Mobile Apps

Native iOS / Android APP or CROSS-PLATFORM APPs?

The term native comes from the English and means "mother tongue" in this context. This means that the APP is programmed in the "mother programming language", e.g. for iPhones (iOS operating system) Objective-C or Swift and for Android Java. People who speak in their mother tongue understand each other best, the same applies to APP development. So the app is not technically limited. The alternative to this are so-called cross-platform apps, which are APPs that are developed with so-called frameworks. As an example here, if you are going to Portugal on vacation, hardly anyone there will understand you in German, you use the English language accordingly, but this can sometimes lead to misunderstanding. It is similar with the APP. Respectively. a cross-platform APP is restricted with certain functionalities. E.g. it is not suitable to develop video apps or game apps with cross-platform apps. The advantage of a cross-platform app, however, is that programming only has to be done once, the so-called framework then automatically exports an Android and iOS app directly. With the native development you have to develop an Andorid and iOS app.

The alternative to this are so-called cross-platform apps, which are APPs that are developed with so-called frameworks. As an example here, if you are going to Portugal on vacation, hardly anyone there will understand you in German, you use the English language accordingly, but this can sometimes lead to misunderstanding. It is similar with the APP. Respectively. a cross-platform APP is restricted with certain functionalities. E.g. it is not suitable to develop video apps or game apps with cross-platform apps. The advantage of a cross-platform app, however, is that programming only has to be done once, the so-called framework then automatically exports an Android and iOS app directly. With the native development you have to develop an Andorid and iOS app.