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Discussion on: Native apps vs Cross-platform Apps

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Paul DuBois

Thanks for the article Kshitij!

You shared a LOT of good information. One thing I would add is that I believe Flutter and React Native compile into a native app, whereas Ionic and Xamarin compile into a web application that runs inside a native app's web browser.

What this means is that with Flutter and React Native, you are limited to using the language's pre-built components, and with Ionic and Xamarin, you can create any component you want using JavaScript, CSS, and HTML.

Anyone please feel free to correct me if I am wrong, since I am not super current with the technologies, but this is what I think is how they all still work.

Thanks again for your aricle!

Paul

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Kshitij Gajanan Gavhane

yes Paul, You are absolutely correct