Mobile web versus mobile app

There are lots of discussions that are centered around deciding what kind of development should be done: mobile-responsive websites or a native app. Some popular websites, such as Gmail, have mobile-friendly websites, as well as native apps. To understand this better, let's see what these are:

For more information about RWD and the design principles behind it, please read the fundamentals at https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/layouts/rwd-fundamentals/.

To summarize, both RWD and mobile apps have advantages and disadvantages. It's the goal of your business or requirement that decides which one you are going to develop. If you are going to develop mobile applications, you should be targeting multiple mobile platforms and it's not quite possible to code for all platforms within a short time frame. Here comes the power of hybrid mobile applications developed using PhoneGap.