App developers' lives are at much relief after the upsurge of hybrid app frameworks. Hybrid mobile apps framework enables writing code only and building mobile applications that are compatible with various leading platforms with no extra effort.
Hybrid mobile apps can seamlessly run on Android and iOS, and the code can be further reused for advanced web applications. Also, with some tweaks and using Electron, The code can be adapted for desktop applications.
The Most Helpful Hybrid Mobile Applications Building Frameworks
Check out the list of various useful frameworks in building the most productive hybrid mobile apps. The business of mobile and Web Application Development in USA is built around using these frameworks:-
1) React Native
This is the framework where app developers built mobile apps using only JavaScript. Using the same design as that of React, it helps in composing a rich mobile user interface (UI) from declarative components.
A real mobile app is developed using this framework, similar to an app built using Objective-C or Java.
2) NativeScript
Created initially by Progress, Native script apps are developed using JavaScript or by using any language that transpiles to JavaScript, like TypeScript.
Mobile apps built using NativeScript are fully native apps, using the same APIs developed in Xcode and Android Studio. Moreover, app developers can re-purpose third-party libraries from Cocoapods, Maven, npm.js, and Android Arsenal in the mobile applications without wrappers' requirement.
3) Quasar
Quasar framework is powered by Vue.js and helps developers build code once and deploy simultaneously as a website (SPA, PWA, SSR), desktop (using Electron), and mobile app for iOS and Android using a single code base.
If you want to bring state-of-the-art UI, following Google Material guidelines, Quasar should be the choice for app development. Using the Quasar CLI, developers have an edge of additional features such as hot-reloading.
As the most performance focus framework, Quasar also offers features like:-
- HTML/CSS/JS minification
- Cache Busting
- Source mapping
- Code-splitting and lazy loading
- Tree shaking
- ES6 transpiling
- Linting code
- Accessibility features
This is a 100% free, open-source and licensed framework under MIT.
4) Ionic Framework
This is a complete open-source SDK used by hybrid mobile app developers. Companies involved in web application development in the USA utilize this framework that provides tools and services utilizing technologies like HTML5, Sass, and CSS.
Being completely free and licensed under MIT, it is powered by a huge worldwide community. Featuring more than 120 native device features like FingerPrint Auth, HealthKit, and more, it has Cordova/PhoneGap plugins and TypeScript extensions.
Using their CLI, tasks like creating, building, testing, and deploying the iconic apps onto any platform are super convenient.
Along with the features, plug-ins, and extensions, the framework has an Ionicons icon pack having hundreds of most common app icons.
Additionally, the app can be developed by Live Reload. More useful features of this framework include:-
- Linking
- AoT compiling
- A custom animations API
The Ionic framework has the official support of
- React
- Preact
- Angular
- Vue
With the Ionic version5, a lot of UI updates are available.
5) Framework7
Framework7 is also a free and open-source mobile HTML framework that helps develop hybrid mobile apps, web applications, and progressive web apps (PWAs). The apps developed using this framework looks like Native.
Also, these can be paired with extra tools like Electron and NW.js to build native desktop apps.
The framework focuses on iOS and Google Material Design for the enhanced experience and procedural simplicity.
The valuable features of Framework7 are:-
- Native scrolling
- Page transition animation
- Library–agnostic
- Multiple views support
- Route pages by using the combination of XHR
- Caching
- Browser history
- Preloading
- Via CSS3
