Comparison of Performance of Mobile Application Developed in MIT App Inventor and Android Studio

Abstract

The need for mobile applications has arisen because of the increase in the use of mobile devices, therefore, the number of mobile application development environments has increased. If it is desired to choose a mobile app development platform among many of them, the comparison of the performances of mobile applications developed in different platforms will be guiding. In this study, a medium-sized educational mobile application was developed for the Android operating system by utilizing Android Studio that is a text-based integrated mobile application development environment and MIT App Inventor that is a visual block-based mobile application development environment. The mobile application developed in these platforms was compared in terms of performance. In the comparison of performance, the metrics including CPU and RAM usage were scrutinized by testing on real devices. It was uncovered that although there was no difference in GPU usage between the mobile application developed with Android Studio or MIT App Inventor, there was a difference in RAM usage. The findings suggested that while Android Studio or MIT App Inventor can be preferred in developing small and medium-sized mobile applications, Android Studio is a better choice to especially develop graphic-based large-sized mobile applications.

Keywords

• Android Studio
• MIT App Inventor
• Performance Metrics
• Educational Mobile Application

MIT App Inventor ve Android Studio Kullanılarak Tasarlanmış Mobil Uygulamanın Performans Karşılaştırması

Abstract

Mobil cihaz kullanımının artmasıyla beraber mobil uygulamalara ihtiyaç artmış, bunun sonucunda da mobil geliştirme ortamları çoğalmıştır. Birçok mobil geliştirme ortamı içinden seçim yapmak istenilirse farklı mobil geliştirme ortamlarında geliştirilen mobil uygulamaların performans yönünden karşılaştırılması yol gösterici olacaktır. Bu çalışmada, Android sistem için metin tabanlı tümleşik mobil uygulama geliştirme ortamı olan Android Studio ve görsel blok tabanlı mobil uygulama geliştirme ortamı olan MIT App Inventor kullanılarak orta ölçekli eğitsel bir mobil uygulama geliştirilmiş ve geliştirilen mobil uygulama, performans yönünden karşılaştırılmıştır. Performans karşılaştırılmasında, CPU ve RAM ölçütleri kullanılmış ve gerçek cihazlar üzerinde ölçümler gerçekleştirilmiştir. CPU ölçümleri, Android Studio ve MIT App Inventor ile geliştirilen mobil uygulamada farklılık göstermezken; RAM ölçümleri, Android Studio ve MIT App Inventor ile geliştirilen uygulamada farklılık göstermiştir. Elde edilen veriler ışığında; küçük ve orta ölçekli mobil uygulamalar geliştirilirken, Android Studio veya MIT App Inventor tercih edilmesinde büyük farklılıklar ortaya çıkmasa da özellikle grafik temelli büyük ölçekli uygulamalar geliştirilirken Android Studio tercih edilmesi önerilmektedir.

Keywords

• MIT App Inventor
• Android Studio
• Performans Ölçütleri
• Eğitsel Mobil Uygulama

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