Cross Platform App Development

Developing cross-platform mobile apps allows you to provide your app to the highest number of users and not alienate any section of your user base or target audience. Mobile device shares by an operating system as of 2021 broke down roughly as:

• Android: 72%
• iOS: 27%
• KaiOS: less than 1%
• Other: less than 1%

As you can see, by developing a mobile app that works on both Android and iOS, you can essentially cover all mobile device users. If your app doesn’t work on iOS, you’re leaving out a quarter or more of potential users, depending on the preferences of your target audience. And ignoring Android leads to an even larger missed opportunity for most companies.

Cross-platform app development costs depend on a variety of factors, including the project’s complexity, types of integrations you need, how many platforms you want to develop for, and what type of dev team you’re working with.

Cross-platform app development is often faster than native app development — and is certainly faster than developing individual apps for each platform you want to appear on. However, the exact timeline of your project depends on factors such as your app’s complexity and how many platforms you want to deploy on.

Choosing the right cross-platform app dev company is important to ensure your project’s success. Look for a company with experience in cross-app dev as well as experience working with companies in your industry and of your type and size. The needs of a small business or startup are often different from those of an enterprise or nonprofit, for example, and common challenges in creating apps for retail organizations differ from those related to creating apps for healthcare companies.

Most app platforms have built-in security, and that’s definitely true for both iOS and Android. For example, Android apps are held on their own virtual machines, which means code and functions from each app in the app store never interact. That helps increase the security for each.

At OnGraph, we work to provide even more security, ensuring your app data is secure from the start of your project through implementation and beyond. That includes using DevSecOps procedures to build security into the app development frameworks we use.

Yes. OnGraph offers app dev service packages that include ongoing support for your products.

“Owning” source code is a bit of a misnomer and can be a complicated consideration. In many cases, app dev works based on open source code, which is shared code made available for use by any developers. This code can be used as the building blocks for app dev to help increase efficiencies and reduce time to market.

However, OnGraph doesn’t hide your code from you or make it difficult to access or carry over to other services. Learn more about our relationship with our partners and how we support you, including transparent access to your code, by reaching out to us about your potential project.

Simply put, native mobile apps are the solutions built separately for every platform — Android or iOS — with the use of different native development stacks, programming languages, software development kits, and development environments offered by OS providers.

On the other hand, hybrid mobile apps are the solutions developed with standard web technologies and tools like Java and HTML5 and then packed into a native app shell. In other words, hybrid apps are deployed in a native container that uses a mobile’s WebView.

OnGraph has a deep understanding of advanced cross platform app frameworks and offers a complete spectrum of development services. That includes strategic ideation, app engineering, optimization, testing and support and maintenance. We ensure to meet your business goals through an exceptional product experience that delights your users and bolsters your bottom line.