Authors:
Alexander Zibula
1
and
Tim A. Majchrzak
2
Affiliations:
1
Best Practice Consulting AG (bpc), Germany
;
2
University of Münster, Germany
Keyword(s):
App, Mobile Application, Cross-platform, iOS, Android, HTML5, PhoneGap, jQuery Mobile, Smart Meter, iPhone, Apache Cordova, Apache Callback.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Internet Technology
;
Multimedia and User Interfaces
;
Protocols and Standards
;
System Integration
;
Web Information Systems and Technologies
;
Web Interfaces and Applications
;
Web Programming
;
Web Services and Web Engineering
Abstract:
Mobile computing devices are becoming more prevalent. Mobile applications extend their scope and utility. Developing such apps introduces a problem: developers are being forced to develop their applications to target each mobile platform from scratch or to rely on Web-based solutions that do not provide a “native” look and feel. In order to investigate novel methods of multi-platform app development and to review HTML5, we built an app using several cutting-edge development frameworks. Our scenario—a smart meter tool—is an active area of research in itself. We present approaches in the field of multi-platform app development and illustrate the technological background. We provide an overview of our development process. Finally, we evaluate our app and discuss our findings in order to provide generalizable results.