SWOT Analysis for Cross-Platform Mobile Solutions

There is a flow of information regarding pros and cons of native, hybrid and cross-platform mobile apps development over the Internet. Thus, it is also important to pay attention not only to what is said, but also to who is saying. Logically, representatives of cross-platform solutions emphasize the advantages of fast and cost-saving development and maintenance. At the same time iOS and Android development companies are the most persuasive in describing successful cases of native mobile applications development. They are right but sometimes keep giving an univocal advice in the ambivalent contexts.

Aside from obvious cases, client is usually not sure of what sort of mobile development solution he or she needs for his or her project. And it is less risky to avoid making choice based on very radical experts’ opinions. As long as it could be the symptom of not broad enough mobile development, expertise is essential for the consultancy phase. For instance, a company may have mostly developers, that are relatively experienced in the specific programming languages, and it disposes them to be more effective in native development or cross-platform solutions.

Adoriasoft mobile apps development helps clients to make sure they have answers to several questions, before making choice concerning the future mobile app development technology:

- What is the type of the mobile app (portal/news, online shop, game etc.)?
- Does mobile app really need to be cross-platform and become such right way?
- Does project benefit from the mobile app native design?
- How critical is the mobile app performance?

You have to be aware of the probabilities of strengths and weaknesses provided by the selected mobile app development technology. Here are some SWOT-like priorities of when it is better to choose cross-platform solutions and when this choice becomes risky:

Summing up the aforesaid, it should be noticed that the cross-platform mobile development potential evolves very rapidly. So it is reasonable to take into account the options of cross-platform solutions every time a client consider mobile app development.