Hybrid Mobile App: Alternative Solution to Fill the Gap between Native App and Web App

Hybrid mobile app

With the increasing demand of the hybrid app, Gartner has stated by 2016 around 60% of mobile apps will be hybrid with the remaining 40% being split i.e. 30%-10% to web apps and native apps. Hybrid apps; as the name suggests is the heterogeneous source composed of the elements of native and web apps. It is usually written in a web-based code such as JavaScript, CSS and HTML like any other web application with an only difference that it runs on a device rather than a webpage or it runs inside a native container on a mobile device. In short, it is the combination of web technology and the native execution.

How PhoneGap Mobile App Development is Beneficial for Businesses as well Developers

More and more IT companies made the switch from other platform to PhoneGap in last one year or so. It is because PhoneGap allows an easy execution of mobile application development and it also runs on all the mobile operating systems easily.

This technology is not only becoming popular among the enterprises but lots of developers are also opting for this medium because of the language which is already available on this platform. This helps the developers to easily develop an application and reduce the effective time to market.

Let’s talk about the benefits of mobile application development in brief for both the developers as well as the business.

Types of Mobile Apps You Must Know

There is a huge difference between a smart-phone and a normal phone. Of course, smartphone has a very powerful hardware, but besides hardware smartphone has lots of applications which assist people in their day to day life. Mobile applications are becoming part of your daily life. Soon they will become necessity of life.

People use their smartphone now to stay connected with their family and friends. They communicate with them while they are on the go, they check their office e-mails and reply to them while they are travelling, they conduct meeting with their different location office while sitting at home and the list is endless.

You are able to perform all these actions with your smartphone because of the applications which are present in it. You know there are following kind of applications which are available in the market: