Case Study on mobile applications UX: effect of the usage of a cross-plataform development framework
- Authors
- Angulo Cevallos, Esteban Javier
- Format
- MasterThesis
- Status
- publishedVersion
- Description
Cross-platform development framworks for mobile applications promise important advantages in cost cuttings and easy maintenance, posing as very good option for organizations interested in the design of mobile applications for several platforms. Given that platform conventions are especially important for the user experience (UX)of mobile applications, the usage of a framework where the same code defines the behavior of the app in different platforms could have a negative impact in the UX. The objetive of this study is comparing the cross-platform and the native approach for being able to determine if the selected development approach has any impact on the users in terms of UX. To be able to set a base line under this subject, a study on cross-plataform frameworks was performed to select the most appropriate one from a UX point of view. In order to achieve the objetives of this work, two development teams have developed two versions of the same application; one using a framework that generates android and iOS versions automatically, and another team developing native versions of the same application. The alternative versions for each platform have been evaluated with 37 users with a combination of a laboratory usability test and a longitudinal study. The results show that differences ares minimal in the Android version, but in iOS, even if a reasonably good UX can be obtained with the usage of this framework by an UX-conscious design team, a higher level of UX can be obtained directly developing in native code.
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Language
- eng
- Topic
- SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
INTERACTION DESIGN
MOBILE APPLICATIONS
CROSS PLATAFORM DEVELOPMENT
- Repository
- Repositorio SENESCYT
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- openAccess