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How about building a cross functional mobile app by frameworks such as Ionic or React Native. Find out more about these in our blog section at https://www.businessmodulehub.com/blog/how-to-choose-between-ionic-react-native-mobile-app-frameworks/
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How To Choose Between Ionic & React Native Mobile App Frameworks? “Mobile is not the future, it is the now. Meet your customers in the environment of their choice, not where it is convenient for you.” Cyndie Shaffstall, Founder, Spider Trainers The two most popular frameworks to develop mobile apps, React Native and Ionic are known for their versatility, robustness, features, and functionalities. Moreover, the fact that they are open source and available for free makes them highly cost effective as well. The blog aims at clearing the doubts about choosing the best framework between React Native and Ionic to build a cross platform (read hybrid) mobile app. However, before going into the pros and cons of choosing a particular framework, let us know about native and cross platform apps. Native vs Hybrid or Cross Platform App Native apps are written for a particular mobile OS platform like Android or iOS in languages such as Java, Objective C, and Swift among others. Since the codes cannot be shared across platforms, the apps fail to run on platforms they are not built for in the first place. However, the apps can easily access each and every feature of the native platform. Hybrid or cross platform apps can seamlessly work across platforms and are written in
HTML 5, CSS, JavaScript etc. Here, similar codes in the form of a framework are executed HTML 5, CSS, JavaScript etc. Here, similar codes in the form of a framework are executed in different environments, platforms, and devices. React Native vs. Ionic To begin with, the two highly rated JavaScript based frameworks React Native and Ionic can run on different devices and environments with only a difference in performance that separates them. For example, React Native can easily change into the native code of a platform post rendering and is able to access various features of the platform or device such as the memory, processor, and camera etc. Besides, React Native helps developers to build UIs from native components that are similar to native apps thereby leading to a better UX. On the other hand, the Angular based Ionic framework uses a webview or a mini web browser to access the native features of a particular platform. Since the UI’s are difficult to comply with individual platforms, the performance often takes a hit. As a result, you will notice latency and differences in the Ionic based UI’s across platforms. However, notwithstanding these issues with Ionic, the reusability of codes written in it makes the development of mobile apps across platforms quicker. On the contrary, it takes some time to develop native components for each platform in React leading to a delay in building mobile apps visavis Ionic. Let us discuss each of the platforms in some detail. React Native Among the most popular frameworks, the JavaScript based React uses native components to build hybrid apps, which are similar to native apps in terms of user experience. Since the framework is managed by a dedicated community of developers and companies like Facebook and Instagram, it helps developers to reuse the codes that had been used to develop other Android or iOS apps. Advantages Uses the platform independent JavaScript to write codes, besides using native modules written in languages such as Objective C, Java, Swift etc. • Codes are rendered into native APIs thereby enhancing their performance. • Facilitates the updation of new versions without disturbing the original code. • Backed by a strong community of developers that helps to provide answers to any query. • Being open source, the libraries can be used free of cost. • Allows the reuse of existing codes leading to a faster development of apps. • Presence of libraries provides a number of UI components such as buttons, modules etc, which speeds up the app development process. •
Ionic Developed for Apache Cordova and based on languages such as CSS, HTML5, and Angular JS, Ionic is used to build hybrid apps that are similar to native solutions. It has a rich repository of libraries that preempts developers from using any third party plugins. The framework fully justifies the statement ‘write once, run everywhere’ and facilitates the building of default mobile app functionalities. Moreover, it can easily adapt to the characteristics of a platform such as displaying tabs at the top in Android or bottom in iOS. Advantages Powerful UI elements and libraries facilitate the building of native friendly apps. Codes can be tested on a browser as well as an emulator. Backed by a strong community of developers who provides a solution for any issue. Being open source, the cost of software is practically zero. Works on Android’s WebView and iOS’s UIWebView. It comes wrapped by Cordova and PhoneGap. Which one is better Ionic or React Native? When it comes to choosing the best framework between React Native and Ionic to develop a cross platform mobile app, it boils down to parameters such as user requirement, duration of building an app, performance, memory needed, the presence of libraries, and community support among others. However, we present a comparison between the two frameworks based on a few parameters for you to understand and decide. Parameters Ionic React Native Typical Characteristics Enhanced portability Functional UI Language Used The typescript compiles to a simple JS code on any browser The JSX compiles and optimizes the code to JS Learning Curve More pre developed components Comparatively less pre developed components Development Written only once but runs on any platform Easy to write on any platform Reusability Reuse the code to build iOS, Android, Windows based phone, web, and desktop apps Reuse the code to build Android, Ios and Windows phone apps Performance Runs well as it uses WebView Runs excellently as there is no WebView Testing Can be done on any browser as well Needs a mobile device or an
as mobile devices emulator Hardware Accessibility Uses Apache Cordova Does not need any external framework Support A strong community of developers A strong community of developers Conclusion In the ultimate analysis, both the frameworks are good depending on the niches they support. If Ionic has its rich libraries then React Native has its native like components for faster development. Should you be interested in knowing the best framework to build a native or hybrid mobile app, contact an experienced mobile app development agency. Source: https://www.businessmodulehub.com/blog/howtochoose betweenionicreactnativemobileappframeworks/ WebGuru Infosystems Email ID: enquiry@webguruindia.com Phone No.: +913340200844 Mobile No.: +918420197208 Visit Us: https://www.webguruindia.com Stay Connected Via: https://www.facebook.com/webguruinfosystems https://www.linkedin.com/company/webguruinfosystemspvtltd https://twitter.com/webgurutweet http://pinterest.com/webguruindia https://instagram.com/webguruinfosystems