Cross MobilityCREATED BY SHADY SELIM

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What is meant by Cross Mobility?

Refers to the capability of software or hardware to run identically on different platforms.Cross-platform mobile development can either involve a company developing the original app on a native platform (which could be iOS, Android, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry/RIM, etc.) or developing the original app in a singular environment for development that will then allow the app to be sent to many different native platforms. There are both pros and cons to cross-platform mobile app development. These tools are useful because they decrease costs and increase the speed at which apps are developed. In addition, cross-platform mobile development tools are generally quite simple to use as they are based off of the common languages for scripting, including CSS, HTML, and JavaScript.

Cross for Mobile Apps http://phonegap.com/

◦ After Adobe acquired Apache Cordova, they name it PhoneGap. It is the base for a lot of modern cross mobile frameworks

http://www.appcelerator.com/titanium/◦ Built on Cordova and has its own advance JavaScript framework.

http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/en/worklight/ ◦ Enterprise cross mobile framework based on Cordova

https://code.google.com/p/pymobli/◦ Python for cross mobile apps

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/adf-mobile/overview/index.html

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E18941_01/tutorials/buildmobileappscontent/adfmobiletutorial_1.html◦ Oracle solution for enterprise cross mobile development

Cross for Mobile Apps (Cont.) http://qt.digia.com/Product/Qt-for-Mobile-Development/Qt-Mobile-Edition/?id=83

◦ The oldest cross mobile solution, based on C++ language.

http://xamarin.com/◦ Considered the best real cross mobile modern solution, based on C# language.

http://rhomobile.com/ ◦ Ruby framework for cross mobile development.

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex.html

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash-builder.html◦ Adobe solution for cross mobile before acquiring Cordova, based on Flash Action Script.

Cross for Mobile Games https://unity3d.com/

◦ Built in C# and considered the most comprehensive games framework

http://gamesalad.com/◦ The easiest tool to create mobile games

https://www.scirra.com/construct2◦ Game Salad rival

http://www.stencyl.com/◦ Game Salad competitor

http://www.monogame.net/◦ Robust game development, based on C#

Cross for Mobile Games (Cont.) http://papayamobile.com/developer/engine

◦ Social game engine

http://kivy.org/◦ Open source Python library for cross mobiles games

For more comparisons between games cross development:

http://mobilegameengines.com/

http://www.develop-online.net/news/the-top-14-game-engines-the-list-in-full/0114330

http://www.develop-online.net/tools-and-tech/15-essential-mobile-game-development-tools/0184480

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_game_engines