Hybrid app
Combining a web interface with native device integration in an installable application.
What is a hybrid app?
A hybrid app combines an interface built with web technologies and a native application context. A WebView, an embedded web rendering component, often displays the interface. A bridge with suitable plugins can provide device features. Availability depends on platform, plugin and permissions. A shared web interface does not guarantee identical behaviour on every device.
A fictional service team uses a web form inside an installed app and adds photo access through a suitable plugin. The team checks capture, permission denial and transfer to the form on target platforms. The application context and plugins need maintenance alongside web code. The approach can reuse shared parts but does not remove platform-specific work and tests.
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Related terms
- Native appAn application built with its target platform’s own user-interface and system capabilities.
- Progressive web appA web application with added capabilities for installation, device integration and offline use.
- Legacy systemAn existing system still in use, with technical and business dependencies accumulated over time.
- Multi-tenancyMulti-tenancy supports separate customer or group scopes in one solution. A tenant is not automatically one person or one database.
- Browser cacheThe browser cache stores suitable HTTP responses for later use. Reuse and revalidation follow the applicable rules.
- Cache invalidationCache invalidation ends reuse of a stored copy under defined rules. The source record remains a separate concern.
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