No matter you are running a large or small business, mobile application is a convenient marketing tool to connect and interact with your potential customers. It allows you to collect data quickly and enhances your online marketing strategies. Basically, there are three main types of mobile application development. The aim of this article is to give you a basic understanding of the different types of apps before you start an app for your business.
Hybrid Mobile Application is built with a combination of different web languages like CSS, JavaScript and HTML5. In other words, it is a form of web application hosted inside a native application by using a mobile platform’s WebView.
This version can carry high UI level and implement native processing elements to sustain the same performance with native mobile application. This app is suitable for those who want a complex mobile app with low cost of development.
However, it’s less secure than other types of apps and lack in performance and speed in comparison to native apps.
Mobile Web Application can access almost every feature on the device. It is a high security application with low graphical usage. With the Cross-Platform features, you don’t have to worry about building multiple mobile platforms as it generates share/portable library that makes the next development period more efficient. Unlike Hybrid application, it takes some time and effort to develop. This application is much useful for data collector such as notes productivity applications.
Native Mobile Application is specifically developed to be “native” to a specific platform such as Objective-C for iOS or Java for Android operating systems.
Native app provides fast performance and carries high graphical level because it is programmed for the particular OS. Even though the cost is higher than other mobile app development, native apps give users an absolutely different experience and performance. It can also take advantage of all the device features such as GPS, camera, address book and so on.
However, if you want to build a native app, you should start from both design and development perspectives for each platform. We hope this article has provided you with some helpful tips and will help you make a better choice before beginning your app creation. There are pros and cons to each type of mobile app development so it’s important to understand what the best is for you.
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