Case study · Cross-platform Apps
Application Development
A client was maintaining separate Android and iOS codebases. We evaluated the options and built one cross-platform app on Ionic and Angular, cutting maintenance and speeding releases.
- Client
- A client needing one app across iOS, Android, and web
- Disclosure
- Anonymised
Headline metrics
- 1
- Codebase across iOS, Android, web
Additional context
One codebase, three platforms, with localisation and theming handled so each build still feels native to its store.
01 / Challenge
The problem in front of us.
Maintaining separate Android and iOS codebases created inefficiency. The client wanted a unified codebase to cut maintenance costs, speed deployment, and simplify updates across platforms.
02 / Approach
How we set the work up.
We evaluated technologies against the real criteria: a friendly UI across iOS, Android, and PWA, backend integration, localisation, a common database, and multi-platform theming. We chose Ionic with Angular for its web foundation and component architecture.
03 / Solution
What we built.
We built the UI on Ionic and Angular, used ngx-translate for localisation, and Local Storage for cross-platform persistence in place of SQLite, which lacked PWA support, with Gulp handling branding customisation.
04 / Outcome
What it has held up to.
Most of the client's requirements were met with the cross-platform approach, and testing and deployment proved straightforward from a single codebase.
Stack
What it runs on.
- Ionic
- Angular
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- ngx-translate
- Local Storage
- Gulp
Tell us what you're trying to ship.
We'll start with a two-week diagnostic. No slides, no promises we can't keep.