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# Hybrid App Development

Mobile apps built around a shared web application and native device integrations, with deliberate choices about what runs in each layer.

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**Web application** Screens · State · Forms

Native bridge

Camera Notifications Device storage

iOS package Android package

## Tools & technologies

-   Web UI framework
-   Capacitor
-   Device storage
-   Platform SDKs

## Choose what belongs in the web layer.

### Internal tools

Put an existing operational workflow on managed employee devices.

### Web-to-app delivery

Adapt a web product for mobile navigation, notifications and installation.

### Connected forms

Collect records on-device and reconcile changes with an existing service.

## Resume a drafted service request

Capability Example

A user starts a request on a phone and briefly loses connectivity.

### Draft

### Attach

### Submit

Illustrative data. Nothing is sent to an external system.

Example workspace 1 / 3

### Saved form

-   Draft: inspection-17
-   Local storage: available
-   Connection: offline

Save the form locally after each meaningful edit.

### Native boundary

-   Device attachment captured
-   Upload delayed
-   Draft remains editable

Add a photo through the native camera integration.

### Server receipt

-   Draft submitted once
-   Attachment linked
-   Confirmation shown after receipt

Send the request with a stable ID and surface validation errors.

A submitted request that retains its local draft until the server confirms receipt.

Follow the record through the next step

## A tested boundary between web and native.

-   **Shared mobile UI**
-   **Native integration boundary**

-   **Offline and sync tests**
-   **Platform release packages**

## Share the right parts of the experience.

### Native boundaries

Map camera, location, notifications and file access before choosing plugins.

### Performance

Validate scrolling, startup and memory use on the least capable supported device.

## Questions before we start.

### How is hybrid different from React Native?

A hybrid app renders much of its UI with web technology inside a native shell. React Native uses a different native UI model; the best fit depends on the interface and integrations.

### Can one build serve both mobile platforms?

Much of the source can be shared, but signing, native configuration and release testing remain platform-specific.

[Mobile App Development](https://daphnislabs.com/services/mobile-app-development) [Ionic App Development](https://daphnislabs.com/services/ionic-development) [React Native Development](https://daphnislabs.com/services/react-native-development)

## Bring your starting point.

Bring your web product, native feature list and the mobile journeys to prioritize.

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