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Crosswalk vs FileMaker: What are the differences?

Developers describe Crosswalk as "Replace Android’s default WebView with Crosswalk, a predictable web runtime for developing powerful Android and Cordova apps". 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. On the other hand, FileMaker is detailed as "Platform to easily create custom apps that manage user contact". It is a Platform to create innovative custom apps for your workplace.

Crosswalk and FileMaker can be primarily classified as "Cross-Platform Mobile Development" tools.

Some of the features offered by Crosswalk are:

  • Develop around device fragmentation
  • Provide a feature rich experience on all Android 4.x devices
  • Easily debug with Chrome DevTools

On the other hand, FileMaker provides the following key features:

  • Quick Reports
  • Cross-platform
  • Quick Find

Crosswalk is an open source tool with 2.19K GitHub stars and 577 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Crosswalk's open source repository on GitHub.

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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
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    New Modern Cordova
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    Pretty decent solution to Android WebView issues
  • 2
    Rapid development
  • 2
    REST API
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    API
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    Permissions
  • 1
    All included
  • 1
    Easy to learn

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Cons of Crosswalk
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      Expensive

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    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 FileMaker?

    It is a Platform to create innovative custom apps for your workplace.

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