Analysis of the possibility of shortening the time of creating a mobile application for Android and iOS systems using Xamarin technology

Daniel Molenda

daniel.m.92@wp.pl
Lublin University of Technology (Poland)

Maria Skublewska-Paszkowska


Lublin University of Technology (Poland)

Abstract

The article presents a comparison of times needed for creating a mobile application for Android and iOS system using multi-platform Xamarin technology and respective native technologies for both systems. The authors’ application was implemented in three programming environments: VisualStudio (using Xamarin technology), Android Studio and XCode. The results of the conducted research have shown that the
creation of an application in Xamarin technology takes approximately half the time.


Keywords:

mobile application; cross-platform application; Android; iOS; Xamarin

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2019-09-30

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Molenda, D., & Skublewska-Paszkowska, M. (2019). Analysis of the possibility of shortening the time of creating a mobile application for Android and iOS systems using Xamarin technology. Journal of Computer Sciences Institute, 12, 226–231. https://doi.org/10.35784/jcsi.493

Authors

Daniel Molenda 
daniel.m.92@wp.pl
Lublin University of Technology Poland

Authors

Maria Skublewska-Paszkowska 

Lublin University of Technology Poland

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