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What can you do in Metaverse?

Introduction

The term Metaverse was first coined by Neal Stephenson in his novel, “Snow Crash” released in 1992. And recently enough, Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg announced that they are changing their name to Meta Platforms Inc. or in short, Meta. On a superficial level, this may seem just a name change — but it is well beyond that. In this blog, we will understand what is metaverse, its implications, and how it will affect the way we interact with Facebook. That really sounds exciting, isn’t it?

What is Metaverse?

In simple words, Metaverse is a parallel world where you can experience the internet in 3D. To put it in Mark Zuckerberg’s words, it is a ‘virtual environment’ you can interact with instead of just looking at a screen.

To be more specific, Metaverse will have endless interconnected virtual communities where people can meet, and interact with others via VR headsets, AR glasses, mobile apps, and several other similar devices.

Metaverse will comprise immersive shopping and social media experiences. It will be a place where users can create their own virtual items and playgrounds. They can play 3D games with highly personalized avatars that create a more engaging human experience.

“It’s the next evolution of connectivity where all of those things start to come together in a seamless, doppelganger universe, so you’re living your virtual life the same way you’re living your physical life,”

– Victoria P. (Emerging Technologies Analyst)

What Can you Do In Metaverse?

Metaverse will open up a lot of possibilities and will allow us to harness the untapped potential of the virtual world and social media services. You’d be able to host a virtual concert (or go to one), try/buy new clothes, play personalized games, craft digital artwork, etc.

The metaverse will also allow the employers to create a virtual office where everyone can see and interact with each other as if they were right in front of them. Horizon Workrooms, Facebook’s meeting software, aims to achieve this objective via VR headsets that can turn out to be one of the most immersive experiences of the Metaverse.

“A lot of the metaverse experience is going to be around being able to teleport from one experience to another.”

– Mark Zuckerberg

Tech companies, like Facebook, have a lot of work to do before they can offer a seamless and interconnected Meraverse experience to their users. In an ideal world, people in the Facebook Metaverse should be able to interact and engage with users from Google Metaverse. For that to happen, these companies will have to find common platforms through which they can seamlessly exchange data while keeping users’ privacy intact.

Is Facebook Going All-in on the Metaverse?

By the looks of it, yes. The company is investing heavily into the project as they think it is going to play a major role in the digital economy we’re in. They would be investing about $10 billion on Metaverse this year alone. That’s a huge number.

Facebook has also collaborated with Microsoft and Nvidia to scale the project. That’s not all. Video game companies have also been taking keen interest in Metaverse. In fact, Epic Games has raised over $1 billion from investors to build games compatible with Metaverse.

With the ever increasing hype, more and more companies are jumping into this space. And to ensure they are ahead of the curve, Facebook is going all-in on Metaverse.

Is Metaverse Similar to the Internet?

In one of the interviews, Mark Zuckerberg compared Metaverse with the internet by describing it as ‘an embodied internet’ — a place where people can have immersive experiences that a webpage can not offer.

As a matter of fact, one of the key benefits of Metaverse is considered ‘immersion’ — a sense of physically engaging with the world around you instead of watching them through a tab. For instance, interacting with your employees on Facebook Horizon may feel more natural than Zoom/Google Meet thumbnails.

It’s hard to compare Metaverse with the internet. After all, text-heavy internet comes with a lot of advantages. Buying high-end gaming consoles or supercomputers and VR tech can be expensive. Furthermore, in remote areas where internet connectivity is a challenge, people may not be able to access ‘the Metaverse’.

Thus, it is safe to say that Metaverse cannot replace the entire internet, at least not in the foreseeable future.

Is this a yet another stunt to collect more data?

The Metaverse will give Facebook access to a lot more personal data than the conventional internet. With this project, the company will continue to use personal data to show targeted ads, into the Metaverse.

“Ads are going to continue being an important part of the strategy across the social media parts of what we do, and it will probably be a meaningful part of the metaverse, too.“

Mark Zuckerberg

People are concerned that Facebook trying to enter into Metaverse can give the company access to even more personal data. Given their reputation when it comes to privacy and data management, it’s quite alarming.

Metaverse — A Huge Opportunity

A new era of the internet is being innovated. Its implications on our world will be massive. Companies will have to adapt to this change in order to continue thriving in this new space. They will have to be creative and push limits of innovation to embrace the Metaverse. With so much happening at such a pace, the question is, are you ready for the change?

