Pros and Cons of Various Technologies Used For Developing a Mobile App:

If the technology for building a Mobile App for your business in India is confusing you, this article might help you decide the most appropriate platform that satisfies your entire business requirement. Though building a Native App, Hybrid App or Web App totally depends on the use of Mobile Application and nature of your business. These points can help you make a better choice while developing a mobile app.
Building Native Apps
Native Apps are the ones which run on particular platform. If you are planning to build a native app for IOS server, you need a good C language programmer. These days many tools are provided by the Apple to build an app for IOS server. One of the most used tools is XCode, which helps building the application much faster. Similarly, Apps for Android platform uses JAVA as its main language. The most popular tools for building android apps are Android studio and Eclipse. Android studio has good customized quality and is the more preferable tool nowadays for developing a mobile app.
Pros

• Native apps runs smooth and faster as are designed specifically for servers they run on.
• As designed for specific platform it can use features of that platform like Bluetooth, push notifications etc.
• It can find place in App store and hence has good discoverability.

Cons

• It requires a separate development team for developing App on different platform as different language expertise is required.
• Code cannot be reused and it needs to be built from scratch for different servers while developing a mobile app. Hence requires more time and money.
• App store may charge company on each sale which might be a huge cost to company.

Building a Hybrid App
Developing Hybrid mobile apps usually use HTML5 language and runs using a web browser. It can be installed on the device but it always requires a web browser.
Pros

• 100% code can be reused while building hybrid application. Can work on multiple servers.
• It can use all the features of the platform like push notification, Bluetooth and also can be updated anytime by the developer.

Cons

• It uses web browser to run and hence the look and feel can get affected as per the changing browsers.
• It is not as fast and robust as compared to native apps.

Building Web Apps
Web Apps can be rebuilt or customized to use on smart phones if it satisfies your business requirements based on the geographical location such as India. These days Adaptive and Responsive Design patterns are useful in order to simplify the accessibility of websites from different devices. Websites using responsive designs can change their look and feel according to the screen size it is accessed with. While Adaptive designs doesn’t change the design but adjust its size according to the device screen size.
Pros
It can be accessed from any device.
It uses HTML5, CSS3 and other popular languages. Hence technical team needs to be readily available whenever it needs any updates.
Cons

• It is accessed through browser and cannot use any hardware from mobile devices.
• It cannot be made available on App stores and hence chances of its exploration is less as compared to other mobile apps.