What is a hybrid mobile application?



Companies seek to reach their target customers in various ways, and with the advancement of technology, mobile phones have become an integral part of our lives and a bridge of communication between companies and their customers. That is why companies have tended to develop mobile applications in which they provide their services and products to their customers with the best design and a smooth and purposeful experience. But the different types of mobile operating systems have led to a variety of applications from native applications that run only on their mother system to web applications that run on browsers. Finally, the hybrid applications that have rebelled to prove their efficiency in working on all operating systems with high quality, so what are these applications and how are they different from the original applications and web applications?

Define hybrid apps

Hybrid Mobile Apps Like all mobile apps that you install on your mobile and find in app stores, an app can only be judged as a hybrid if you see its code. Some of the applications can be known by carefully looking at the details of the application during use. Hybrid applications differ from the original applications in that the developers use the same web technologies in their construction (HTML - CSS - JavaScript), on the other hand, the native applications have supported and compatible programming languages ​​such as Swift with iOS and Java with Android.

The main difference between the two is that the system hosts hybrid applications via what is known as Webview technology in Android and WKWebView in iOS. To round off, you can imagine the hybrid app running from Chrome browser but with a full screen, while the native apps run as part of the system. Well-built Hybrid applications cannot be differentiated from native applications, since despite some limitations that are in hybrid applications from accessing some system features, parts of the code written in the native programming language can be used in the hybrid application.

The most important characteristic of hybrid applications

Hybrid apps are very popular among developers because they only need to write the code once to run on all types of mobile operating systems properly, which saves them time and effort. Upon completion of its development, developers can simply publish the application in all application stores, which saves companies large amounts of money that may be spent on developing an original application for each system and publishing each application in the appropriate store for it. Not only that, the target customers will get the application with high quality services, performance and design. Hybrid applications have many advantages, perhaps the most important of which are:

1. Reduce time and costs

One of the most important features of hybrid applications is that they are easier and faster to develop and not as complicated as the original, and the developer is required to know only web languages ​​and once the code is written once, it will work on all types of operating systems, and this saves companies the costs of operating and developing an original application for each operating system. Its maintenance is also simple and does not need to release new versions with each update, in addition to the fact that when an update is issued for the original applications, the user must update the application from the application store, unlike the hybrid application, which is similar to updating a web page.

2. Enhance UX/UI User Experience

Hybrid apps provide an excellent and consistent experience across all operating systems and adapt to different screen sizes, and the lightweight interface helps in loading content and graphics quickly. For this, the chances of app approval from the App Store are faster compared to the original apps. It also has the ability to work whether you are connected to the Internet or not, which makes it light and fast to use, offers good performance and is suitable for customers in areas where the Internet connection is poor or not always available.

Hybrid application development challenges

The decision to develop a hybrid application is not easy and you may encounter several challenges that may make you think about this decision a lot. It does not fit all the ideas that may require operating systems to use their full capabilities. The speed of the hybrid application depends on the browser loading speed, and therefore it is slower compared to an original application.


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