Cost advantage and time advantage of hybrid mobile applications
Most of the business owners think of having a mobile app for their business. However, when they start to think about this field, many questions arise in their minds. How much does it cost? How long will the development process take? Should I go with an app for the Android platform, the iOS platform, or both? The best answer to all your questions is, hybrid apps. These apps are options that save time and money, unlike native apps.
What is hybrid mobile app?
Unlike native apps, which are designed exclusively to work on a particular mobile platform, such as Android or iOS, hybrid apps are designed to work on multiple platforms, including Android, iOS, and Windows. These apps are built using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. They are rather a series of Web pages belonging to a Website, made to work on smaller screens.
Converting existing web pages into application screens, without having to create new pages for an application, can become a compelling reason to believe that these applications save time and cost. Let’s take a deeper look at why the mobile app development type has gained popularity among business owners and hybrid app developers.
A single version of the hybrid app can work on multiple mobile platforms
The most appreciated aspect of these apps is that they are built once to work across multiple mobile platforms, unlike native apps, which require separate versions to switch between platforms. However, one question that arises in the mind of any potential mobile app owner is that a native app, when built to work on a particular mobile platform, can look fantastic and work great for that particular platform. Whereas the same hybrid app, when running on different mobile platforms, would it be able to provide the same level of user experience, as seen in a native app built for a particular platform?
The answer is that if a hybrid app is built exceptionally with a lot of multimedia or rich graphics, no one will be able to figure out that it is a hybrid app, that it is not designed exclusively for the platform it is currently running on. . It can work great on any platform, with a rich look and feel and amazing user experience, just like a native app, for a particular mobile platform.
Leverages existing web development skills for mobile app development
In the case of hybrid apps, to turn existing web pages into a mobile app, a developer doesn’t need to learn a new skill. With existing knowledge of HTML, CSS, and Java Script, a web developer can create a mobile app for any business. Developers can avoid learning complex languages like Objective C for mobile app development for iOS platforms. Even if developers learn new native app development skills, the development process can still take a long time. In addition to multiple builds, in the future any updates to the existing mobile app will need to be done separately for various mobile platforms. Ultimately, this will become a very daunting task for mobile app developers.
A single build that can meet the needs of users across multiple mobile devices and utilization of existing skills without imposing the need to learn a new skill, taken together, have made hybrid apps quite popular among business owners and hybrid app developers.
Author bio: The author of this article works for Piccosoft Software Labs India Private Limited, a web and mobile application development company. She is the online presence of Voice for Company.