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Low Code No Code Applications for Digital Transformations

Introduction:

Nowadays, a lot of businesses have started leveraging digital transformation to simplify their workflows and get more done with limited resources. Low-code and no-code development will play a significant role in helping businesses achieve their goals. In fact, low-code development platforms are expected to exceed $187 billion in revenue by 2030.

“The future of coding is no coding at all.”

– Chris Wanstrath, CEO at GitHub.

If you, too, are seeking to transform your business digitally through low-code development, keep reading. In this blog, we will be sharing how you can achieve digital transformation via low-code platforms. Before we get started, let’s look at a few low-code platform use cases.

Low-code Platform Usecases:

While there are many use-cases of low-code platforms, some of the most popular ones include:

Customer Engagement Apps: To deliver better customer service and allow your prospects to book appointments or interact with your business.

Business Apps: To streamline operations, supply chain management, and company-wide processes.

Collaboration Apps: That enables your employees to seamlessly manage their tasks, resources, etc.

Why Digital Transformation?

IDC reports, Digitally transformed organizations are projected to contribute to more than half of the global gross domestic product (GDP) by 2023, accounting for $53.3 trillion. Today, if your business isn’t digitally transformed, it won’t be able to stand against ever-changing times and fierce competition. Moreover, scaling up can be extremely challenging if your business isn’t equipped with the latest technologies out there.

Digital Transformation will enable you to:

Improve Productivity
Foster Innovation
Elevate Customer Experience
Increase Business Agility
Optimize Processes
Minimize Costs
Increase Speed to Market

Now that you know why you must transform your business digitally let’s see how to achieve it without spending a huge sum of resources.

Practical Usecases of Low Code Applications for Digital Transformation

Low-code platforms can help you solve some of your most intricate business challenges. Let’s look at some practical use cases of low-code platforms and how they can help you embrace Digital Transformation.

Web-based Customer Portal

Delivering a better customer experience is one of the many reasons companies embrace Digital Transformation. This involves developing apps that enhance their interactions across every touchpoint. Enterprises can easily achieve that with low-code platforms via customer engagement apps.

By using low-code platforms, users can develop and deploy apps with little to no coding. These apps can be scaled as and when required. Companies can monitor their performance and optimize them along the way. Thus, low-code development fosters innovation and allows organizations to move quickly.

Learn how SUEZ developed a web-based customer portal and improved their customer experience by allowing their users to perform routine tasks like paying invoices, calculating quotes, etc.

IoT-enabled Smart App

With the help of low-code platforms, your employees can create IoT-enabled smart apps that can be deployed without relying on your IT department. Not only can they make changes in real-time but also retract them easily. Ultimately, this provides more freedom to your employees — to innovate, be creative, and challenge the status quo.

Low-code platforms can enable your employees to get more done in less time — thereby boosting their productivity and improving performance. A recent survey by PTC reveals that 40% of businesses claim to have implemented Digital Transformation to improve their operational efficiency.

Learn how Hortilux — a leading manufacturer, and supplier of grow light solutions — revolutionized the greenhouse industry with an IoT-enabled smart app built with a low-code platform.

B2C Mobile Application

You can create fully functional mobile applications with low-code platforms. These platforms have ready-made templates and features that you can add to your app while developing it. By using low-code platforms, businesses can build custom apps much faster than the traditional approach.

Because many businesses employ digital transformation simply to speed up app development, low-code platforms can come in handy. They can radically decrease the amount of time it takes to launch a product while keeping its quality in check.

Learn how VGZ Cooperative — a leading healthcare insurance provider in the Netherlands — developed a custom mobile app in less time and by spending a fraction of the cost of traditional app development.

Apart from the above-mentioned ones, there are a lot of use-cases of low-code development. For instance, it can be used to develop SaaS apps, core systems, web portals, etc. You can use it for various purposes depending on your requirements.

Is Low-code Better Than Traditional App Development?

Yes. There are so many reasons you should consider low-code over traditional app development. Here are the top 3 reasons:

Improved Agility: Apps developed using low-code platforms make organizations more agile and resilient in the long run.

Cut Development Time: Low-code development can transform months-long projects into weeks-long — thereby enabling faster development.

Effective Risk Management: Unlike traditional development, Low-code platforms allow you to quickly adapt to market norms as and when needed.

Final Words

We hope we could provide you with a few ideas on the implications of low-code platforms on Digital Transformation. The possibilities can be endless. With a perfect blend of DX and low-code development, you can make your business stand out from the crowd.

