This paper presents a study on current trends in the development
of cross-platform mobile applications in order to provide an
overview of the actual situation of this area. The research mainly
focuses on several things: first of all, it clarifies
the full landscape
of the cross-platform development by reviewing the most
important various types of cross-platform apps, which are: Web
applications, hybrid applications, interpreted applications and
generated (cross-compiled) applications. Secondly, it presents
basic issues for each kind of application and it performs
comparative analysis to highlight the advantages and
disadvantages of each type. Thirdly, it highlights the fallacies and
pitfalls in various multi-platform development approaches to raise
awareness about such issues and to assist in the selection of an
appropriate way. In the end it presents some conclusions about
cross-platform mobile app development approaches.
