Mobile Application Development Platforms Research Articles

Factors Influencing the Adoption of Mobile Application Development Platforms

Mobile application development platforms (MADPs) vary in terms of their development capabilities and competency to fulfill the specific needs of organizations. Therefore, acknowledging the most appropriate MADP to adopt remains a challenging task for many organizations. Aiming to investigate the key factors of MADPs adoption in organizations, this study analyzed 1200 online evaluation reviews for six widely used MADPs posted by mobile applications developers. Based on the content analysis of online reviews, 26 factors emerged as significant contributors to the adoption decision of MADPs from the standpoint of developers. These factors were integrated into a conceptual framework of MADPs adoption based on the technology-organization-environment (TOE) framework. The results of this study indicate that in addition to the technological capabilities, the adoption decision of MADPs depends on several organizational and environmental factors. These results provide not only a theoretical foundation for further research on MADPs adoption but also offers actionable guidance for practical implementation.

РОЛЬ НОВИХ ЕЛЕКТРОННИХ ЗАСОБІВ У ФОРМУВАННІ ВІЗУАЛЬНИХ КОМУНІКАЦІЙ ВИЩИХ НАВЧАЛЬНИХ ЗАКЛАДІВ УКРАЇНИ


 
 
 The article focuses on the necessity of forming the brand of a higher educational institution (HEI) with the use of more electronic means, while it is substantiated that the main tools of modern promotion are so- called new media and the use of mobile application development platforms, which are becoming increasingly popular due to the development of information of society.
 
 

A novel algorithm for peer-to-peer ridesharing match problem

Peer-to-peer (P2P) ridesharing is a promising mode of transportation that has gained popularity during the recent years. The widespread use of smart phones, mobile application development platforms and online payment systems provide new opportunities to enable P2P ridesharing. In this paper, we introduce a notion of two-sided matching to build a single-driver multiple-rider stable matching ridesharing model and propose a heuristic algorithm to establish stable or nearly stable matches. We conduct extensive numerical experiments to demonstrate the computational efficiency of the proposed algorithm and show its practical applicability to reasonably sized P2P ridesharing contexts. The results show that we can significantly increase the stability of ridesharing matching solutions at the cost of only a small degradation in system-wide performance.

Design of an Interactive Mobile Application for Maternal, Neonatal and Infant Care Support for Tanzania

Reducing maternal and infant deaths’ rates in the developing countries, particularly in sub-Sahara Africa, remain a big challenge. Despite efforts by governments, the reductions have been unsatisfactory. To accelerate the reduction in maternal and infant deaths, m-health has been proposed as a viable, economical and effective intervention, able to reach the low income and disadvantaged groups. Mobile phone-based applications are among the m-health interventions that have been found to have positive outcomes for different healthcare challenges, such as improving clinical attendance and skilled delivery, and reducing perinatal mortality. However, the adoption of smartphone-based applications for health in Tanzania has been slow. Some of the likely contributing factors might be low technology exposure by the majority of the population and English language skills’ limitations. In this work, we developed a mobile application for providing interactive support to users, thus complementing other solutions available such as SMS and other smartphone apps. The main advantage of this app is the presence of interactive features that enable patient-provider communication. We adopted the Rapid application development (RAD) model for developing the application. We used UML modeling language tools for designing the application. The mobile application’s technical architecture uses various technologies and system development tools such as PHP programming language for the web application, MySQL database management system and Android Studio mobile application development platform.

A real-time algorithm to solve the peer-to-peer ride-matching problem in a flexible ridesharing system

Real-time peer-to-peer ridesharing is a promising mode of transportation that has gained popularity during the recent years thanks to the wide-spread use of smart phones, mobile application development platforms, and online payment systems. An assignment of drivers to riders, known as the ride-matching problem, is a central component of a peer-to-peer ridesharing system. In this paper we discuss the features of a flexible ridesharing system and propose an algorithm to optimally solve the ride-matching problem in a flexible ridesharing system in real-time. We generate random instances of the problem, and perform sensitivity analysis over some of the important parameters in a ridesharing system. Furthermore, we discuss two novel approaches to increase the performance of a ridesharing system.

Key success factors for mobile app platform activation

This study explores the key activation factors of the mobile application development platform through a comparative analysis of Apple App Store and Samsung Apps platforms based on the information and communications technologies intensive service innovations (IISIn) model from the developer’s perspective. We conducted intensive interviews of 14 mobile app developers who had development experiences with both Apple App Store and Samsung Apps. The study results indicate that the most important app development platform activation factors from the developer’s perspective are: (1) core components of the platform and technical support; (2) policy assistance for developer work activities; and (3) assurance of adequate financial returns to developers. This study is based on grounded theory and uses the IISIn model to determine the success factor of mobile app platform activation. The results of this study make contributions to both theoretical and practical aspects regarding strategies and operations of mobile app development platforms.

INSIGHTS INTO STUDENT EXPERIENCES WITH MOBILE PLATFORMS AND APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

The proliferation of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers are the newest paradigm shift occurring in the field of computing and engineering education. This paper presents an empirical and comparative evaluation of mobile application development platforms and tools as experienced by five undergraduate students who spent the summer of 2012 learning about and developing mobile apps at the Centre for Mobile Education and Research (CMER.CA), under the supervision of the first author. The students have worked with a wide variety of mobile platforms and tools, and hence the paper provides insights and recommendations into selecting mobile platform(s) to consider using in the Computing curricula.

Home Automation System with Universally Used Mobile Application Platform

This paper describes an investigation into the potential for different mobile application on home automation systems. It considers problems with their implementation, discusses possible solutions through various Mobile application platform and different network technologies and indicates how to optimize the use of such systems. The home is an eternal, heterogeneous, distributed computing environment which certainly requires a careful study before developing any suitable Home Automation System (HAS) that will accomplish its requirements. Now a days, mobile applications made were targeted to a particular Operating System only which restricted there usability. With the limitations of above in mind there is a need of a universal mobile application development platform. So that an application can be developed in a universal XML format which can be easily ported to any other mobile devices. Home automation system on one of the Operating System and creation of a unique XML document that can be placed over the server which can be adapted by any other mobile device without any platform issues. The XML format which controls the layout of the screen remains common, only the part which needs to be coded on every platform is the downloading of the XML file from the server and parsing it. This reduces a lot of coding effort as the design part is coded only once, and the same file can be used by every other platform. All the House hold activities are controlled by a smartphone which is connected to a server containing the XML file via an internet connection. We have taken Home Automation as one of our application, but the same principle can be implemented in any other applications like Mobile Themes, Games etc.

Mobile Application Development Experiences on Apple's iOS and Android OS

Mobile application deployment and use has exploded since Apple's deployment of the iPhone and the release of Google's Android operating system. The development of these applications is much easier than earlier mobile application development platforms but still carries some of the same complexities and issues. This article details recent experiences in developing an official IEEE mobile application on both Apple's iOS as well as the Android operating system. Some history of mobile application development is included. The mobile application developed starts with leveraging IEEE.tv content, but the vision is to expand the application to a more engaging application that IEEE members will enjoy and use.

The Design of 3G Mobile Video Surveillance System Based On J2ME Platform

The moving video surveillance system plays an important role in many fields, a moving video surveillance system based on 3G wireless network is proposed in this paper. The increasing bandwidth of 3G wireless networks provides us with implementing the moving video monitoring in 3G mobile. The J2ME platform is applied in 3G mobile video monitoring software design because of the outstanding mobile application development platform and cross-platform advantage. The design of mobile video surveillance is discussed and presents a mobile client development details.