Cross-Platform Development News

You may be hearing more about cross-platform development these days; even novices to the world of mobile apps and devices are interested in the topic. The term simply refers to a multi-platform development technique that is taking the world of mobile apps by storm.

Two types of cross-platform software exist today. One of them requires individual building for each platform that it supports and the other runs directly on all platforms without special preparation. Of course, it must be written in an interpreted language for which the interpreters or run-time packages are standard components on all platforms.

You are probably wondering why you should care about this stuff. There is actually a good reason. These new changes will alter the future of mobile app development and their corresponding devices. With cross-platform development, you can write once and build to iOS or Android at the touch of a button.

Here is a simple explanation for those who may be wondering what a platform is. Think of your computer's operating system. Most computers run on Windows or Linux and of course, the Apple computer runs on Mac Os.  Mobile devices such as iPhone, use the iOs Framework. The past few years many new smartphones are using Android-based operating systems.

Each one of these is a different "Platform". Each gives the programmer options for developing various software programs.  The problem has been that each device, such as your smartphone, your iPad and your tablet computer needs a different type of software to run on it. But what if someone could create a means of making all software and apps work on any device no matter the operating system? Cross-platform development makes the dream a reality.

The recent mobile app development explosion has caused a lot of problems for programmers and developers…that is until Corona SDK came along and made cross-platform development easy.  Now anyone with an iPad or an Android-based smartphone can download the same applications to their devices. For developers, this opens the field for all kinds of advancements in this technology. Many companies are moving to meet the challenge of all this iOs Development.

However, with cross-platform development come other issues like how to successfully integrate it into the technology. That's why the Corona SDK was created. This is an advanced mobile development framework offering a wide-range of feature sets for cross-platform development. Corona makes the transition between platforms like iOS, Android and NOOK Color a simple matter for developers.

In spite of these astounding breakthroughs, there are still issues to be resolved. As a by-product of the discovery of Corona SDK, several companies are struggling for dominance in what has become known as "The Battle of the Apps".  As expected, the Apple App store is one of the major contenders in the war; the Android market is the other. Apple is presently winning. They are spending a great deal of time and money to stay at the forefront of this new emerging technology.

For most of us, the war is actually a good thing. It will end with the general buying public being able to purchase amazing mobile applications for any device at low prices. Cross-platform development has opened the future of mobile development technology to where anything is now possible. With mobile development frameworks like Corona SDK we now have the tools necessary to create incredibly advanced apps for all our devices.