When Referring to Mobile Web Applications “Native” Mean

In Mobile Web Applications “Native” Mean  

 “Designed for use with a specific type of computer” is According to Dictionary.com, native when referring to computers.

When working with web applications and mobile applications, you will hear a lot of people talking about “native” apps versus web apps, but it’s not always clear what the difference is.

A native application is one that has been written for iOS (iPhone and/or iPad) or Android and is not HTML re purposed.

But making a native application means that your application can take advantage of features of the operating system that are not available to web applications.

Most native applications run faster than their web application counterparts because they have more direct interaction with the operating system and don’t need to parse HTML or JavaScript first.

Plus, the most common reason people want to make native applications rather than web applications is that you can sell them in the various app stores. While it is possible to sell web applications, it’s much more difficult and most developers end up offering their web applications for free.

But if you are working on an HTML web application, you shouldn’t despair. There are ways to convert your web applications into native applications for both Android and iOS. One of the easiest is PhoneGap. 

With PhoneGap, you can load your HTML, CSS, and JavaScript into the program and then convert it into a native application ready for use on Android and iOS (as well as other operating systems—as of this writing, PhoneGap supports 7 different mobile platforms). PhoneGap Build will even let you create one application for free.

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