Native Mobile Applications are destined for a specific platform. And specific programming languages are used to develop such applications. For example, Native Android Apps can be created by using Kotlin, Flutter, Java, C++, environments Android Studio or Eclipse, plus Android SDK, Mockplus and other tools and are downloadable from Google Play Store. Native iOS Apps can be created with Swift and Objective-C, environments such as XCode or AppCode, plus iOS SDK, Cocoa Touch and other tools. Native Windows Phone Apps can be created by using languages like C#, C++, environments Microsoft Visual Studio Environment, plus Windows SDK, Silverlight SDK and others and are downloadable from App Store. A native android solution cannot work on the iOS platform and alternatively, a native iOS solution cannot work on an Android Platform.
Native Mobile Development makes use of tools and programming languages that are original for the device and the operating system. Big providers like Apple, Microsoft, Google have created their design-specific tools, SDK’s, interface elements for their platform, development tools, SDK’s and interface elements to create iOS-specific or Android-specific or Windows-specific solutions.
A native android solution cannot work on the iOS platform and alternatively, a native iOS solution cannot work on an Android Platform.
Mobile Applications have become a strategic necessity for companies for increasing their business’ reach. So if you need one, it is advisable to create one of your own rather than outsourcing mobile app development and being dependent on another business. It often makes maintenance and even small changes expensive and can put your code and customer data at risk.
Hybrid applications are much easier to develop, integrate than native mobile apps. But they lag in performance in comparison to native mobile apps. They require less maintenance and speed depends upon the client’s browser. But native mobile apps are not browser-specific.
A mobile app is useful for a business to increase its reach across to the target audience. They are an extension to offline brick and mortar outlets and are more effective than offline modes of promotion like advertisements in newspapers and likewise. They improve efficiency, offer high scalability, integrate with existing software (as they are platform-dependent in case of native mobile apps), are easy to maintain (simply require an internet connection and receive periodic version updates), helps improve relationships with customers, facilitates new client data retrieval, provides project access in real-time, eases project management and records digital files for accountability.
Native Apps are characterized to access all devices’ capabilities (as discussed earlier). They need to access all the hardware and some software functionality of a device. Android, iOS or Windows platforms provide a standardized software development kit (SDK) which has the set of tools, code samples, libraries, documentation, guides that allow developers to create apps on a particular platform. These SDK’s when combined with a powerful set of tools create exclusive native apps that are always high on performance and feature a good user experience. iOS developers make use of XCode and Android Development Teams use Android Studio IDE (integrated development environments) that comes along with a code editor, compiler, and debugger. These are used for writing and testing software. The IDE’s increases the efficiency of the overall app development process by reducing the development time and removing the most difficult bugs.
People resort to hybrid/cross-platform mobile apps as they do not wish to remain constricted to one platform. The audience is always scattered and they look for various options before making a choice. But still, performance and page load time remains one major area of comparison. With the sparsity of time, people tend to prefer native mobile apps more than hybrid ones. Here are some more reasons in favour of native apps:
Offline accesses, flexible data synchronization, exceptional user-experience as they maintain aspect ratios, push capabilities, and if you are looking for high performance, faster and responsive experience, we have a couple of reasons to prefer native apps. There might be times when a simple web app provides a nice user experience but takes time to load. Native Apps win in such cases. So, finally, the native app that you’ve been waiting for is with us, we are here to help you propel your business!
Neeti Kotia is a technology journalist who seeks to analyze the advancements and developments in technology that affect our everyday lives. Her articles primarily focus upon the business, social, cultural, and entertainment side of the technology sector.
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