Everything you need to know about native application development
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The document provides an overview of native application development, emphasizing its advantages, such as speed and user experience, in contrast to web and hybrid apps. It discusses the specific programming languages required for iOS and Android platforms, the benefits and drawbacks of native apps, and highlights the importance of choosing the right type of app based on requirements, budget, and time constraints. The document also briefly touches upon web and hybrid apps, noting their characteristics and development costs.
Everything you need to know about native application development
- 1. Everythingyou needto know about native application development Native Apps,inthe contextof the mobile webapp,canwell be explained in a very simpler way with an example of the icons that you find on a mobile phone. The icons, such as Photos, Contacts, email that you find on the screen of your mobile phone are pre-installedapplicationandtheyare applicationscreatedtofunctiononaparticulardevice platform. There are two widely used mobile OS- Apple’s iOS (launched in 2007) and Google’s Android (Launched in 2005 after Google tookoverAndroidIncin 2003). Native appsare createdwithcodeswrittenspecificallyforaparticulardevice and itsoperatingsystem.Asexplainedinthe following graphic, for iOS applications, developers need to use Objective C or swift whereas for Android native application they use Java. One of the most amazing features is that native apps are comparatively speedier than the other applications of its kind and that too with ease. We can name hundredsof native appsthathave changedthe face of the businessesaswell standardof livingletme name here a fewof themthat have compelledtochange the definitionof asimple mobilephone toaSmartphone - Twitter,PokémonGo,Facebook,Instagrametc.Itisthe native appsthat have ledthe giantbusinesshousestobe onthe small screenof a mobile phone.Native appsare quickerinaccessingvariousservicesonamobile device likea microphone,camera,GPS,accelerometer,compass,gesturesetcandhence alwaysrenderthe bestuserexperience.This isthe reasonwhythe native appshave beenmuchpopularinthe lastdecade.
- 2. Benefits and Drawbacks of Native Apps: No research is free of any drawback. In fact, some loopholes come along with the invention and are always there to come right from the inception. But with the passage of time, everything is set right with consistent efforts and innovation. Now let’s have a look at some of the Benefits and few of the Drawbacks that can be attributed to the Native Apps. BENEFITS: Native appsare the speediestamongall itstypesbe itHTML, Hybridor webapps. Native appscan be saidto be the bestoptioninrespectof the connectivityissues. Qualityassurance canbe higherdue tothe fast and responsiveperformance of the software. Match-lessUI & UX. DRAWBACKS: Native appscreationandmaintenance are complicatedmainlybecauseof the multiple code bases. A newversionhastobe createdforAndroidor iOSdevice. Native appsmayturn out to be costlierasyou will requireanadditional developerforbuildingacode base for each platform. Hybrid Apps -WebApps- A briefelaboration: WEB APPS: It isnot prudenttosay that WebAppsbecause the webappsare not infact applicationstheyare websitesintheirtrue sense.Fromthe pointof viewof an end-user,webappscannotbe downloaded,anywebappcan be accessedthrougha browserovera network.Webappsare builtinthe languageslike JavaScript,HTMLor CSS.
- 3. HYBRID APPS: Hybridapps can be saidto be an ideal blendof the native appsandwebapps.Thisisso mainlybecause theyinternally act as webappsand externallytheyplayarole innative apps.The hybridappshave beenmuchpopularsimplybecause of the possibility of cross-platformdevelopmentandtherebyreductioninthe developmentcosts.Youwill needan HTML or CSS developerto builda Hybrid App. The ultimate choice tobuildanapplicationisita native orhybridor a webappdependsonthe basicrequirements,time constraintand above all the pre-decidedbudget.Eachthe three hasits distinctfeatureswithmultiplebenefitsor drawbacks.Betteristo have an in-depthanalysisof the same andthento arrive at the conclusiontobuildyourdream app. Contact Details Email:- [email protected] Phone:- +1 404-643-6023 Website:- http://i-verve.com/ This post was originallypublishedat:- http://i-verve.com/blog/native-app-development-everything-about-native-apps/