Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Date of Award

2018

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

M.S. in Food and Nutrition Services

Department

Nutrition and Hospitality Management

First Advisor

Dawn Wilkins

Second Advisor

Conrad Cunningham

Third Advisor

Yixin Chen

Relational Format

dissertation/thesis

Abstract

The aim of this research is to study the Apple iOS and Android mobile frameworks from a developers' perspective. The first chapter introduces a historical overview of operating systems for mobile devices as well the motivation and objectives of the research. The second chapter introduces basic principles of the iOS and Android mobile frameworks in order to evaluate the platforms. The third chapter evaluates and compares the main features of both frameworks. The fourth chapter discusses the implementation of several applications on the iOS and Android mobile frameworks, which are used to demonstrate the advantages and disadvantages of each platform. The final chapter contains a summary, which gives an outlook of the future of the platforms.

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Nutrition Commons

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