What is meant by hybrid app development?

A hybrid app is a software application that combines elements of web applications and native apps together. Hybrid apps are essentially web apps in a native app shell. Once downloaded from an app store and installed locally, the shell connects to capability the mobile platform provides. This capability often comes through a browser which is embedded in the app. The browser and its plug-ins run on the back end continuously and stay invisible to the end user. Hybrid apps permit the developers to write code for a mobile app and further allow them to accommodate multiple platforms.

Value of a hybrid app

Hybrid apps are cost effective as we build a single application for using in different devices. The same code can work on iOS, Android, and Windows. This reduces the maintenance cost, fastening the development. This also offers a great opportunity to make changes in the application in future. Hybrid mobile app generally works on HTML and JavaScript. Hybrid app is much faster than a native app and a mobile web app. Just like native apps, hybrid apps use a device’s API to store offline data which holds an added advantage for the customers looking at their data cost or poor connectivity. Hybrid app development is one of the fastest growing areas. There are many hybrid mobile app frameworks that have access to more devices. Future belongs to hybrid apps as they also have the option of working as native apps.

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Our approach to hybrid app development

IndGlobal is a top-rated company in hybrid app development in Dubai, UAE. Our hybrid apps cater to bridge the gap between the product/service and the end customer. Hybrid mobile applications are easy to maintain if the developers choose the right framework for developing the app. Jquery, PhoneGap, Xamarin, Ionic and kendoUI are few of the popular frameworks. These are easy to upgrade as they offer low maintenance services. They are designed and developed to adjust with diverse platforms and operating systems. Compared native apps, hybrid mobile apps are also easy to scale due to the used framework and technology.

Best Hybrid App Development Company in Dubai, UAE

We, at IndGlobal Digital, build Cross-Platform Mobile Apps that are inexpensive and faster to accomplish than the iOS and Android platforms. We specialize in using the Cross-Platform integrated development environment and in designing custom specific applications for businesses in Dubai, UAE. The advent of Cross-Platform Mobile Apps have received a great response extending beyond the underlying barriers and creating multi platform mobile apps that depicts consistent user experience and native functions. IndGlobal Digital offers hybrid apps innately built with impeccable user experiences in the form of usability, interactive design and response times.

FAQs on Hybrid mobile app development

While choosing between native, web, and hybrid mobile apps there can be a solution based on how your app will be used. So, it is the usage of your app which points to the development of a particular type of mobile app.

If your mobile app should run across multiple platforms including Apple, Android, Windows etc, building a web or hybrid app will be time saving. By leveraging common development languages you build an app once and then publish your app across multiple platforms.

You need to create a mobile app rather than a mobile optimized (RWD) web application in order to distribute your app via an app store.

Hybrid applications are web applications or web pages in the native browser, such as UIWebView in iOS and WebView in Android. Hybrid apps are created using CSS, HTML and Javascript, after which they are wrapped in a native application using platforms like Cordova.

Hybrid apps use a web view control to present the HTML and JavaScript files in a full-screen format using the native browser rendering engine. WebKit is the browser providing engine that is used on iOS, Blackberry, Android and others.

A hybrid app is designed to work on multiple platforms. It is usually written using a single standard code language such as C# or a combination of HTML5 and Javascript. It is then compiled to be executed on each platform. Device specific interactions are normally managed by the usage of plugins for that particular operating system.

Hybrid apps offer an advantage for developers who wish to update their app frequently. It is not necessary to resubmit the new version if the modifications are devoid of the native code.

React Native- the most popular framework. 2. Framework7, 3. Xamarin, 4. PhoneGap, 5. Ionic, 6. Onsen UI, 7. Mobile Angular UI, 8. jQuery Mobile

PhoneGap is an Open source technology which is often used to develop hybrid mobile applications using web technologies like HTML/CSS and JavaScript. PhoneGap is the most used hybrid mobile application tool by hybrid mobile application development companies in India.