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Apportable

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Crosswalk

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NativeScript

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Pros of Apportable
Pros of Crosswalk
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      Essential for Android hybrid apps
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      Improved performance
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      Hybrid desktop apps
    • 1
      New Modern Cordova
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      Pretty decent solution to Android WebView issues
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      Access to the entire native api
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      Support for native ios and android libraries
    • 46
      Support for javascript libraries
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      Angular 2.0 support
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      Native ux and performance
    • 37
      Typescript support
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      Backed up by google and telerik
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      Css support
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      Cross-platform declarative ui and code
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      Fully open source under apache 2.0 license
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      Vuejs support
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      60fps performance
    • 6
      Powerful data visualization with native UI
    • 5
      VS Code integration
    • 5
      Angular, typescript and javascript support
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      No need for Mac to build iOS apps in Telerik Platform
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      Extended CLI support
    • 4
      Cloud builds as part of Telerik PLatform
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      Truly Object-Oriented with Typescript
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      On-device debugging
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      Extensibility
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      Access to entire native api
    • 3
      Live reload
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      Easiest of all other frameworks
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      Easy to learn
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      Backed by google
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      0 day support for new OS updates
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      Publishing modules to NPM
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      Vue.js support out of the box
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      VueJS support
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      Svelte support
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      Powerfull mobile services as part of Telerik Platform
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      Native ui with angular
    • 2
      Vue support
    • 1
      Playground
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      Hot Reload
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      HMR via webpack
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      Very small app size
    • 1
      Write once, use anywhere
    • 1
      Easy to use, support for almost all npm packages
    • 1
      Rich ecosystem
    • 1
      Compile to Apple/Google Stores via CloudCompiler
    • 1
      Has CSS ;-)
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      It works with Angular
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      Code reuse with your website
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      Dart

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    Cons of Apportable
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          Lack of promotion
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          Slower Performance compared to competitors

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        What is Apportable?

        Apportable lets you cross-compile your iOS app and re-use the same code across platforms.

        What is Crosswalk?

        Crosswalk is a web runtime for ambitious HTML5 applications. All the features of a modern browser, deep device integration and an API for adding native extensions

        What is NativeScript?

        NativeScript enables developers to build native apps for iOS, Android and Windows Universal while sharing the application code across the platforms. When building the application UI, developers use our libraries, which abstract the differences between the native platforms.

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