Hybrid app development combines the best of both the native and web solutions. Digitindus technologies strongly advice its clients to go for hybrid mobile apps n the world of mobile apps as an hybrid app can be described as a blend both native and web solutions. Where the core of the application is written using web technologies. In case of hybrid apps, these are HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript.
Frameworks
Hybrid mobile applications are built in a similar manner as websites. Both use a combination of technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. However, instead of targeting a mobile browser, hybrid applications target a WebView hosted inside a native container. This enables them to do things like access hardware capabilities of the mobile device. Today, most of the hybrid mobile applications leverage Apache Cordova, a platform that provides a consistent set of JavaScript APIs to access device capabilities through plug-ins, which are built with native code.
Digitindus Technologies specializes in following technologies for making Hybrid apps.
- HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript: At the core of hybrid app development are HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. These web technologies are used to write the application logic. HTML5 is used for the structure of the pages, CSS3 for the styling, and JavaScript for the functionality.
Apache Cordova:Apache Cordova is a mobile application development framework that enables developers to build mobile apps using CSS3, HTML5, and JavaScript instead of relying on platform-specific APIs. It wraps the HTML5 app within a native container which can access the device functions of several platforms.
Ionic Framework:Ionic is a popular framework used for hybrid mobile app development. It provides tools and services for developing hybrid mobile apps using web technologies like CSS, HTML5, and Sass. Apps can be built with these web technologies and then distributed through native app stores.
React Native : React Native is a JavaScript framework for writing real, natively rendering mobile applications for iOS and Android. It’s based on React, Facebook’s JavaScript library for building user interfaces, but instead of targeting the browser, it targets mobile platforms.
Flutter: TFlutter is Google’s UI toolkit for building beautiful, natively compiled applications for mobile, web, and desktop from a single codebase. It’s used by developers and organizations around the world, and is free and open source.
Using these technologies Digitindus developers build high-quality mobile apps that can run on multiple platforms, saving both time and resources. However, the choice of technology would depend on the specific requirements of the app
Advantages of Hybrid App development
Hybrid application development can essentially do everything HTML5 does, except it also incorporates native app features. This can be possible when you deploy a wrapper to act as a bridge between platforms to access the native features. The key advantage of hybrid apps is that they allow developers to write code for a mobile app once and still accommodate multiple platforms.
The choice between native, hybrid and web applications depends on a number of factors like budget, time, target audience, features, etc. Each of these types of apps has its own strengths and weaknesses.
Therefore, the decision to choose a particular type of app should be strategy-driven. Digitindus provides its clients with the best strategies for choosing and making Hybrid Mobile apps
