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Cross-platform

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

/ˌkrɔːs ˈplætfɔːrm/adjectiveCore term

In software engineering, cross-platform means: Describes an app or framework that runs on more than one platform, usually both iOS and Android, from one shared codebase.

In Turkish: platformlar arası, çapraz platform, çoklu platform

How it is used

Used before nouns (cross-platform app, cross-platform framework, cross-platform development) and in discussions about cost, speed and performance. React Native and Flutter are the best-known cross-platform frameworks; Kotlin Multiplatform focuses on sharing business logic.

Example sentences

  1. A cross-platform app let us ship to both stores with a team of three.

  2. Is cross-platform development fast enough for a video editing app?

Common collocations

  • cross-platform app
  • cross-platform framework
  • cross-platform development
  • go cross-platform
  • native appAn app built for one specific platform with that platform's own languages and tools, such as Swift for iOS or Kotlin for Android.
  • React NativeA cross-platform framework created by Meta that lets developers build iOS and Android apps with JavaScript or TypeScript and React, using real native UI components.
  • FlutterGoogle's open-source framework for building mobile, web and desktop apps from one codebase; it uses the Dart language and draws its own UI on the screen.
  • hybrid appAn app built with web technologies such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript and wrapped in a native shell, so it can be installed from the stores and use some device features.

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