Native app

How it is used

Usually compared with cross-platform and hybrid apps. Teams discuss whether to 'go native' for better performance and full access to device features, or to share code across platforms. 'Native' is also used alone: native code, native module, native look and feel.

Example sentences

1. The banking team chose a separate native app for each platform because of the security requirements.

2. A native app can use new iOS features on the day they are released.

Common collocations

• build a native app
• go native
• native code
• native performance

Related terms

• cross-platformDescribes an app or framework that runs on more than one platform, usually both iOS and Android, from one shared codebase.
• hybrid appAn app built with web technologies such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript and wrapped in a native shell, so it can be installed from the stores and use some device features.
• SwiftThe programming language Apple introduced in 2014 for building apps on iOS and its other platforms; it has largely replaced the older Objective-C.
• KotlinA modern programming language created by JetBrains that Google recommends as the main language for Android development; it works alongside Java code.
• SDKSoftware development kit: a set of tools, libraries and documentation for building apps for a platform or for adding a service, such as payments or analytics, to an app.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• native app · Software Engineering

More terms: iOS, Android and Native Development

• mobile app
• iOS
• Android
• emulator
• simulator
• Xcode
• Android Studio
• SwiftUI
• Jetpack Compose