A native application has been compiled to run on the hardware-software combination customary to the targeted architecture.
An example of a native Android app would be a mobile application written in Java using the Android toolchain. On the other hand, a Web App that runs inside a browser is not native.
<p>A <em>native</em> application has been compiled to run on the hardware-software combination customary to the targeted architecture.</p>
<p>An example of a native Android app would be a mobile application written in Java using the Android toolchain. On the other hand, a Web App that runs inside a browser is not native.</p>
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