Is Apache Cordova dying?

Adobe – Today, we are announcing the end of development for PhoneGap and PhoneGap Build and the end of our investment in Apache Cordova. The PhoneGap Build service will be discontinued on October 1, 2020.

Is Cordova still good?

Today Cordova provides a much better developer experience than 6 years ago when it was a relatively new technology. Its stability and the usage of well-known HTML+CSS+JS stack definitely makes Cordova a good instrument for developers who want to write cross-platform mobile apps.

Is Cordova popular?

According to AppBrain statistics, Cordova takes up 6.34\% apps and 1.09\% installs of the entire market, and around 1.20\% of the top-500 U.S. apps and installs. The result is rather unimpressive, yet better than that of Appcelerator (with its top-500 market share of 0.02\% and 0.00\% for apps and installs respectively).

Is Cordova native?

Cordova apps run in a WebView shell, meaning that the web code runs in a mobile browser, AT the same time, the app looks like a native solution. Only an experienced user can distinguish some mismatches in user experience. With Cordova app development, your team can create anything using just HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

What language does Cordova use?

The core of an Apache Cordova application uses CSS3 and HTML5 for rendering and JavaScript for logic. HTML5 provides access to underlying hardware such as the accelerometer, camera, and GPS.

Is Cordova fast?

Cordova allows apps to share a single codebase across all mobile platforms. This makes it fast and convenient to launch a solution that runs on Android, iOS, and other exotic platforms like Blackberry, Windows Phone, etc.

What is better than Cordova?

As an alternative to Cordova, Capacitor delivers the same cross-platform benefits, but with a more modern approach to app development, taking advantage of the latest Web APIs and native platform capabilities. They can incorporate native UI controls and access any native SDK or API available on the platform.