Cross-platform apps are redefining the enterprise

The demand for cross-platform mobile apps is showing already as apps developers are getting inundated with calls for creating apps that appeal to the employees and consumers divided between Android and iOS.This is where cross-platform app frameworks—the likes of Titanium, Rhomobile, and Phonegap are huge. These tools are helping the enterprise in meeting broader internal and external challenges in a whole new way on hybrid apps.As you gear up for your cross-platform app, here’s a lowdown on the advantages of going cross-platform, and how a hybrid app cuts it for your business.Going cross-platform quickens development, cuts costs: It’s simple: the shorter the development pipeline, the lesser the costs. Going cross-platform is not only great for from a wider business perspective, but it also cuts down the costs to mobile app development. Cross-platform apps work on a single code which is used across platforms.  There is no needless reinventing the wheel as the same code can be tweaked for deployment on Android and iOS.  This saves money and time as the need to assign separate resources to each of the platform is effectively negated.Multi-purpose plug-ins: Hybrid apps offer plug-ins in common with various services, tools, and APIs. This makes it possible to share such APIs across multiple device systems like accelerometers and location sensors. This means that instead of going about building individual set of codes to link with the different device systems (say the accelerometer on the iPhone and the Galaxy S III), one common set of API is enough.Developer familiarity: A majority of all the Internet activity revolves around the use scripting languages like HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.  The frameworks for hybrid apps tie in well with all of the scripting languages, which renders them extremely convenient to be ported onto different mobile platforms.Cloud capabilities: Cross-platform mobile apps make it easier to integrate with the Cloud by integrating codes which work across multiple platforms. Hybrid apps also don’t warrant different mechanisms of security on different platforms, which helps scaling down costs.Cross-platform apps mark the growing need within the enterprise to cater to the increased mobile capabilities of employees and consumers. Leveraging this changing enterprise landscape is critical, and hybrid apps developers at SDI can be a means to an end.  We have developed cross-platform apps meeting the wide enterprise scale, including consumer, medical, and legacy devices.