As of now, well over 89% of businesses have already adopted or are planning to adopt a digital business strategy. With every passing day, the competition is going to get fiercer. Thus, now is the right time to take the leap and transform your business digitally.

If you need our help, let us know. We have helped businesses of every size and scale transform digitally by embracing the latest and cutting-edge tech and resources. Give us a shout, and our team will help you dominate your competition.

Angular VS ReactJs in the Front End Development World

When it comes to front-end development Angular and ReactJs are considered to be the top two technologies. But to choose between the two is one of the most confusing decisions as both of them have their advantages. Angular and ReactJs both solve frontend development problems but in their own ways.

Merely sometimes back it was enough for the business to have a website inorder to reach their broader market. But today statistics have shown a huge increase in the types of business websites that are being consumed by the audiences for better interaction with the brand.

So, the debate between ReactJs and Angular has been an ongoing one. Since both are coming up with new versions every year and also brining in great features, so the decision to select one has become very difficult.

A brief on ReactJs and Angular

About ReactJs

ReactJs is an interactive user interface, meaning it is a necessary element of the frontend development of applications. It is a library that you can use to determine how your application is going to look to your users and how they can operate and interact with it. In other words, as per the Model-View-Controller framework, ReactJS creates the upfront view of the website.

About Angular

In regard with ReactJs, Angular is a complete framework that is built on TypeScript that has the capability to spin code efficiently. It is a wholesome toolkit that has everything to build an entire application or website.

ReactJs Vs Angular – Showing the difference between the two

Underlying Architecture

ReactJs is a Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework with a rendering UI library, that means it uses written code or JSX to create the interface. Biggest advantage is that it does not force on the architecture of your apps and allows you a great deal of freedom during the development process.

Whereas Angular, is a complete MVC that can develop an entire architecture of a website or an app. The little limitation it carries on with it is that it offers minimal flexibility, meaning unlike ReactJs you cannot add functions on the developed architecture making it limited within the scoop of the tools.

Components

These are one of the USPs of Angular and ReactJs. Components are the small chunks of codes that can be added to add a specific functionality. But both of these technologies have a very clear distinction in them such as –

ReactJs has a number of free as well as paid UI components that can easily add functionalities to your app or website. Also, these components can be built using JavaScripts. One of the biggest advantage of building your frontend with ReactJs is that it has community that keeps on adding new chunks of code which can be used by anyone.

Unlike React, Angular doesn’t only imbibe components even though it follows a component-based approach, Angular is a complete framework that can help you easily develop modern, reactive, and component-driven frontend of an application or a website. Which implies that Angular offers more options than developing components which includes such as validations, routing, state management, form, and lots to develop large applications.

Performance

This is one of the major aspect, analyzing the impact of technology on the performance.

Document Object Model is the factor that decides the performance. DOM is a programming interface that makes the browser read the object and nodes in applications’ XML or HTML documents. And both Angular and ReactJs maintain their DOM very differently.

ReactJs is considered to have an edge over Angular but only in its certain respects. Such as the virtual DOM allows its apps to virtually update the changes without rewriting the entire HTML document. This renders updates much quicker, allowing lightning-fast performance regardless of the size of the application, making it great in terms of scalability.

Whereas, Angular being the complete framework of frontend development in its regular DOM feature makes the application slow in performance. This is the reason that Angular is ideal for developing single-page applications that only updates a single view at a time.

This way Angular presents lower performance with large and complex multi-faceted applications. However, Angular has Change Detection technique to optimize performance.

Templates

In ReactJs, templates are called JavaScript XML or JSX, which combines the JavaScript code and markup in one line of code this helps in developing user interfaces efficiently. It is an extension to JavaScriptthat makes use of HTML-like syntax where you can build components by combining code and markup.

On the other hand, Angular uses advance HTML that has Angular ng-if ng-or directives. This indicates that you have to properly learn to code in advanced HTML to code the frontend correctly.

Data binding

ReactJs and Angular both has components to render UI. Things to consider when using ReactJs or Angular is their component’s logic that has all the data related to a component that gets displayed in the User Interface. So, the connection between data and the component’s logic is data-binding.

React has only one way of data binding which means that the model state is updated and then it renders changes to the user interface. But if you change the UI that doesn’t mean that the model state will also change. For that you will have to figure out so ways such as state management libraries or callbacks.

Whereas in Angular there is two way of data binding that means if you change the UI then the model state will also change and if you change the model state then the user interface will also change. This gives an added advantage to Angular as compared to ReactJs.

