NativeScript is a free, open-source framework designed for building native mobile apps on both Apple iOS and Android platforms. Developed by Progress in 2014, it enables direct access to native platform APIs using JavaScript, TypeScript, or Angular, providing genuinely native user experiences. This powerful framework is used to build various applications, including popular ones like Triodos Bank, Daily Nanny, and MyPUMA. At Dirox, our experienced NativeScript developers are experts in leveraging this technology to create high-performing, cross-platform mobile solutions.
NativeScript development empowers developers to create iOS, Android, and Universal Windows Platform apps using JavaScript, XML, or CSS. As the name implies, this framework focuses on delivering a genuinely native user experience via a JavaScript-based engine. This approach allows for native rendering of the project's UI, something that is not usually accomplished with hybrid frameworks. Users also appreciate the level of personalization available when using NativeScript for their mobile application projects. Companies implement it into many apps from personal tools to complex financial services such as Badabee, Chess Clock, Globe One: Data & Promo, Jotto, Yape, Simple Check, and Smart Inspect.
By using NativeScript, businesses can quickly and efficiently create mobile applications while maintaining control of the design and the ability to create native interactions and components. Our NativeScript expertise ensures your app has optimal user experiences, performance, and visual appeal. Outsourcing NativeScript development to us can drastically improve your time to market and offer solutions that stand out from the competition.
The popularity of NativeScript stems from its many advantages. As a free and open-source cross-platform development framework, it allows for great flexibility. It renders UIs natively without the use of WebViews. Other advantages include seamless integration with Angular and Vue JS, direct access to Android and iOS APIs, code reusability across platforms, and the availability of remote NativeScript development services. Our team is trained to leverage these advantages to provide you with the best possible outcome for your project.
Many companies choose NativeScript for its efficiency and cost-effectiveness in building mobile apps. These include FinTech Consortium, Beachy, GeekyAnts, TurkDevOps, Monogramm, Navarda, and more. Contact our consultants today to find out how we can leverage this framework to accelerate your project.
Various apps use NativeScript, demonstrating its flexibility. Strudel, a popular dating app, achieved its business goals cost-effectively by using NativeScript. BitPoints Wallet used NativeScript to build a platform for loyalty programs, and Dwitch, a food delivery app, was also developed with NativeScript.
NativeScript is primarily built with JavaScript or TypeScript, while React Native uses JavaScript, Kotlin, Java, Objective-C, and Swift for various functions. NativeScript's use of TypeScript, a static language, allows for the detection of errors during compilation and enables both client and server-side execution. The difference in languages provides each platform with a different use case.
NativeScript does not support DOM and HTML, restricting some development opportunities. The quality of some plugins may be uncertain, as they are not always thoroughly tested. Testing applications can also be inconvenient as it often requires system reloading, and some UI components are not provided for free.
Unlike other cross-platform frameworks that often rely on WebView for rendering user interfaces, NativeScript renders UIs with native components of each platform, ensuring performance is optimal and indistinguishable from pure native apps. NativeScript leverages the platform’s native rendering capabilities and gives you a greater control over the UI components and experience.
