Let's first understand the various types of mobile applications. There are three types of mobile applications:

• Web application: Works only in the mobile browser (for example, a personal blog site)
• Native application: Works only as a standalone app (for example, a calculator)
• Hybrid application: Works on a mobile browser or standalone (for example, Gmail, Flipkart, and so on); it can also be defined as an application that contains a native view and web view