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by joshcrowder 4140 days ago
Hybrid in this instance means HTML wrapped in an iOS wrapper ala Phonegap.
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karl42 4140 days ago
So why doesn't the website say anything about the part of wrapping it for Android/iOS? I'm just as confused as unwind.
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aikah 4140 days ago
I guess they expect you to know what it means. Granted the site isn't very good at explaining clearly what the product is. Just a lot of buzzwords here and there.

I personnaly prefer projects like Titanium(or React native), instead of using a webview and styled webpages(that will never feel native), it just uses javascript to call native phone apis,GUI included, so no HTML or CSS that looks like IOS on Android phones,but only native widgets.

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danabramov 4140 days ago
To run a webapp inside a native app, wrap it in a web view. What gets you confused?
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karl42 4140 days ago
It's supposed to help me build hybrid apps. But from what I can see, it only helps me build web apps. So I still don't see what is hybrid about this.

I can wrap a simple HTML page with phonegap. Does this make HTML hybrid, too?

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mgkimsal 4140 days ago
No but it makes phonegap 'hybrid'. I think that's the point.
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