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Android Hybrid Apps
Android is an operating system, for mobile devices, developed by Google. It is the most The app that is created by combining the features of native app and web app is called a hybrid app.
Similar to native app, hybrid app is developed for a specific platform and deployed on the app store.
commonly used operating system in mobile devices. Google and some other mobile
You need to install the hybrid app before using it on your mobile. Hybrid app can be created by using
manufacturing companies use the Android as operating system for their devices. Android
many hardware features of your device such as camera and developed by using HTML and CSS
provides an easy to use and friendly environment to their users. The user interface of an
similar to web app.
Android mobile device looks like this:
Android
Nowadays, developers use development tools to package the code of the hybrid app with a browser to
iOS make it as a native app. In this way, hybrid apps become cross-platform which means that the same
code can be run on multiple platforms. This technique saves the development time and cost also.
iOS (formerly iPhone OS) is also a popular operating system developed by Apple Inc. for
Some examples of the hybrid apps are Instagram, Gmail and
its hand-held devices such as iPhone and iPad. The user interface of the iOS mobile looks
X (formerly known as Twitter).
very professional as shown.
Types of Mobile Apps iOS
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Apps provide specific functionality to your mobile and tablet devices in a more simple and Information Literacy
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user-friendly manner. We use so many apps on our mobile devices to perform different types of
tasks. Generally, these apps can be divided into three types which are native, web and hybrid. Let Circle the native apps icon and underline the web apps icon.
us learn about these in detail.
Native Apps
Native apps are platform dependent which means that these apps are primarily developed for a
specific platform. For example, any app which is developed for iOS will not run on any other platform
such as Android and Windows. In other words, you cannot install the app on iOS platform which is
Categories of Apps
developed for Android platform. Most of the apps installed on your mobile device are native apps.
Apps have become an integral part of our life. Nowadays, people are using mobiles for many purposes
These apps are distinctly accessible from app stores and offer the fastest, most reliable and most
such as communicating, learning, teaching and playing games. This leads to the development of
responsive experience to users.
several types of apps. As you know, Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store are the two most
Some examples of native apps are Camera, Microphone,
popular app stores. These stores contain different types of apps which are further categorised in
Gallery and Calculator. However, there are some alternatives various categories.
also available for these apps but using native apps is easiest.
Gaming Apps
Web Apps Today’s most popular category of mobile apps is gaming apps which shared more than 24% area of
Web apps are essentially web applications that provide a user experience similar to native apps. To the app store. Gaming apps allows us to improve our cognitive skills such as attention and focus.
Some of the gaming apps allows children to learn while playing. These apps also allows us to play
access these apps on your mobile device, you need a web browser. Additionally, an Internet connection
games with other friends and share scores on social media.
is required to use web apps. These applications are typically developed using HTML and CSS.
The most commonly used gaming apps are Candy Crush Saga, and Angry Birds.
Web apps are different from websites. The major difference is that a web app can be a small part of
Productivity Apps
a website which provides a particular functionality. On the other
Productivity apps, also known as business apps used by businessmen to perform several complex tasks.
hand, a website can contain many web apps.
These apps allows businessmen to do their work more effectively.
Some examples of the Web apps are OLX, Flipkart and Pinterest.
The most commonly used productive apps are Google Calendar,
Evernote and Dropbox.
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