Shania has started a new job as an app developer. Her first task was to make an old app designed for Android available on other platforms. Which of the following would make her job easiest and fastest?

A. Develop different versions of the same app for different programs. B. Use cross-platform tools to write code that will translate the existing Android app code into different native formats. C. Feed the existing code into cross-platform tools to develop different versions of the same app. D. Use the same set of codes for different platforms.

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Bridgett

20 October, 16:49

Shania has started a new job as an app developer. Her first task was to make an old app designed for Android available on other platforms. Which of the following would make her job easiest and fastest?

A. Develop different versions of the same app for different programs. B. Use cross-platform tools to write code that will translate the existing Android app code into different native formats. C. Feed the existing code into cross-platform tools to develop different versions of the same app. D. Use the same set of codes for different platforms.

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Gracelyn Mason · Answer 1

B. Use cross-platform tools to write code that will translate the existing Android app code into different native formats.

Explanation:

Cross-platform application development tools are tools that can be used tool generate applications of different platforms, by just writing a single type of code. It has the ability to automatically create an application of a different platform from another.

A developer can develop an application like Android and convert it to IOS for Apple. Xamarin, Appcelerator coroner etc, are all examples of cross-platform tools.