subject: Influential Mobile Applications [print this page] Usage of smartphone applications has been increasing rapidly as the sphere of Apple Application Development is continuously exploiting its device's capabilities to create limitless range of products. A smartphone today is similar to a laptop due to the array of functionalities available, such as camera, microphone, touchscreen, Global Positioning System, and many more. Any successful application is expected to make the best use of these functions to provide an incredible experience to the users.
Apple App Development usually happens on two very distinct formats, the first one being native apps and the other one, web apps. Both of these approach are different from each other because of their underlying technologies and have their own pros and cons. Similar to any website that we browse on the internet in our day to day life, a mobile web app is created with the help of three core technologies that include HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Whereas a native application is created specifically for a particular OS of a device. Unlike a web app that can be accessed over the internet, a native app needs to first be downloaded and then installed on to the device. Its underlying technologies also vary from a web app as it is usually written in Java, Objective C, and other languages for programming.
If we closely investigate the Apple Application Development during its early days, there were hardly any applications being developed. So few were the apps, that the homescreen of the iPhone appeared empty. It was only through embracing native apps, that they succeeded in over powering their competitors and building over millions of applications. There is also a third kind of Apple Apps Development that combines both, native and web apps, which is also called hybrid apps. Such kind of applications are available at various app stores, and can be downloaded and stored onto a mobile device. It can then be launched like any other native application.
One of the main challange that mobile application development faces today, is the rapid development in technologies and customization requirements. Though the process of creating applications can be very straight forward but it is the experimentation to bring about innovative designs that usually takes a lot of time. This is extremely important to attract users as it provides an engaging experience which they would consider re-visiting anytime in the future. After all the destiny of an application is always defined by its usability.
