In this age, mobile applications have become an important part of their business for businesses of all sizes. Mobile applications, which are used as an effective promotional tool or as a revenue channel that will provide direct sales, enable businesses to be in an advantageous position in the digital world.
NATIVE APPLICATIONS
IOS on Objective-C or Swift
Android on Java and Kotlin
Windows Phone on the net
Such applications have been developed for only one mobile operating system, therefore they are “native” for a particular platform or device. Applications developed for systems such as iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Symbian, Blackberry cannot be used on any platform other than their own. In other words, you cannot use the Android app on iPhone. Main advantage of native applications; To ensure high performance and good user experience as the developers use the native device UI. In addition, it has access to a wide variety of APIs that do not limit application usage. Native apps are clearly accessible from app stores of its kind and tend to reach target customers. Some cons for native applications; It is higher cost compared to other applications – the need to create application copies for other platforms, separate support and maintenance for different application types results in a higher product price.
CROSS PLATFORM NATIVE AND CROSS PLATFORM HYBRID APPLICATIONS
- CROSS PLATFORM NATİVE
React Native, Flutter, Vue Native
As game engine; Unity 3D, Unity 3D C #, Javascript and Boo - CROSS PLATFORM HYBRID
Adobe PhoneGap, Ionic, Intel XDK, and Kendo UI
Like all other types of mobile apps, Cross-Platform app development has its pros and cons. While it is possible to develop applications by writing a single code on all platforms in a short time, maintenance and testing costs are also low. In addition, there is also the possibility to publish the application in the current platform’s store.
Although they are both Cross Platforms, there are serious differences between them. These;
With Cross-Platform Hybrid, applications use the mobile device’s browser and javascript engine. Cross-Platform Native application has an internal javascript engine and uses its own closed system.
While using the controller in the mobile application browser in Cross-Platform Hybrid, the application in Cross-Platform Native uses the required controller from the platform-specific library of the platform where we developed the application.
While there are so many frameworks available for Cross-Platform Hybrid, there are fewer alternative engines you can use when building Cross-Platform Native applications.
HYBRID APPLICATIONS
Xamarin, Ionic, Angular Mobile Sencha Touch etc. Hybrid applications suitable for all platforms
It is built using multi-platform web technologies (eg HTML5, CSS and Javascript). Hybrid apps are essentially website apps hidden in a native packer. Both native and hybrid apps have pros and cons. Hybrid, that is, multi-platform, fast and relatively easy development of applications is a clear advantage. One code base for all platforms provides low-cost maintenance and hassle-free updates. Commonly used APIs are available. On the other hand, hybrid applications are less inadequate in performance, speed and overall optimization compared to native applications. Also, there are some design issues due to the inability of the app to look exactly the same across two or more platforms.
WEB APPLICATIONS
Web apps as responsive versions of the website to run on any mobile device.
These are software applications that behave similarly to native applications. A browser is used to run web applications and is usually written in HTML5, JavaScript, or CSS. These applications redirect the user to the URL and create a bookmark on their page and provide the option to “upload”. Web applications require very little device memory. Because all personal databases are saved on a server, users can access them from any device when they have an internet connection. Therefore, using web applications with poor connections will result in a bad user experience. The disadvantage; it does not have access to many APIs for developers.