What is Native?

Native development involves use of platform specific tools and language. It also depends on the operating system(For iOS it requires MAC). For Android development, developers use Java or Kotlin with Android Studio while for iOS development, iOS developers use Swift or Objective C with XCode. Native development has its own advantages like using platform specific features or features where hardware integration is required.

Advantages:

• Platform-specific Optimisation: Native development allows for optimal performance as apps are fine-tuned for the specific platform, critical for resource-intensive applications.
• Native look and feel: Applications developed with flutter look exactly as applications developed with native but native gives best result in look and feel.
• Easy hardware integration: Since native don’t have any additional layer, it gives seamless to hardware with front end applications.
• Rich Library support: Native languages are well established already and a rich set of library and plugins are already available which results in reducing project duration.

Disadvantages:

• Higher development cost: Developing applications in native – Android and iOS require separate developers for platform specific apps which results in higher application cost.
• Development Time: Maintaining separate code bases for Android and iOS can lead to longer development timelines and increased resource requirements.

In the world of mobile application development, developers often come across situations where they have to choose the correct platform to build their mobile applications. In such a situation mobile app developers have two choices: either go for a cross-platform option where developers can create Android and iOS applications using a single code base only or choose native development where a separate code base is required for each platform.

For developing applications with native languages developers have to choose platform-specific languages like Java or Kotlin for Android development and Objective C or Swift for iOS applications development, while for developing apps using cross-platform language developers have choices like Flutter, React Native, Xamarin, etc. Whichever platform developer chooses it has its own benefits and drawbacks as well as needs. In this article, we will discuss both approaches for mobile application development – Flutter and Native.

Today in this article we will have a deep look into the Advantages and disadvantages in terms of performance, development cycle, community, etc.