Mobile
Development
Android/iOS, Flutter and morev
Whether you seek to offer a mobile version of your software or want to bring a completely new app on the market, we can help you to meet the high expectations your users have on all platforms.

In a nutshell
Cross-platform vs. native development
Apps are usually developed with one of two distinct approaches: natively or with a cross-platform framework such as Flutter or React Native. Native development consists of working with the SDKs of Android and iOS and coding in Java / Kotlin and Swift respectively.
This requires the apps to be developed independently for each platform without there being a common codebase upon which they are built. Working with cross-platform frameworks on the other hand allows developers to implement features in one language (such as Dart in the case of Flutter) which is then compiled into native ARM code for the respective platforms. However, does a cross-platform approach really accelerate the development processes? In which respects does it have the upper hand?
Cross-platform development frameworks
The community behind cross-platform mobile development has grown and many new options have emerged which outperform the simple outdated HTML approach. Two of the big contenders of this kind of development are Flutter and React Native.
Each framework has its unique architecture to build apps, so they each have their pros and cons. While native apps offer superior user experience and performance, cross-platform frameworks are designed to save costs and speed up development. Let’s take a closer look at them.
What is Flutter?
Flutter is Google’s open-source development kit to create 2D cross-platform apps. It’s based on the programming language Dart, also developed by Google. The application is compiled ahead-of-time into native ARM code which results in a better performance.
Flutter is not supposed to be a wrapper on top of iOS/Android but draws the UI from scratch using a C++ Library called Skia. The Flutter team promotes it as an efficient tool for prototyping because of its hot-reload functionality. Developers who are familiar with OOP concepts can quickly adapt to Dart/Flutter without much mobile experience.
What is React Native?
React Native is based on Facebook’s React JavaScript Library targeting mobile platforms. The framework was released in 2015 and allows developers to write native mobile applications using JavaScript.
Many companies, among them Airbnb and Facebook, are using or have used it in production. The React Native bridge invokes native rendering APIs for iOS & Android, so it uses the platforms’ real UI components. Similar to Flutter, it also provides a hot-reload feature.
Comparison
UI & UX
Performance
Productivity & Maintenance
Native features
Conclusion
Why we make a difference
Technology expertise
When working with Parkside you can count on in-house experts for all common platforms and technologies as well as latest know-how in QA, DevOps & SecOps areas.

Cross-functional teams
Our interdisciplinary teams cover all stages of custom software development — from conception & design to programming & quality assurance.

Agile and iterative workflows
Thanks to agile project management and an iterative approach we deliver a high-quality product on time and on budget

What our clients say about us
“The experts brought in by Parkside showed exemplary commitment, perseverance, a solution-driven attitude as well as seniority that can facilitate the business decisions also on the client side.”
“This experience far exceeds my experience with other companies. From a technical point, it was outstanding. They also generate great ideas.”
“Parkside’s work was a game changer for lynda.com. They allowed us for the first time to fulfill our ubiquity strategy of everywhere, all the time. The apps gained the highest reviews in company history.”
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