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THE ANDROID AND IOS
Nowadays, most of the mobile devices run on Android and iOS.
Android
Android is an operating system for mobile devices developed by Google. It is the most
commonly used operating system in mobile devices. Google and some other mobile
manufacturing companies use the Android as operating system for their devices. Android
provides an easy to use and friendly environment to their users. The user interface of an
Android mobile looks like as shown alongside: Android
iOS
iOS (formerly iPhone OS) is also a popular operating system developed by Apple Inc. for
its hand-held devices such as iPhone and iPad. The user interface of the iOS looks very
professional as shown alongside:
CATEGORIES OF MOBILE APPS iOS
Apps provide specific functionality to your mobile and tablet devices in a more simple and
user-friendly manner. We use so many apps on our mobile device to perform different types of tasks.
Generally, these apps can be divided into three categories which are native and hybrid. Let 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, Windows, and BlackBerry. In other words, you cannot install the app on iOS platform which
is developed for android platform. Most of the apps installed on your mobile device are native apps.
These apps are distinctly accessible from app stores and offer the fastest, most reliable and most
responsive experience to users.
Some of the examples of native apps are Camera, Microphone, Gallery
and Address book. However, there are some alternatives also available
for these apps but using native apps is easiest.
Hybrid Apps
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. You need to
install the hybrid app before using it on your mobile. Hybrid app can be created by using many hardware
features of your device such as camera and developed by using HTML and CSS similar to web app.
Nowadays, developers use development tools to package the code
of the hybrid app with a browser to make it 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.
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