Comparative analysis of mobile application development methods

Cilj ovog diplomskog rada jest proučiti i usporediti tehnologije, postupke razvoja, raspoložive radne okvire razvoja mobilnih aplikacija za dva najzastupljenija mobilna operativna sustava – Android i iOS. Opisane su postojeće tehnologije izrade mobilnih aplikacija. Kao praktični dio rada razvijene su dvije nativne mobilne aplikacije, višeplatformska te Web aplikacija prema definiranim funkcionalnostima nad reprezentativnim modelom baze podataka. Kroz postupak razvoja programskih rješenja proučeni su različiti programski jezici, razvojna okruženja i programski okviri. Određeni su i analizirani ključni segmenti i prepreke koje je trebalo savladati tokom procesa razvoja aplikacija. Definirani su kriteriji usporedbe dobivenih rješenja i procesa razvoja prema kojima je usporedba provedena.The aim of this thesis is to study and compare technologies, development methods, available frameworks for the development of mobile applications for the two most common mobile operating systems - Android and iOS. Existing technologies for mobile application development are described. As a practical part of the work, two native mobile applications were developed as well as the multi-platform and Web application according to the predefined functionalities and database model. Through the process of software developing different programming languages, development environments and programming frameworks were studied. The key segments and obstacles, that needed to be overcome, during the application development process were identified and analyzed. The criteria for comparing the obtained solutions and development processes, according to which the comparison was carried out, were defined