Development Platforms for Mobile Applications: Status and Trends

Author

Gavalas, Damianos ; Economou, Daphne

Author_Institution

Dept. of Cultural Inf., Univ. of the Aegean, Germany

Volume

28

Issue

1

fYear

2011

Firstpage

77

Lastpage

86

Abstract

Mobile devices are increasingly accepted as suitable media for multimedia-rich applications. Software firms have started promoting programming platforms and tools tailored to satisfy the requirements of mobile device users, developers, and resource constraints. This article reviews the main characteristics, relative merits, and shortcomings of the most popular development platform options - specifically, Java ME, .NET Compact Framework, Flash Lite, and Android. It evaluates and compares these options according to various quantitative and qualitative criteria. It aims to serve as a reference point and guide for developers and practitioners in choosing a mobile platform for development on information appliances.

Keywords

Java; mobile computing; programming environments; software tools; .NET Compact Framework; Android; Flash Lite; Java ME; development platform; mobile application; mobile devices; multimedia-rich application; programming platforms; programming tools; resource constraint; Java; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Multimedia communication; Runtime; Smart phones; .NET Compact Framework; Android; Flash Lite; Java ME; development platforms; mobile applications; mobile devices;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0740-7459

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MS.2010.155

Filename

5654492