Apache Cordova
Apache Cordova is a technology that lets any web application be packaged as a native mobile application while also providing access to device features. Thanks to Adobe and the open source community, this technology has seen great growth over the years and more and more apps are being built with Cordova. The apps built with Cordova are commonly referred to as hybrid applications. But what is a hybrid app?
A hybrid application in the context of Cordova is actually a web app that lives within the thin container of a native mobile application.
In reality, the only difference between a native mobile app and a web application in terms of what they can do is the fact that the native mobile app has access to the device hardware features. ...
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