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App users can get an experience of using a highly advanced, superior, and feature-rich native app even when compared to the web apps. With PhoneGap app development, you can ensure having an excellent version of a native app.

Phone gap-the redefiner for mobile app development

Ever since the introduction of mobile applications on smartphone ecosystem is like iOS and android, the quest for developing mobile applications in a more efficient way has always been stealing the limelight of both developers and businesses alike. There are two basic schools of mobile app development: native and hybrid. 

Native apps bring the advantages like complete utilization of all the features available on the platform. Hybrid apps save a lot on time and money. Big businesses make use of native apps because they have both the temporal and monitory bandwidth to employ master developers and blast the market with a huge marketing budget. Hybrid apps however, are the cynosure of small and medium businesses.

While the bifurcation seemed convenient for a considerably long time, there was always a need to achieve a fine balance between both. What if there was a platform to develop Mobile applications that make the fullest use of native features but at the same time, bring the advantages of saving in time and money like hybrid apps? The answer lies in Phone Gap.

What is PhoneGap

Phone Gap is an open source mobile application improvement system that was created by an unknown software company called Nitobi Software. Realising the scope and potential, it was purchased by Adobe.

Without demanding special technical skills, this improvement system helps novices developers assemble complex mobile applications by using basic scripting knowledge in HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. In addition, Phone Gap also provides a testing utility for web developers and designers who use the Phone Gap framework.

Phone Gap was earlier known as Apache Cordova and it was renamed by Adobe after acquisition.

There are two segments in Phone Gap that make application development possible: a JavaScript API interfaces between the native functionality and the HTML5/CSS code, and the local court which is invoked by JavaScript APIs.

Advantages of Phone Gap

As earlier discussed, the biggest advantage brought about by Phone Gap is the convergence of the advantages of native and hybrid app development. Mobile app development companies make use of this platform to save a lot on time to market and the budget involved in app development. This presented an amazing opportunity of success for both businesses and developers.

As an off shoot, it ensures that all the releases are consistent in their interface and visual aspect on all the platforms. This song is one of the most prominent issues of native app development: a business person who was always used to handling the app on the iPhone might find it different on Samsung Galaxy devices.

We have seen that all that Phone Gap requires is a basic understanding of HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript. Therefore, there is no need for the company to spend a lot on specialized development talents. This can also be a boost for companies to recruit the right talent because even if you get additional projects in any one of the three elements involved, it would still be a great idea to have an in-house team.

Above everything, Phone Gap is open source which makes it a great option for start-ups who operate on a shoestring budget. Although there might be a few challenges in using Phone Gap like lack of support of plug-ins and its incompatibility with apps that demand a lot of hardware activity, it still manages to stand tall in terms of the advantages it presents.

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