How To Design A Cross-Platform Mobile Application?

How To Design A Cross-Platform Mobile Application?

Mobile applications have taken a center stage for the past few years, and with the continuous improvements in mobile technology, we will see more and more applications embracing the mobile platform. However, as an Architect and a developer, building a mobile application that will work across multiple platforms, and yet keep the code as sleek as possible is a daunting task. This was the challenge I faced when designing the Shopping Guru app that helps in making the most out of your online purchases. In this article, I will cover how I went about making this cross-platform app with a high amount of code reusability.

Cross-Platform Mobile Application Key Challenges

For the sake of discussion, I’m summarizing the two core requirements for the Shopping Guru app so that we can understand the challenges and the key aspects of the design better.

• Do periodic checks to generate price drop and product availability alerts.
• Facilitate goal-driven purchases by organizing these into projects. For example, create a project to set up a home theater.

We briefly touched upon a couple of challenges in the introduction. But, let’s…