Apache Cordova

Cordova is a very powerful tool for a JavaScript developer, since by simply developing in JavaScript one becomes a general developer of software and applications by implementing web technologies for various environments.

Cordova is not just an HTML application that runs in a browser, it allows you to write native plugins that work with any of the supported platforms, and a JavaScript container will integrate your HTML application with the native code.

Cordova does an amazing job in the field of hybrid application is super easy to use and functional.

It is not completely automatic since if you write individual style information for each platform objective, you can not make Córdova automatically apply the transormation at compile time; you have to change the linked style manually.

The support is deficient in general.

Configuration and use can be complicated as it requires the use of the command line.

Runs on the command line in Node

Extensive usability for most platforms

Quality support from Adobe

Needs to be fully compatible with mobile machines

Support for a wide variety of platforms

Needs better backwards compatibility

It is highly customizable.

Very easy to add packages to it. It also supports third-party package installation such as from GitHub or other repositories.

Hybrid application development made easy.

Command line syntax is easy to learn and implement.

Sometimes it's hard to configure VS Code applications with another IDE like WebStrom etc.

Emulators are slow performing.

Sometimes there are version conflicts with the newer codebase.

Cordova makes it very easy to develop apps for multiple platforms. The setup is very simple when it comes to creating a project, adding platforms, building and deploying apps. If you have a little mobile app development experience, all you need to know is HTML, CSS, Javascript and only a handful of cordova commands to get started with your hybrid app.

Cordova provides a simple solution to access any and all of the device features through native plugins. You have a host of third-party and cordova plugins available to use device features like filesystem, camera, health kit, location services etc. You can also write your very own plugins and use them for your cordova based apps.

Cordova is free to use! The only cost you will bear is the individual mobile platform developer program enrollment cost to deploy your apps to those platforms.

Cordova app code runs inside a webview component. So, expect the performance to be a little slower as compared to the native apps. This is more noticeable on older devices though. It is hardly noticeable when it comes to newer mobile devices.

Crashes can be hard to debug since the crash logs will not point you to the culprit javascript code. This is not a limitation of Cordova alone. Any other hybrid mobile app development platform suffers the same problem.

Even with tools like Safari debugger and Chrome debugger, it can be tricky to measure graphics and animation performance. Achieving smooth animations can be a bit of a challenge sometimes with hybrid mobile apps in general.