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.

iOS Vs. Android: Which One is the Leader?

And the debate is still on between iOS and android which is better or superior? With the release of iOS7 there are many who claimed there is nothing which can beat this operating system and on the other hand, the Android lovers still think iOS is too basic and there is nothing fancy and innovative about it.

Enterprise Mobility - Application, Trends and Challenges

To begin with, mobility is a trend which started around 2010-11 and while in 2012 it was year when mobility entered the enterprise in the mainstream and today in 2013 there is a fast tracked implementation of mobility across the entire enterprise. Enterprise mobility is nothing but as we know is a trend in which more of the employees are working out of the office using their mobile devices and cloud services. The biggest advantage of this service is, employees can work freely from anywhere without compromising on any accessing issues of the resources or/and providing complete set of services to their customers.

If we talk about more of this advantages and competences then, it can provide –

Top Cross-Platform Mobile App Development Tools and Frameworks

Everybody is looking for a portable one-in-all kind of solutions these days. Even enterprises are opting for the cross-platform mobile application development in order to have one universal application for all their users. Development of these applications are cost-effective as well as time-to-market has been reduced effectively.

Some of the very common boards for creating cross-platform mobile application are:

#1

PhoneGap

This is one of the very common platform of 2013 and almost loved by all the enterprises. It is a free open source medium by which the developer can create mobile apps using HTML5, JavaScript and CSS3. This platform gets integrated with Dreamweaver and developers can easily create and test all the applications.

It supports- iOS, Blackberry, Android, windows, Symbian etc.

How Beneficial Cross Platform Mobile Application Development Is?

The cross platform mobile application development is used for multi-devices. It actually helps to develop applications for multiple platforms running on different mobile devices. It gives facility to the developer to write code only once and the same code can be reused for some other platform. It then helps that code to be run on different tools like PhoneGap, Titanium, Rho Mobile etc. These tools are based on latest web technologies like HTML5,CSS3, JAVA script etc.

These days’ mobile application development companies get inundated with demands for more user-savvy mobile apps in order to hook a sweet bridge between communication and design for both Android and iOs phones. For developing applications running on different platforms the cross-development mobile frameworks, such as IBM Worklight, Adobe’s PhoneGap, are very much in demand these days.

Advantages of Using Cross Platform Mobile Application Development: 

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: