Actually, there are multiple approaches and possible solutions. One of them would be a web app, which would require us to have a separate server.

Oracle MAF was really straightforward. It allowed us to build a native app. We didn't have to add additional hardware. It was an easy choice.

When I’m choosing a vendor such as Oracle, the most important criteria for me is the name and the support.

We evaluated other solutions, but in the end we always found problems trying to connect with Siebel or trying to have the same app work under iOS and Android. This is why we chose MCF as it allows us to do both.

There exists different hybrid solutions in the market with open source products, but if you want to have support and a real business solution, then there is no better solution that I've seen.

We did not evaluate other options.

We chose two solutions to for creating mobile applications, Oracle MAF and React Native. Due to the issue in performance, Oracle MAF was used as a second solution with React Native as the main one.

We chose MAF for several reasons - 

• Cross-platform 
• with powerful mobile persistence framework
• Taskflows usage for powerful navigation handling
• Alta UI
• Allowed us to capitalize on our Oracle ADF expertise

We didn't look at other options prior to commencing our POC.

At a previous company, we considered switching to Linux and all; and for a few of the things. We switched to Linux.

I researched other solutions that also would attend. The choice of MAF was by now working with Oracle products and also because we are partners.