Mobile application development is a process involved in writing software for small, wireless computing devices, such as smartphones and other hand-held devices.
Like web application development, mobile application development has its roots in more traditional software development. One critical difference, however, is that mobile apps are often written specifically to take advantage of the unique features of a particular mobile device.
Today, the two most prominent mobile platforms are iOS from Apple and Android from Google. Phones and tablets from Apple come preloaded with essential applications, including a full web browser and the Apple App Store. Android devices also come preloaded with similar apps and you can install more using the Google Play Store. Before you determine on mobile app development, here’s a breakdown of few types of app development technologies.
These applications are built using integrated development environments (IDEs) and languages for mobile OSes such as Apple iOS or Google Android. Native apps enable you to customize necessary features, but they can be more costly than other technologies.
These are web apps that act like native apps. They are developed using technologies such as HTML, JavaScript and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Hybrid apps are more cost-effective to develop than native apps and can be created faster, but they aren’t as feature-rich as native applications.
A PWA is a website that looks and behaves as if it is a mobile app. These applications are developed with web technologies such as Facebook React.
It is used to develop applications for Android, iOS, by enabling developers to use the React framework along with native platform capabilities. It is also being used to develop virtual reality applications at Virtual Reality
