Hybrid app OR native mobile app development? Who is king?
Hybrid development, or the approach of building native apps using Web technologies has come a long way.
With this new trend setting in, there would be no need to worry about the ever- changing dynamics of mobile hardware and operating systems or to fund and maintain multiple variations of the same application. The user could enjoy ubiquitous access from any screen. The benefits of using a web-based approach to mobile application development seem enormous.
Besides the much-reduced workload, it also means we’re able to fix problems much faster. When the majority of the functionality lives in the HTML served from the server, we don’t have to wait for Apple’s multi-day approval cycle to fix things. Maintaining the native apps become more like maintaining the web through continuous deployment.
With a hybrid approach it is possible to place a native “wrapper” around core web-based application. This approach delivers more efficiency in terms of reuse than a pure native application since the core components are built using web technologies. This “core” can be built and deployed across the landscape of mobile platforms. This native “wrapper” extends the core of the application to the platform and is fully designed specific to the native OS. The effort to develop the native look and feel is limited to this wrapper versus having to redevelop the application in total. The utility of this hybrid development approach is dependent upon the complexity of the application, but can be suitable for a wide breath of applications.
Some of the Pros are listed below:
Flexibility and Speed: Allows for faster implementation and deployment. Build one app and deploy to any device with a browser. Plus, changes to the User Interface (UI) can be built and pushed instantaneously across the entire user base.
Less Costly: Instead of developing and supporting multiple specialized mobile variants, a web-based app streamlines the effort since only one core app needs to be developed and maintained. The result saves time and money to produce and deploy.
Ecosystem: While HTML5 is still evolving, there is an incredibly large development community available to tap into. HTML has an established base and Javascript is also one of the most popular programming languages.
The flip side include the drawbacks of:
Slower Performance: At present, HTML5 mobile apps cannot match native apps, or at least, not always with acceptable performance. Applications requiring more sophisticated algorithms, complex data manipulation or those using heavier graphics are still slow when implemented as web-based applications. Conversely, natively built apps appear as a natural extension of the platform, seamlessly working with the controls and resident applications on the phone.
Slower Pace of Improvement: The process to identify and implement improvements to the current state of HTML5 technology may take longer than expected. Mobile web browser vendors will most likely implement the latest proposals even before they become standards, but whether they will be universally available on all platforms implemented the same way is a big question. Another main disadvantage is the gaps that exist in the availability of developer tools to build HTML5 applications.
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