Guest Post by Jason Adams

What Are the Top Mobile App Development Frameworks to Consider In 2023?

Businesses without mobile apps will go extinct. Smart business owners know that. They understand the importance of developing a mobile app for their business. And that is why they see the importance of choosing the correct mobile app development frameworks for their app.

It is 2023, and as advanced technology is, building it has become simple and straightforward. Only the mobile apps built with advanced frameworks will work nonstop and bugs free. Thus, this post lists some of the best frameworks for developers to work with, but before that, let’s understand what a framework is.

Mobile App Development Framework in a Nutshell

A framework refers to the set of tools, libraries, and components which helps the developer in creating the app seamlessly, without any hindrance. It makes mobile-app-development-process easy for the developers.

Statista states in one of the surveys done in 2021 that the Flutter framework is one of the most desirable cross-platform mobile frameworks and is preferred by developers across the globe. According to the same survey, more than 40% of developers use Flutter to build mobile and web apps.

Below mentioned are a few best app frameworks to consider in 2023:

1. Onsen UI 

Onsen UI is an open-source framework that is used to create PWS (Progressive Web Apps) as well as hybrid apps. It simplifies the User Interface Development and gives ample amount of time to the developers to work on its functionality. Onsen UI can be performed with AngularJS.

However, it integrates well with JQuery or any other framework with extreme ease, too. Developers prefer the Onsen UI framework in 2023 because it allows them to create apps using Web technologies like CSS, HTML5, and JavaScript.

1. Ionic

Ionic is an HTML5 mobile app development framework used to create hybrid apps. Again this framework is one such open-source framework that is used to create apps giving a native feel. Given that Ionic is an HTML5 framework, using native wrappers like Phonegap or Cordova is crucial for running them on smartphones as native apps. The USP of Ionic is that it can turn a web developer into a mobile app developer. Thus, if a developer can understand the basics of web apps, they can understand the structure and quickly cultivate the mobile apps’ process.

The developers of Ionic get the option to integrate native code or Cordova for better functionality. With all the plug-ins, developers can have access to all the features – be it hardware and software, of the framework, including camera, pro location, logs, etc. This improves the app performance and reduces the lines of code as well.

1. Xamarin

It is unfair if we talk about mobile app development and don’ talk about Xamarin. It is a tool that allows the app engineer to share 90% of code across other platforms. Xamarin used one language – C# and native libraries wrapped in the .Net layer to create apps across various platforms.

Unlike Appcelerator Titanium which is not natively compiled, Xamarin is natively compiled and is perfect for making high-performance apps that give a native-like look and feel.

Below mentioned are a few Xamarin pros:

• Codes can be shared across all platforms
• Native user experience
• Can obtain good hardware support
• Simplified maintenance
• Xamarin supports TVs, wearables, as well as IoT

1. JQuery

JQuery is a JavaScript mobile app development framework that is used to handle events, CSS animation, and Ajax. Like other frameworks mentioned above, JQuery too, is a free and open-source framework that uses the permissive MIT License. Wikipedia also says that as of August 2022, JQuery is used by most websites(more than 75%) of the 10 million most popular websites. Creating the plug-ins with JQuery enables them to create cognition for low-level interaction, wrong-pixeled animation, advanced effects, and high-level widgets.

1. Apache Cordova

PhoneGap, a.k.a Apache Cordova now, is again one of the most preferred open-source frameworks of 2023. Developers use it to build hybrid apps and use CSS3, HTML5, and JavaScript for the same and not rely on platform-specific APIs such as Android, iOS, or Windows Phone.

The developers use Apache Cordova when:

• They want to share codes across more than one platform without having to integrate them with each platform’s language and tool set.
• They want to deploy a web app/mobile app for distribution across numerous stores/portals.
• They use it for developing a plug-in interface between native and Web View components.

1. Flutter

Flutter is top ranking open source mobile app development framework developed and supported by Google. Launched in 2018, it initially supported mobile apps. Coming a long way, as of 2023, it supports iOS, Android, the web, Windows, MacOS, and Linux. It simplifies the process of creating consistent, appealing UIs for an application across all platforms.

Why the developers prefer Flutter:

• Flutter uses Dart programming language and compiles everything into machine code. When the host device understands these codes, it ensures faster and bug-free performance.
• Google has built Flutter keeping in mind the ease of developers. Some of the tools, like hot reload, can preview what code changes will look like without losing state. And widget inspector tool makes it easy to visualize and solve issues with UI layouts.

1. React Native

React Native is a Facebook-supported, accessible cross-platform app development framework that has become developers’ favorite worldwide. It facilitates apps in Android and iOS both, and its most prominent examples are Tesla, Airbnb, Skype, and Amazon Prime.

When dealing with React Native, the developers have to write native codes and leverage the languages of the focused platform. Some of these languages include C or Swift language for iOS, Java or Kotlin language for Android, and C++ or WinRT or C# for Windows 10.

1. Sencha Ext JS

Sencha Ext JS was originally built by Jack Slocum in 2007 as an add-on library extension. It is a Javascript App Framework built to create interactive cross-platform applications. This framework is preferred by developers to speed the development of heavy-data HTML5 apps. Sencha offers more than 140 pre-built UI elements, including buttons, checkboxes, radio buttons, text fields, icons and sliders, tooltips, progress bars, and so on.

Conclusion

Every framework is unique and has distinct features. Thus, different frameworks are used to build different kinds of mobile apps. Some are good for creating e-commerce apps, while some are for gaming. Thus it is essential to choose the right mobile app development company for your app needs is necessary.