Introduction
In the current scenario, when different companies have come up with their own mobile devices and operating systems, we do need applications which are compatible with most of the devices. Different Operating systems work in different ways, and only applications with specific architecture are compatible with it. Hence, we do need a platform where developers are not only able to make applications for specific platforms but for other platforms also. Currently, different kinds of applications are available, like hybrid mobile applications, Native and PWA. in this blog, you will find a comparison between all such platforms.
What is a Hybrid Mobile application?
As the name suggests, hybrid mobile applications are those which work on both android and iOS. It contains several elements that allows users to render it on the web browser and acts in a similar way to the application. Hybrid mobile applications are deployed in a container which uses a special kind of object, mobile WebView. It renders the data on the web browser. It uses different technologies such as CSS, JS, HTML and HTML 5. Such applications use their own embedded browser which is invisible. For example, iOS applications use WKWebView and Android uses WebView.
Different advantages of building Hybrid Mobile applications.
Different Hybrid mobile application development companies work solely on hybrid mobile applications due to several advantages . Some of the applications are listed below.
With the hybrid approach of building mobile applications, businesses do not need to invest huge amounts of money in the development of several other applications for different platforms. Hybrid mobile application, works in both web browsers and mobile for different OS such as Android and iOS.
Several online application publishers, like Google PlayStore and Apple store have large groups of audiences. Hence your applications can receive a large number of downloads.
Hybrid mobile applications can be integrated with different other applications without any hassle. Such mobile applications work better with integration and do not cause friction.
All applications are not only limited to its own OS. such applications work better on different platforms and frameworks. Hybrid mobile applications are interactive, great and seamlessly work with different mobile platforms.
Many times due to different drawbacks of Hybrid mobile applications, users do not prefer such applications. Hence, they go for native applications.
Why Native application?
Applications which do need huge graphics, like graphical applications, animations, and HD games, works well on Native applications. Native code is much faster than JavaScript and HTML. Despite several standards such as WebGL which allows hybrid applications to work with best performance, native applications are preferred. Native SDKs let devices access different features that are available out of box with several SDKs.
Different advantages of Native mobile applications.
Most of the time, it is not possible for different companies to build native applications or hybrid applications for different reasons such as security and complexity. Hence in order to avoid such complexities many companies do go for PWA.
What are Progressive Web Applications?
Progress web Applications are a new form of web applications, which establishes best practices for building reliable, engaging and accessible applications. Web applications do give user experience just like native applications.
Different advantages of Web applications are following.
Different progressive web applications have a significant number of features like the following.
Which one to choose, Hybrid, Native or Progressive Web Applications?
Native application development has grown its ecosystem in a substantial amount of time, different tutorials and predesigned components are available along with several community support and guides. All hybrid applications and PWAs are built in enhanced format. Different JavaScript libraries are available that can be used in the applications. Different compiled applications cannot use JS libraries since native devices may or may not handle such requests.
Native applications can access all different hardwares in devices and leverage it. PWA can access different features in different HTML5 compatible browsers. Big companies like Google and Apple release new software hence it becomes important to make sure applications are compatible with new updates.
Conclusion.
With several advantages and disadvantages of applications over others, we can conclude a few points that you can consider while you build a mobile or web application. If you want to make your application work with high performance and integrate it with several hardwares available in the device, native applications would be a best choice. Progressive web applications are a great choice when you want to make an ecommerce website along with a mobile application since it involves different transactions hence it is important to make it secure. A company can choose mobile application or hybrid application, if the team wants to build quickly and are familiar with the web technologies. It totally depends on the company for choosing what kind of application they want while considering different factors.
Author Bio:
James Grills is a technical writer with a passion for writing on emerging technologies in the areas of mobile application development, Artificial Intelligence Development and IoT technology. He is a marketing advisor – currently associated with Cumulations Technologies a mobile app development company in India.
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