What is difference between native app and hybrid app?

Similar to me, anyone who wonders to develop a mobile app will also consider between React Native and Native App, right?

So, what do you know about two of these?

To start coding, like other developers, I did some researches before making the final decision. And now I will share with you my collection and also my comparison between React Native and Native App.

First, what is Native and Hybrid Application?

Before jumping into the specific, let's get familiar with Native application and React native

Native Application is an application developed for a specific platform. There are two mobile platforms that are significantly more popular than others these days, and they are iOS and Android. When developing for iOS, a native application is developed in Xcode with Objective-C and Swift as the languages. For Android. The IDE is Android Studio and the language can be both Java and Kotlin. So, it requires at least two developers or even development teams to build the two versions of one application.

Hybrid Application: React Native is an open source framework from Facebook, which brings the concepts from web development into mobile development. This is another approach to development which is called cross-platform - or use the same programming language and toolset to develop for several platforms simultaneously. The development of these applications is done in JavaScript, but the result is still a native application. Therefore, it will create two apps at the same time.

So why developer still considers using Native Application which wastes more human resource and time than the React Native? Let's find the answer below.

Programing Language
In order to develop a native application, the developers should have knowledge of programming languages for each specific platform, while development with React Native requires only JavaScript knowledge to create an app for both Android and iOS.

When it comes to debugging, JavaScript is easier than Java, Objective-C, or Swift. However, JavaScript is not so strict language, some errors can hide inside your code. In the contrast, Java, Objective C, Swift are strict ones, or they have a notion of compile time type-checking which removes a lot of potential errors before even running the code.

Finally, it will be easier to learn to code with React Native, and also it consults to "Write ONE, debug EVERYWHERE" issue.

Web development influence
Native app development is far away from web application engineering, so when hiring a Native App developer, you consider the fact the s/he may not have any knowledge of web programming.

Otherwise, React Native grew out of web application development, which helps the connection between two apps effortless. With a similar toolset, architecture, debugging flows, a web app coder can easily a mobile app with React Native.

APIs and Third-Party Libraries
Without any requirements of additional integration effort, Native app development can be straightforward integrated functionality with APIs or third-party libraries. Comparing to that of React Native, some APIs aren't supported. You can solve this dilemma by inserting native modules in the React Native code. Ironically, to do this, you'll need to code in Java or Swift, which brings us to the problem that you tried to avoid by using React Native.

Community and reusable components
Currently, React Native has quite a big community with almost 29000 members. Due to the open-source factor, you can imagine how a large number of reusable components that you can use for your ideal application.  That makes React native a trustworthy framework which Native development cannot brag equally huge communities.

Application performance
As mentioned in the previous factor, Native development is undoubtedly the winner with the good performance even be filled with complex technologies as IoT or AR/VR. Native development can provide you with a simple implementation of tech components and enhanced performance. As an extra advantage, it can improve interface responsiveness, which is not a competitive advantage of React Native.

Store acceptance
For almost mobile developers, successfully publishing apps can be considered as the objective while coding an app. App built by native development seems to be 100% smoothly as long as you stick to the essential programming guidelines. Related to mobile apps of React native, it gets accepted as easily as the native ones.

Long-term perspectives
In the long-term perspective, Native development can have a few advantages. Apple and Google update their products in a way that it has maximum backward compatibility, so upgrading to the latest version won't decrease the app usability.

Open-source products do not make updates their main priority, so here we can't be sure about the consistency of updates. On the other hand, frameworks like React.js and React Native are used by Netflix, Airbnb, Skype, Tesla, or Instagram, so we can see that updates are not a problem here.

Adamo's oppinions

Now you know detailed differences between Native app and React Native. So, which one will be a better choice? Adamo suggests that you should think about your objectives. Let's Adamo brief summarize the whole ideas here.
React Native can be a perfect suit when

• Your planning mobile app will connect to Facebook 
• Your team includes JavaScript professionals with experience of web programming. 
• Your mobile app requires fairly complicated app with reusable components 
• You don't have a large and stable resource to maintain your big team's activities.

Native mobile app development is a go-to when

• Your mobile app requires high performance and complex unique components. 
• You are developing a mobile app that needs APIs and third-party libraries integration, native development makes it easier.

Lastly, Adamo hopes the blog will help you finalize your decision, effectively apply to building your ideal mobile apps.