- A hybrid app is a software application that combines elements of both native apps and web applications. It essentially web apps that have been put in a native app shell.
- When you’re developing a mobile application, one of the first decisions you need to make is whether it will be a native app ,web app ,hybrid app.
- Hybrid apps are built with commonly used front-end development technologies and languages like JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS, giving them a cross-platform functionality.
- Hybrid apps are available via app stores, can access hardware on your phone, and are installed on your device, just like a native app.
- The main difference between native and hybrid apps is that native apps are built from the ground-up for a specific operating system while hybrid apps are built for cross-platform compatibility.
- Example of hybrid app is gmail, twitter, uber, untapped.
- Four advantages of hybrid applications
- cross-platform compatibility
- shorter development time
- scalability
- cost effective
- most of the pros of native and web apps
- Three disadvantage of hybrid application
- Performance
- text complexity
- Easier to mess up the UI/UX
- Hybrid applications features include:
- The ability to function whether or not the device is connected.
- Integration with the mobile device's file system.
- Integration with Web-based services.
- An embedded browser to improve access to dynamic online content
- Hybrid apps work similar to Web apps but like native apps, are downloaded to the device. Similar to Web apps, hybrid apps are typically written in html CSS and JavaScript. it run code inside a container. The device's browser engine is used to render HTML and JavaScript and native to access device-specific hardware.
- A hybrid app will typically share similar navigation elements as a Web app, whether or not the application can work offline depends on its functionalities. If an application does not need support from a database, then it can be made to function offline.
- Ionic itself is a framework or software development kit based on HTML5.it is the latest version of (HTML)
- Apache Cordova is an open-source mobile development framework.With the help of Ionic, it wraps your web application into a native container using WebViews.
- Visual Studio is an integrated development environment for code editing.For Ionic, Visual Studio is a canvas of sorts. Its primary use is to be the backdrop for creating and Ionic apps.