Dependency Injection

It has been seen that certain dependency injection is almost indispensable in data-binding. This is because some of them helps with decoupling where there is no additional data layering in the application model.

This is a problem in the ReactJs technology as Dependency injection (DI) goes against current architecture of functional programming and immutability.

But in Angular dependency injection makes it capable of creating different lifecycles of different stores. This implies that the stores creates space for the components mount that makes them smoothly and limitlessly available to components’ children.

In ReactJs the language makes use of global app state that maps different components but this way you will be introducing bugs when cleaning component unmount.

Websites that are Built on Angular and ReactJs

Forbes which is one of the world’s most visited websites is built on Angular. The website has the capacity to respond to more than 74 million queries on a monthly basis in the United States alone. Angular has given the website the authority to work on reusable codebase, provides uninterrupted user experience, and also the support and maintenance are easy.

Example of ReactJs is supreme Facebook, the website is built on React Library and its products. Facebook developers use React to create responsive UI. React and also maintain high website performance. Lately, Facebook has supported 2.45 billion monthly active users and this number is continuously growing.

To Conclude

So, before you kickstart your frontend development it is important that you keep these aspects in your mind. With these it is also necessary for you to know that the learning curve of these two technologies are very different. As ReactJs is JavaScript programming language, it is way easier to work on this language because of its simple design, detailed documentation, libraries, and JSX. In contrast with ReactJs, Angular is complex and developer needs to learn the syntax. But once there is a hand on syntax the technology gives multiple options to solve a single problem.

Real World Implication of Microservices in the Fintech Industry

The transformation of the monolithic architecture to microservices architecture is one of the most heroic steps that you might take to upswing your business. So, if you are really looking forward to scale your infrastructure and also speed up while deflecting high supervision costs then microservices is the right solution.

Especially, in a FinTech ecosystem that is running to establish itself in the digital centric world. And this being the reason that they are experimenting their digital approaches with highly scalable, flexible, and efficient architectures for their infrastructures. To get an outcome of performing well in the competition; and also satisfying and solving their customers’ issues.

The outmost benefit of Microservices Architecture is its capability to provide flexibility, structural scalability, and reduced costs. The Monolithic structure has often failed when you want to scale your architecture. And since, financial services can never remain constant there is always scope to extend its capabilities as the world is changing.

The long before financial institutions have legacy systems that carry the baggage of centralized database that are tightly coupled sub system. Microservices give them an approach to separate database from every services. Whenever a new service or a feature is deployed in an infrastructure or product then it has its own separate database and this way entire system doesn’t get affected. The architecture offers solution to fetch the only required data belonging to a specific service. The service reflects through an endpoint or a middleware platform, implying that a large scale service can be implemented with No SQL database for heavy scenarios.

Example of a real life Bank with Monolithic architecture:

Danske Bank worked on the monolithic architecture that mostly relied on the sharing of the resources and therefore the processes couldn’t function independently. The major issue with the monolithic architecture was its scalability and maintainability. Their system wasn’t componentized and shared software libraries. Also monolithic architecture has stack dependencies that stops the embedment of the latest technologies. Additionally, with this architecture banking application had the fear of sending over unencrypted data of the users.

Monolithic application involves huge and complex code, making the response time of a web application high, and also, unacceptable.

And as the web service coincides with the monolith ecosystem, they have a greater downtime and are unavailable each time there is an integration or upgradation of new feature in the application. Which states that the B2B dependency on the application can further complicate decision-making.

Example of a real life Fintech organization having Microservice architecture:

Monzo Bank, a London Based bank uses microservices architecture to build a mobile first U.K digital bank. It has established a cloud native mobile-first digital bank while also complying with regulations. It has the technology foundation that can provide what all the traditional banks cannot with an additional cloud enabled advantage.

Monzo uses AWS hosting for its core banking needs to enable scalability and flexibility with its cloud computing strength, also eliminating the doubts in terms of capacity, infrastructure, and provisioning management.

Monzo has established its core banking systems from scratch with the help of microservices architecture, with multiple virtualized servers having container tools such as Docker and Kubernetes. It architecture makes a hub of small elements that can scale as an entity, communicate synchronously or asynchronously, and have APIs. Their banking application also has a platform-agnostic for easy interoperability.

