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The document provides an overview of mobile application development, detailing three main types: Native, Hybrid, and Progressive Web Applications (PWAs). Native apps are platform-specific and offer the best performance but are costly and time-consuming to develop, while Hybrid apps allow for cross-platform deployment with a single codebase, though they may perform slower. PWAs deliver an app-like experience via web browsers, are easy to build and maintain, but require internet access and may lack interactivity compared to native apps.

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mobile application introduction- 1st unit

The document provides an overview of mobile application development, detailing three main types: Native, Hybrid, and Progressive Web Applications (PWAs). Native apps are platform-specific and offer the best performance but are costly and time-consuming to develop, while Hybrid apps allow for cross-platform deployment with a single codebase, though they may perform slower. PWAs deliver an app-like experience via web browsers, are easy to build and maintain, but require internet access and may lack interactivity compared to native apps.

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INTRODUCTION TO MOBILE APPLICATIONS:

Today, I’d be sharing the basics of mobile application development, the


different types and subsequently how to build a simple mobile application
using Ionic Framework and Angular. I would assume we all know what
mobile applications are.

To begin with, there are different types of Mobile applications;

1. Native Applications:

These are applications developed to be used on a particular platform or


operating system such as Android, iOS etc. Native apps are usually written in
languages that the platform accepts. They are also built using the specific
Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the given operating systems,
such as Android Studio for Android Apps and XCode for iOS Apps.

The principal advantage of native apps is that they optimize the user
experience. By being designed and developed specifically for that platform,
they look and perform better.

Examples of some popular Native Applications are Instagram for Android,


VLC media player for Android, WordPress for iOS, and 2048 game for iOS,

Native Apps are usually built using either of the following languages;

1. Swift or Objective C for iOS applications


2. Java, Kotlin for Android applications
3. C# or VB.NET for Windows applications
Building an IOS App on XCode
Pros
– They are very fast and responsive because they are built for that specific
platform.
– They have the best performance.
– They are more interactive, intuitive and run much smoother in terms of user
input and output.

Cons
– They are considerably more expensive to develop compared to cross-
platform and web applications.
– They require more time to develop as one application has to be written in
different languages for different platforms.
– They have a higher cost of maintenance and pushing out updates, due to
multiple source code bases.

2. Hybrid Applications:

These are applications developed to be used across multiple platforms i.e can
be deployed on both iOS and Android platforms. Hybrid mobile applications
are built in a similar manner as websites. Both use a combination of
technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. However, instead of targeting
a mobile browser, hybrid applications target a WebView hosted inside a
native container. This enables them to do things like access hardware
capabilities of the mobile device.

Today, most hybrid mobile applications leverage Apache Cordova, a platform


that provides a consistent set of JavaScript APIs to access device capabilities
through plug-ins, which are built with native code.

Examples of some popular Hybrid Applications are MarketWatch, Untappd,


FanReact, and TripCase.

Some popular frameworks for building Hybrid applications include;


• Ionic Framework
• PhoneGap
• Sencha Touch etc.

Ionic + Angular = Hybrid Applications

Pros
– Adaptable to multiple platforms, as the same code can be re-used for
Android, iOS, and Windows.
– Unified and less expensive development, as the app only has to be
developed once using one code base.
– Faster development time when compared to native apps as only one
development process is involved.

Cons
– Slower app performance when compared to Native Apps, because the
hybrid framework acts as a bridge to communicate with the phone’s native
features.
– Apps with heavy animations and sound effects aren’t as seamless as their
native counterparts.

3. Progressive Web Applications (PWAs):

A Progressive Web App (PWA) is a web app that uses modern web
capabilities to deliver an app-like experience to users without requiring them
to install an app from the AppStore/PlayStore. They are usually accessible by
a web URL which can always be pinned or saved on your phone’s home
screen. PWAs are usually built using HTML, CSS, JavaScript also.

Examples of some popular Progressive Web Applications are AliExpress’s


PWA, Financial Times PWA, NASA’s PWA, and the recently just
launched PayStack’s PWA.

Pros
– Easy to build.
– Easy to maintain.
– Works offline and performs well on low-quality networks.
– Build one app for all platforms — iOS, Android, etc. as long as it can run a
browser.

Cons
– Needs a browser to run. Users have to take another step to type in the URL
of the app which amounts to a poor user experience.
– Web apps are less interactive and intuitive than native apps.

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