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The purpose of software development is meeting both functional and non-functional requirements. In mobile device applications, non-functional requirements are more relevant due to the restrictions inherent to these devices. One of these restrictions is the availability of limited storage space. Therefore, the size of a mobile application affects user preference for use. In this article, we assess how the choice of a mobile application development approach affects the final size of the application; we focus our analysis on text-, audio- and video-based applications and access to the camera in the device.
Computer Science Research Institute LIDI (III-LIDI)—Partner Center of the Scientific Research Agency of the Province of Buenos Aires (CICPBA).
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Sosa, J.F. et al. (2019). Storage Space Use in Mobile Applications. In: Pesado, P., Aciti, C. (eds) Computer Science – CACIC 2018. CACIC 2018. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 995. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20787-8_12
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