Outcome of adopting such a system

Monzo runs on an active data centre that avoid any failures or downtime attached to their banking application
Its AWS hosting offers sophisticated security, auditability, and encryption levels to remain compliant with the banking regulations.
Their customer experience is powered by technology making them, by far the most significant is customer centricity; elevating and enhancing their infrastructure according to the competitive landscape for FinTech organizations today.
Their core banking system has a technology architecture that is open, agnostic, scalable, secure, and 3rd Platform–enabled.
As a startup it always had the advantage to develop its infrastructure from scratch and be totally cloud driven. From the very start they understood that simple computation won’t take them out of the firewall but rather give them a data driven and secure architecture that can totally redesign their system’s infrastructure.

The biggest benefit Monzo has gained from microservices is organisational flexibility, Suhail Patel, Monzo’s backend engineer explained this by quoting –

“We build services which are granular enough to be easily understood. Ownership of services is well-defined but can be fluid based on the goals of the company. Monzo has grown significantly over the past 24 months; the structure of existing teams and emergence of new teams has changed significantly as a result.”

Benefits of inducing Microservices in financial institutions

There are considerable advantages that microservices can provide with a robust IT strategy that is sufficient for smooth transition.

Transmission and redeployment of new application features without fear of failing the entire application.
Increased agility and decoupled release cycles implying app updates can be developed and deployed within hours.
With microservices architecture the infrastructure can be easily replicated and can be more effectively help in scaling growth in terms of users and transaction volumes.
As database is much less interdependent, microservices can level down failure footprint.
Microservices architecture makes banking application easier to refactor or replace going forwards.
As microservices can be easily replicated it can help increase structural scalability.
Microservices architecture helps provide improved security levels in the application this way the threats do not breach the entire app and the other elements can left protected.

Microservices Architecture – Ideal platform for Platform Banking

Microservice architecture provides accelerated integration with the third parties and efficiency in the process, which proves to be a major competitive factor in the platform banking ecosystem. The traditional banking system that goes with the monolithic approach has multiple points of integrations and batch processing which is highly inefficient and slows the entire process. And the microservices architecture can bring in a phased approach that minimises risk with a deliberate process in the near-term and long-term objectives. Each element can be developed, updated, and managed independently, making microservices based applications easier to work on and maintain.

To Conclude

Banks and Financial Institutes must adopt microservices architecture in order to create and enter new markets, and also establish themselves rightly to gain all the profits that a new market can offer. With the platform banking the FinTech industry will not only introduce new sources of revenue, but also present enhanced customer experience along with the improved operational efficiency reciprocating a lot of margin.

Also, in the long-term, banks and financial institutes must move to a more sophisticated microservices based core platform in coordination with service mesh. Banks are currently trying to develop a marketplace that should have a microservices platform providing and scaling banking services as individual stacks categorized by product domains.

Consider this example, an organization owner can develop a marketplace that can combine industry leading onboarding services from a fintech with its inhouse underwriting capabilities and book the receivables to a third party bank. And also a customer availing a loan from their platform would be able to protect from the various levels in the back end. Such a composition can be executed effectively only with a microservices-based architecture.

So, the goal of microservices architecture is to help financial institutes and banks align together services from different platforms into unity to offer a unique service to customers.

Why, When & How should You Migrate a Native App to a Cross-Platform App?

One of the leading markets right now is mobile app development. According to a Business of Apps, it is estimated that the global number of smartphone users will increase to 3.5 billion by 2020. There are more than 4 million apps on both the Apple store and Android Playstore, which targets an audience of more than 2 billion. However, App development is not what it used to be. It has become more challenging to develop a functioning application these days.

The options that are available for app developers are myriad these days. App developers face the dilemma as to which is the platform they shall use for app development. Either they can choose to make a native app or a cross-platform app. This blog will explore more about how and when an app developer can transform a native app into a cross platform app. What is the benefit of such transformation? Before answering these crucial questions, let us have a quick look at what are these types of applications and what are the differences that exist between them.

Native App

A native application is specifically designed to run on a single platform. It will not run on other platforms. For instance , if an application is developed to run on an android, it would run on other platforms like Windows or IoS. You can use app development tools like Java or Kotlin to develop apps exclusively for android and applications like Swift and Objective C for IoS apps.

While developing a native application certainly has its pros, it is not without its shortcomings. Let us dig a little deeper into these-

Pros
- Wider Functionality

Developing a native app offers seamless options to app developers to access all API and tools provided by the platform.

Better Support

You will get support from the app store if you have a native app. Additionally, it has more possibility for being rated as a top application in the app store as it also offers faster and much more efficient performance.

Better Performance

A native app may offer better performance as there is a direct interaction between the code and underlying resources. It also offers device-specific features and a consistent UI.

