Native vs Ionic Development: a comparative analysis of accessibility support on Android
Abstract
Smartphone apps are part of the daily lives of the world's population and influence how these people have fun, work, and learn. The importance of these applications further increases the need to include an audience that may have difficulty accessing them. For example, older people or people with disabilities may be excluded. In this context, this research presents an analysis of accessibility support in mobile applications. The focus of the study is to compare the application development process using the Ionic Cross-platform tool with the native Android development concerning these aspects of accessibility. The initial results obtained from the creation of a proof-of-concept application on both platforms and an investigation with users showed deficiencies in Ionic regarding this support.
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