Top Cross-Platform App Development Frameworks

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Flutter

Flutter has a low learning curve which makes it suitable for new developers. It uses Dart programming language, which helps developers structure their code better. Equipped with a built-in graphics engine, Flutter makes creating immersive UIs easy. Furthermore, apps build using Flutter are faster, have an attractive UI, and are completely customizable.

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2

Ionic

Ionic is perhaps one of the most popular cross-platform frameworks based on Angular JS. It allows developers to use JavaScript, CSS, and HTML5 and build native-like applications. With the help of ready-to-use UI components, creating attractive UIs becomes really easy. What's more, Ionic offers numerous plugins that developers can use to access native features.

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3

React Native

Coming to the disadvantages, React Native apps are hard to debug. Your developers will have to be experts in Java/Swift/Objective-C to be able to debug the apps. Also, parallel threading cannot be performed using React native, which degrades the performance.

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4

Node.js

Node.js is another open-source, cross-platform framework known for developing networking and severer side applications. Built on Chrome V8 JavaScript engine, Node.js features a vast library of JavaScript modules that allow developers to manage simultaneous connections easily (better performance).

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5

Angular.io

Backed by Google, Angular is a dynamic, robust, and powerful framework known for creating web apps, single-page apps, and cross-platform applications. Built using NativeScript, Angular supports native OS APIs that developers can use for creating high-performance apps for Linux, Windows, Mac, iOS & Android (using NativeScript).

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6

Xamarin

Acquired by Microsoft in 2016, Xamarin is a reliable cross-platform app development framework with a single technological stack, C#, making development very convenient. And because Xamarin can access native APIs and toolkits, developers can produce near-native performance and design.

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7

NativeScript

Backed by Google, Angular is a dynamic, robust, and powerful framework known for creating web apps, single-page apps, and cross-platform applications. Built using NativeScript, Angular supports native OS APIs that developers can use for creating high-performance apps for Linux, Windows, Mac, iOS & Android (using NativeScript).

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8

Corona SDK

Corona SDK is over a decade-old cross-platform framework known for its scalable and robust nature. It uses Lua scripting language, which is easy to learn. Equipped with hundreds of APIs and plugins, Corona SDK makes cross-platform development pretty easy.

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9

Apache Cordova

Formerly known as PhoneGap, Apache Cordova is a reliable cross-platform app development framework that comes with decent support for CSS3, HTML4, and JavaScript. It offers numerous plugins using which the developers can access native device APIs to develop near-native apps. Using Apache Cordova, developers can use device features (geolocation, camera, etc.) and UI libraries that help more functional and better-looking applications.

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10

Sencha Ext JS

However, when it comes to integrating 3rd party libraries, Sencha Ext JS acts as a barrier. Also, looking at the price point, Sencha Ext JS is expensive.

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Titanium SDK

Titanium SDK also has a cross-platform API, which helps access UI and MVC-based framework: alloy. Furthermore, it supports numerous premium integrations using which developers can include different 3rd party modules in their applications.

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12

Kotlin Miultiplatform

Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile is technically a cross-platform SDK that allows developers to build cross-platform applications for iOS and Android. Developers can use a single codebase across both platforms and only need to write unique code while dealing with native APIs and UI components.

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13

Codename One

Created in 2012, Codename One is a leading open-source, cross-platform framework for developing cross-platform apps for iOS, Android, web, or desktop. Using Codename One, developers can write code in Java or Kotlin and make it native to different platforms. And as Codename One is WORA (write once run anywhere) framework, a single codebase is required for different platforms. Amazing, right?

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14

Qt

Qt is a pretty mature GUI and cross-platform app development framework that dates back to 1995. Developers can use Qt for crafting applications for mobiles, embedded platforms, or desktops. As Qt is based on C++, any developer with a decent C++ experience (pretty easily found) can help you craft a cross-platform app using Qt with a single codebase.

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15

RubyMotion

RubyMotion comes with really limited documentation, which can make it hard for beginners. Also, it's hard to debug and test the code using RubyMotion.

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