Cons
- Costly

Developing a native application can prove too much costlier than a cross platform application. You will have to constitute two different teams who will work on app development on two different platforms.

Less value for time

Time devoted to development of native apps can prove to be of lesser value, as it will only run on a single platform. ‘

Less Opportunity for growth

A native application can prove to give lesser returns for your time and money as it is bound to run on a single platform. It has much lesser Opportunity for growth as it will be available only on a single platform.

Lower Reach

Native apps can only reach out to a lesser number of people, as their usage is limited to only one single platform.

Cross-Platform Application

These applications are designed to run on multiple platforms like IOS and android. Various tools like ReactNative, Xamarin, and Flutter are used to achieve this. While the Cross-Platform application certainly has its shortcomings, like it compromises performance, its benefits outweigh them. It saves a lot of your precious time while offering a better return for your investment. So, if you have developed a native application, you would want to transform it to a cross-platform.

Why should you migrate your native app to the Cross-platform?

Reusable Code: A cross-platform apps code is used to develop a single application on multiple platforms. This helps to save up time and effort for the development team
Broader Reach: Your cross-platform application will reach out to a larger audience, which will in turn, prove to be a better return for your investment.
Customization: A cross-platform application is customizable according to each platform. You do not need to devote extra time to customize the application separately for each application.
Easier Maintenance: It is easier to maintain a cross-platform application as errors are rectifiable through a single code rather than working on the application on different platforms.
Cloud Integration – Cross Platform apps come equipped with plugins and extensions, facilitating their integration with the cloud system.

When should you migrate your native app to a cross-platform app?

Well, it depends upon a lot of factors. As mentioned above, there are various shortcomings for a native application. There are various advantages associated with a cross-platform application. However, making the final decision lies squarely upon your shoulders; there are various factors that you must consider before making the final decision. Let us have a look at a few of them –

Nature of the Application: If you want to develop an application that involves complex tools and functions, you should probably stick to a native application. Some of these complexities in a native mobile application includes certain advanced features like real-time sync, media processing and custom animation. However, if your app uses basic features, then you could look for a cross-platform application.
Cost: As mentioned above, developing a native application could prove to be a costly affair, As you will have to develop two different teams working on app development for different platforms making a cross-platform is undoubtedly cost-effective.
UI/UX – If you are making an application that wishes to deliver breathtaking visuals and a much more enhanced application, you should opt for a native application as it would allow you to exploit UI/UX to deliver optimum experience fully.

How should you migrate your native app to a cross-platform app?

STEP 1

Selecting tool: The first step towards migrating your app to a cross-platform requires selecting an app development tool. There are various tools which you can use for this. A few of these are React Native, Flutter and Ionic. React Native is an open source programming language which supports both iOS and Android with a seamless UI/UX interface whereas Ionic is an open-source SDK for cross-platform mobile app development. Flutter on the other hand is the latest technology by Google which enables app developers to use a single codebase.

STEP 2

UI/UX Design – App developers must abide by UI guidelines while simultaneously addressing the design needs for different platforms. Before, the proceeding must ensure that the app developer knows these design needs for different platforms.

STEP 3

Selecting App Modules – Another crucial aspect of cross-platform application development is selecting an app module for cross-platform app development. It significantly reduces the time for app development and helps give adequate exposure to native SDKs.

STEP 4

Choosing a dedicated library for both Android and iOS – When you are migrating your native mobile app to a cross-platform mobile application, you should have a dedicated library which is compatible in both Android and iOS. There are also several issues related to deployment and packing too. To avoid these, you should incrementally test your mobile application in both Android and iOS so that there no bugs are present during deployment.

STEP 5

Accommodating features for different platforms – So, when you develop a cross-platform application the difference between different platforms is not limited to the programming language or operating system. There are numerous features in different platforms that might differ significantly from each other, like camera, geolocation, gyroscope, compass, Twitter, etc. Besides these, certain attributes could be specific to a device like a screen layout, keyboard layout, push notifications, touch, and gestures, etc.

STEP 6

App testing and App Store Approval –The last part of migrating your application to a cross-platform is perhaps the most critical one. It would help if you aimed for a rigorous process review for your application, as there is some margin for error after your app development. Make sure you thoroughly test your app before the final launch date.

In a nutshell, you should keep the factors in mind while you are migrating a native application to a cross-platform application. Do you have any more questions? Leave them in the comments below. We will get back to you with the answers soon.

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