There are several ways to find technology-based solutions for your needs. You can purchase technology itself: PC, Mac, Android, iPhone, or even Blackberry. You simply go to a mobile store and buy the first device that catches your eye. Perhaps you choose an iPhone for its design and extra safety components. But soon after your purchase, you may discover that some of your favorite software is incompatible with your iOS device. This can be frustrating if you want to play your favorite game, but discover it works only on Android.
Another option is to decide upfront which software you are going to use before purchasing the hardware. Whether you are a big company or a small business, you can make this decision beforehand. But what about your employees joining in with their own devices? You may have to supply hardware along with a full software package to every single individual. Depending on the size of your company, that can be costly.
Lastly, you can create a native app for each operating system, to work on any device. You will get a high quality product, but developing multiple versions of the same app can be expensive and time-consuming. Luckily, today there are many solutions for incompatibility issues. A popular solution is to develop a hybrid app that works with any OS. Today, most companies gravitate towards custom hybrid app solutions for both employees and consumers.
Popular Hybrid App Tools for 2020
With the increased popularity of hybrid applications, software developers have to select hybrid app development tools for quality and time-efficient performance. There are several hybrid development solutions that stand out from the crowd by offering top-notch development environments that produce outstanding high-end hybrid apps. According to a developer survey for 2018 - 2019, these the top most frequently used and liked cross-platform tools:
Cordova
● Code rapper that uses Web Views to display the UI
● Great platform for creating top quality hybrid apps
● Requires node.js and npm
Adobe Phonegap
● Based on Apache Cordova
● Open source free cross platform framework
● Outstanding tool for building cross platform apps with multiple extra features
Ionic
● Top - notch UI framework for building hybrid apps
● Works great with Angular.js
● Cordova plugins
React Native
● Excellent javascript framework for developing hybrid apps
● Created by Facebook and based on react.js
● Does not use Web Views to display the UI, but uses JSX to interact with native components
Xamarin
● A stellar framework for creating cross-platform apps
● Uses C# to develop apps for all OSs, plus .net features
● Shares logic by means of Xamarin Forms
● Uses Visual studio IDE
Flutter
● A superb UI SDK for building hybrid apps
● Built on C, C++ and requires Dart knowledge (compiled with Android’s NDk or LLVM)
● Excellent business solution with great variety of widgets and styles
From the numerous options provided within a large pool of frameworks and libraries, businesses can choose the best hybrid app development solutions to meet their needs. These frameworks use different methods to deliver cross-platform services, but all of them produce a hybrid app compatible with most OSs. If you are considering a hybrid solution for your business, it is easy to find cost-effective and high-tech solutions that fulfill your requirements.
This post is published by David Brown.
