Adapting model transformation approach for Android smartphone application

Abstract

The current smart phone applications are developed subordinately to its platform. In other words, applications are developed according to its own unique platform by each relevant vender, such as Cocoa for Apple, Android for Google and Windows Mobile for Microsoft. This paper suggests adapting the whole process of MDD (Model Driven Development) for the development of heterogeneous smart applications. Our proposed MDD is composed of Model-to-Model Transformation, which separates the independent from the dependent platform and transforms the independent model to the dependent model through rules on model transformation, and Model-to-Text Transformation, which forms codes from each dependent model. Model, metamodel and model transformation language are required to achieve Model-to-Model Transformation while model, metamodel and code template are needed for Model-to-Text Transformation. UML model, UML metamodel, ATL model transformation language and Acceleo code generation language also are adapted MDD in smart phone development environment. This paper also mentions a case of applying MDD in SnakePlus game. © 2011 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.