What is Hybrid Mobile App?
A hybrid app is just another mobile application in which the same app can be worked as well as tweaked to work in different mobile operating systems. These platforms are going to be Android, iOS, Windows, etc., and even in browsers (Mozilla, Chrome, IE, etc.). It is the same as mobile applications that are used by different users. These apps can be installed from the App Store or Google Play store. But technically it’s different compared to native apps, as it works using a combination of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Usually, mobile apps are built using their own specialized tools. Once the application is built for any platform for example iOS, it can’t be installed with Android and vice versa. This is the fact of native apps. Here comes the difference that hybrid applications bring to the table. These apps are hosted inside similar and inside a native application and this makes use of the mobile platform’s Web View. This technique provides the app with access to capabilities such as camera, contacts, accelerometer, and many more. It is a combination of both native applications and web applications that makes the hybrid app truly intuitive. Thus, these applications are designed from the ground up to work on specific platforms as well as multiple platforms.
Characteristics of Hybrid mobile apps
Hybrid mobile apps bring the best of both worlds of programming to the table. That is you can get native apps like performance as well as the seamless integration of platforms. Hybrid apps are easier to develop and manage as you only require fewer skills to master and pay attention to. Many beginners and novice developers find it easy and quite smooth to master hybrid mobile app development. Hybrid mobile apps are the future of mobile app development as it supports multiple platforms and enables you to use only a single code base for your app under development.
The development time and cost are reduced quite drastically and significantly. Therefore it takes app development companies less time to market the app. Thereby becoming the first to launch unique and intuitive apps.
Hybrid mobile apps also take up less space on your mobile or smartphone. You do not have to download anything in order to run a hybrid mobile app. The mobile app size is also reduced drastically as it only requires a web view to display the app’s contents.
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Hybrid Mobile App Development Benefits:
Ease of development and Low-cost alternative
Because of the unified cost that is associated with Hybrid mobile app development, companies find it affordable and economical to employ and use hybrid mobile apps. This is because as native apps support only a single platform, using hybrid apps can cater to multiple platforms all at the same time, be it Android, iOS or Windows mobile. All the things that are required to run the hybrid app are just the platform’s web view console that interprets the HTML, CSS and JavaScript code to run the hybrid app on any mobile phone or smartphone. As the cost of the mobile app as well as time is a crucial factor for the success of the app. It is beneficial that both these units are low so as to not cause any expenditure in terms of time and money.
Resource Availability
As I mentioned before, it works based on HTML, CSS and JavaScript. So a normal, beginner or an experienced web developer can develop a hybrid app without the requirement of getting some extra training. This is because the training and knowledge that web developer has will be put to good use and is based on the functionality of developing hybrid apps. There are many web developers who have knowledge of developing a hybrid mobile app. Their cost of developing a hybrid mobile app is also quite less.
Speed
It is known that a hybrid app is indeed a lot faster as well as swifter than a native app. But what is not common knowledge is that it is also a lot faster when you directly compare it to a mobile web app. The speed of this app is good to be used by mobile phone users and unless it requires large graphics, it does not hamper performance. It does not even require a network or an internet connection to operate. This is a rare case for communication, which is going to be another cause of the slowdown. The speed of execution of hybrid mobile apps also comes quite close to native apps like experience.
Offline Use
Hybrid mobile apps, just similar to native apps, use a device’s API in order to store data offline. This proves to be a big advantage and a major benefit for customers. Clients having poor connectivity or who are watching their data costs tend to benefit from this.
User Experience
Websites can look absolutely different on every computer with different browsers. You might get an overall idea of this concept by using distinct and different browsers on different computers. The same thing or concept applies to mobile web and it is not good for branding or having a great user experience.
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Conclusion:
We have shared with you the various Hybrid Mobile App Development Benefits for your small business that they can get when developing hybrid apps. If you like this blog then do check out our other topics as well. If you have a requirement to develop a hybrid app then contact us at enquiry@nimapinfotech.com with your requirements.
