayfron-Acquah, Joseph K. Panford, Frimpong Twum . A Tool Selection Framework for Cross Platform Mobile App Development. International Journal of Computer Applications. 123, 2 ( August 2015), 14-19. DOI=10.5120/ijca2015905246

@article{ 10.5120/ijca2015905246,
author = { Felix Appiah, J. B. Hayfron-Acquah, Joseph K. Panford, Frimpong Twum },
title = { A Tool Selection Framework for Cross Platform Mobile App Development },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { August 2015 },
volume = { 123 },
number = { 2 },
month = { August },
year = { 2015 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 14-19 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume123/number2/21931-2015905246/ },
doi = { 10.5120/ijca2015905246 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%A J. B. Hayfron-Acquah
%A Joseph K. Panford
%A Frimpong Twum
%T A Tool Selection Framework for Cross Platform Mobile App Development
%J International Journal of Computer Applications
%@ 0975-8887
%V 123
%N 2
%P 14-19
%D 2015
%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

Cross platform Mobile application development is currently enjoying some good riddance in the Mobile App Development Community. Nonetheless, developers are somehow confronted with a tool selection dilemma since development for multiple platforms are still at the inceptive stage. In this paper we propose a framework for choosing the appropriate Cross Platform Development Tool for a given project. The framework defines the set of criteria to be considered for evaluation and makes pair-wise comparison to compute the priority for the criteria as well as priority of the alternative tools compared. The implementation of the framework on the Tools: PhoneGap, Titanium and Xamarin recommend PhoneGap as the preferred tool for Cross Platform Development. The result from the implementation also considers the capability criteria as the most important in Mobile Cross Platform Development.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Tool Selection Framework Mobile App development Cross Platform Tools