Approaches for Mobile Application Development

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Approaches for Mobile Application Development -
Native, Cross-platform, Hybrid, PWAs
Deciding to build a mobile application is easy.
Its the decisions you have to make later that
makes the whole application building process
difficult. Things like should I go Native? Is
Cross- platform app development a better choice?
Can Progressive Web App Development really
enhance my application performance? So, lets
look at the different approaches of mobile app
development London that are popular and, when to
use which. Native App Development Here we build
software applications in a specific programming
language for a specific device platform. This
means you will have to use platform-specific
programming language, software development kits,
development environment, and other tools offered
by the Operating System. For Android and iOS
this would look like

• When Native?
• You have time and resources for separate teams-
  iOS and Android mobile application development
  company.
• You have the money to spend for superior UI and
  performance.
• You need full-access to hardware-related features
  like gestures, geolocation, touch ID.
• Building a graphic-rich app/game and need topmost
  performance and speed.
• Most popular Native applications Pokemon Go,
  Twitter, Google Maps, LinkedIn.
• Hybrid App
• Hybrid apps use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and run
  on webview, a simplified web browser within the
  application. These applications function as
  websites and technically they are

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• somewhere in between a web app and a browser
  page. Some tools are PhoneGap, ionic, Apache
  Cordova, Visual Studio.
• When Hybrid?
• You have an idea and want to see market
  responsiveness, build an MVP. Get something
  usable, quickly and without wasting your
  resources on just hiring mobile app developers
  London.
• Some popular Hybrid applications are Yelp,
  BaseCamp, Untappd.
• Cross-platform App
• They use a single toolset to deliver apps across
  multiple platforms. Some of the popular
  solutions for cross-platform app development are
  Xamarin, React Native, Flutter, Titanium, etc.
• When Cross-Platform App?
• To reach the market fast.
• Build a low budget app with simple UI but heavy
  logic.
• Some popular cross-platform applications are
  Google Ads, Picturex, Reflectly, Birch finance.
• Progressive Web App, PWA
• This is just a set of best practices to make a
  web application function like a desktop or mobile
  application. They aim to deliver a uniform and
  seamless experience such that users cant
  differentiate between a PWA and a Native App.
  They bring in features like push notifications,
  offline mode, load on the home screen, access to
  device hardware like vibration, improved touch
  gestures to web apps.