This document summarizes the challenges of mobile application development across different platforms and introduces MoSync as a solution. MoSync is a single software development kit (SDK) that allows developing applications once that can run across multiple platforms including Java ME, Symbian, Android, Windows Mobile and Moblin. It provides a common API, tools, and programming languages for all platforms, reducing development costs compared to porting applications individually. The SDK supports features like graphics, multimedia, networking and data storage and the latest version adds iPhone support, faster Android performance and other improvements.

1. Patrick Broman, MoSync AB

2. The problem

3. Fragmentation

4. Thousands
of models

5. More and more
platforms

7. "It is estimated that the cost of porting
an application to each handset
platform often amounts to
as much as 60-80% of the
actual development cost.“
- Cap Gemini, Telecom & Media Insights

8. Can it be fixed?

9. Essential differences
• Screen sizes
• Input methods
• Memory
• CPU
• Graphics

10. Accidental differences
• SDKs
• Tools
• Programming languages
• API interfaces
• Frameworks

11. One SDK
All platforms
• C/C++ everywhere (even JavaME!)
• The same API across all platforms
• One toolchain, one compiler
• A single, self-contained download
Java ME, Symbian, Android
Windows Mobile, Moblin
and more coming soon!

12. SDK Features

13. API Features
Selected standard C libraries Camera access
Graphics, audio, multimedia File system access
TCP/HTTP/HTTPS/BT/SMS Map rendering library
Collections/containers Font framework
XML Parsing SQLite database
UI library OpenGL
Location

14. 2.4

15. What’s
new?

16. iPhone
support!

17. OS X Version
Of the SDK

18. Android 40x faster
(we’re doing everything native now)

19. ‫ر‬ Û
官话
Unicode support

20. Improved debugging
Test framework
Build configurations
Examples fully touch-enabled
Improved profile database
…and lots more!

21. Sneak preview