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Definition: hybrid mobile app
A smartphone or tablet application that is programmed like a Web page rather than a mobile app. Hybrid mobile apps are coded in Web languages such as HTML and JavaScript rather than Swift (Apple) and Java (Android). See Swift and Java.
From the App Store
Like native apps, a hybrid mobile app is installed and updated from an app store, and if the app is well designed, users cannot tell much difference between native and hybrid mobile versions.
WebViews Make It Easier
It is clearly faster to program one WebView that runs on all platforms than to write a native app for each one. When apps are native, any change in design requires changes to each set of source code.
Hybrid vs. Native
There Are Several Mobile App Options
From the App Store
Like native apps, a hybrid mobile app is installed and updated from an app store, and if the app is well designed, users cannot tell much difference between native and hybrid mobile versions.
WebViews Make It Easier
It is clearly faster to program one WebView that runs on all platforms than to write a native app for each one. When apps are native, any change in design requires changes to each set of source code.
From a programmer's point of view, the hybrid app is much easier to write and maintain.
Mobile users run programs that come from either an app store or a website. Downloading an app from an online store is easy, but the user must accept updates from time to time to keep current. However, nothing is easier than launching a browser and going to a website because updates are already there. See mobile website, responsive Web design and progressive Web app.