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How web applications are accessed from phones?

How web applications like Flipkart or Amazon can be accessed from Android or iOS phone?

16th Mar 2017, 3:36 PM
aaiem_raman
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Web applications are accessed via the phone's Web Browser. Because unlike Mobile Apps that use native programming languages like Objective-C (iphone), Java (Android), C++(Windows); Web Apps use languages like Javascript, HTML5, CSS3 or other web app frameworks that are rendered by a Web Browser.
18th Apr 2017, 7:13 AM
Pao
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oh ok, then if you don't open them on a Web Browser and you downloaded them from an app store, now they live on your phone and are accessed through icons on the home screen, then they must be "hybrid" apps. This means they are part native apps, part web apps. And like web apps, their HTML5 structure needs to be rendered in a browser, but the secret lies in a browser that is embedded WITHIN the app on your phone.
18th Apr 2017, 8:17 AM
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The languages to build Hybrid apps? Swift, Objective-C, Java, and the others that websites use like HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. But instead of targeting a mobile browser, they will target a WebView hosted inside a native container. These hybrid apps leverage Apache Cordova, which provides a set of JavaScript APIs to access device capabilities through plug-ins that are built with native code. These plug-ins include APIs for accessing the device’s accelerometer, contacts, camera, etc.
18th Apr 2017, 8:33 AM
Pao
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You're welcome Aaiem 😊👍
18th Apr 2017, 8:39 AM
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Amazon, Flipkart are web apps. How we can access them on our phones?? We dont open any browser for them
18th Apr 2017, 7:14 AM
aaiem_raman
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So, what are the most important languages to make such apps?
18th Apr 2017, 8:19 AM
aaiem_raman
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Thank you sooo muchh
18th Apr 2017, 8:34 AM
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