This year 2015, BBC have decided to revamp their entire official website to a Responsive one, to brighten up user experience across various screen sizes which include: PCs, Smartphones and tablet display.

Now that's one, their second technological enhancement was on their mobile app for Android and Windows phone.

The head of the team to whom the project was assigned was asked this question(and I put it in my own words), "Why not build a responsive site to slim fit the project budget?" and he gave a dry response "It's good to maintain both technologies"

So my Programmers in the house what's your view. will you love to go Responsive or keep building apps for all the platform specific mobile device? Because to me, css, javascript, jquery and ajax does all the front-end magic.

Mr. Chim.
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Building a responsive site to me it's a lot better, but the downside with hybrid web apps and native apps is speed, the fact that hybrid apps run on Single threads makes it slow and sometimes crashes on device with lower ram power

This is a good read: www.ektron.com/Blogs/Adrian-Lloyd/Responsive-Web-Design-or-Native-Apps---What-s-the-real-future-of-mobile-advertising-/

It all depends on a few factors, of which the most important is function.
Would the app function well on responsive site/Hybrid/Native?
Which would I(developer) prefer if I were the user?
I just saw this: www.mobiloud.com/blog/2012/06/native-web-or-hybrid-apps/

@ Dameety
Cool links - funny coincidence...

it all boils down to your end users, what kind of device they use. There are so many fact to consider, like who your target market is.

[s]A complete native app will allow you to use the app when there is no internet connection and then connects to the internet when internet connection is available.[/s]

Febup:
A complete native app will allow you to use the app when there is no internet connection and then connects to the internet when internet connection is available.

a complete hybrid app I created will allow you to use the app when there is no internet connection and then connects to the internet when internet connection is available too

cyrielo:
a complete hybrid app I created will allow you to use the app when there is no internet connection and then connects to the internet when internet connection is available too

Try clearing your mobile device cache and see if you can still use your hybrid app without internet connection. A completed native app can interact with the native code which will allow you to write objects to the device's hard drive so that the app can run without internet connection, [s]but hybrid apps cannot interact with the native code in order to write objects to the hard drive it can only store data in the browser cache[/s] and once you clear the cache you you need internet connection before the hybrid app will run again.

Febup:


Try clearing your mobile device cache and see if you can still use your hybrid app without internet connection. A completed native app can interact with the native code which will allow you to write objects to the device's hard drive so that the app can run without internet connection, but hybrid apps cannot interact with the native code in order to write objects to the hard drive it can only store data in the browser cache and once you clear the cache you you need internet connection before the hybrid app will run again.

haven't you use html5 storage feature, and if you are talking about clearing of cache, it works the same for all app.

guru01:


haven't you use html5 storage feature, and if you are talking about clearing of cache, it works the same for all app.

No it does not work the same for all apps. Native apps can interact with the native code, hybrid apps cannot, which makes the difference.

Febup:


Try clearing your mobile device cache and see if you can still use your hybrid app without internet connection. A completed native app can interact with the native code which will allow you to write objects to the device's hard drive so that the app can run without internet connection, but hybrid apps cannot interact with the native code in order to write objects to the hard drive it can only store data in the browser cache and once you clear the cache you will need internet connection before the hybrid app will run again.

Hybrid apps are limited to the number of plugins available, there is a plugin that allows you to write object to the internal storage or external storage of the device, i build native apps as well and if you clear app data of a native app all cached data will be deleted permanently, and you will need internet to get them back. the only difference between a native app and the hybrid app will be perfomance issue due to its single threaded nature.

I find this to be a very good comparison:

https://developer.salesforce.com/page/Native,_HTML5,_or_Hybrid:_Understanding_Your_Mobile_Application_Development_Options
Three types of apps:
Native apps are specific to a given mobile platform (iOS or Android) using the development tools and language that the respective platform supports (e.g., Xcode and Objective-C with iOS, Eclipse and Java with Android). Native apps look and perform the best.

HTML5 apps use standard web technologies—typically HTML5, JavaScript and CSS. This write-once-run-anywhere approach to mobile development creates cross-platform mobile applications that work on multiple devices. While developers can create sophisticated apps with HTML5 and JavaScript alone, some vital limitations remain at the time of this writing, specifically session management, secure offline storage, and access to native device functionality (camera, calendar, geolocation, etc.)

Hybrid apps make it possible to embed HTML5 apps inside a thin native container, combining the best (and worst) elements of native and HTML5 apps.

^^ DId you read the conclusion of that article ? case closed

cyrielo:
^^ DId you read the conclusion of that article ? case closed

Native apps will remain the best option until hybrid has direct access rather than being embedded in a thin native container: "Hybrid apps make it possible to embed HTML5 apps inside a thin native container"

have you written an app that 70% or more of the codes are pure javascript?
have you written an app base on the platorm specific api? that is if you are writting for black berry use their api to code your app?
have you written an app mixing c++ and javascript or html
most people thin that when they say hybrid app, it must consist of html,css and javascript.

Febup:


No it does not work the same for all apps. Native apps can interact with the native code, hybrid apps cannot, which makes the difference.

what do you mean by interacting with native code, because i think differently.

guru01:


what do you mean by interacting with native code, because i think differently.

What I meant was direct access to the native code rather than being embedded in a thin container.

I believe that it's one million percent possible to write an entire app with just javascript, using node.js for the business logic.

chim14:
I believe that it's one million percent possible to write an entire app with just javascript, using node.js for the business logic.

I agree with you on this after watching a demo on node.js, I can say node.js is the next big thing in JavaScript since AJAX.

Febup:


What I meant was direct access to the native code rather than being embedded in a thin container.

Have you developed with Sencha?

guru01:

Have you developed with Sencha?

Not yet. I'll try and give it a go.

Recently I was searching the info on this theme and found this interesting article named From Website to Mobile App – Your Four Best Options: https://eze.tech/blog/from-website-to-mobile-app%E2%80%93your-four-best-options

Some thought from it: Building native apps for every platform is the best choice in terms of performance and product quality but it is also the most expensive approach. If you have a web application already, you’ll only need to build mobile clients for Android mobile app and iOS mobile app, that will be connected to the same backend that your web client is. Minor changes may be still needed on the backend but this shouldn’t take much time.

Well I was searching for the same solution and found this post- https://www.seasiainfotech.com/blog/native-vs-hybrid-vs-cross-platform-apps/
I like this post because here I gained knowledge about other platforms also.
Must read this post. You will thank me later

Hi, everyone!

Recently I've read the article about the difference of working of native, cross-platform and hybrid mobile applications, and how to create the appropriate app. These useful tips should be taken into account before developing an app. I noticed the advantages and disadvantages of different types of mobile application development and now I know where to start. I would like to share it with you.

Follow this article to find out the detailed comparison of the unique aspects of native vs hybrid app, as well as native vs web app.

Febup:


I agree with you on this after watching a demo on node.js, I can say node.js is the next big thing in JavaScript since AJAX.

Nice talk

Hi!

Thank you for sharing your knowledges.

I also have some tips how to reduce the costs of building a mobile app while crisis here: https://y-sbm.com/blog/what-is-the-cost-of-creating-a-mobile-app-in-2020
Hope it will be useful for everyone.

Good luck!