At VIA, we’ve been experimenting with the many different solutions to creating mobile applications with web technologies. We’ve done simple applications that wrap a webview (

) to more advanced hybrid applications using libraries such as 

 this year, Nativescript announced support for Vue.js. Nativescript, which is a library and toolset that allows you to create native iOS and Android applications with Javascript, CSS, and XML. In the past, Nativescript supported Angular and Typescript, and now supports writing apps with 

. While Nativescript has always been on our radar, allowing apps to be written with Vue.js is a game-changer.

 into actual native elements. It does this by specifying elements in an XML style format, similar to native app development. From there, you can reference these elements like you would a DIV (it should be noted that there is no actual DOM with Nativescript). These elements can be styled with 

Javascript that is able to access all the native APIs

While we work primarily with React.js, we also know our way around Vue.js and the opportunity to create mobile apps with Vue.js seemed enticing.

 a “plugin that enables the usage of Vue.js with NativeScript”. Basically, the plugin allows Vue.js to interact with Nativescript and allows you to build an app with Vue.js. 

 offers the following reason to use Vue.js with Nativescript


"Vue.js provides all of the plumbing necessary to create high quality, highly maintainable apps, and you can reuse a considerable amount of your existing Vue.js knowledge and even web-based code to build your NativeScript-Vue app."

"With NativeScript, you can create zero compromise mobile apps with Vue.js that feature truly native UI and performance. Enjoy glorious 60fps without being a CSS or JavaScript wizard, even on Android. Say goodbye to mobile jank."

There is a great getting start guide located 

. I spent a few minutes creating a sample app that shows off a tab component and a listview of countries. You can open it up in the Nativescript Playground 

If you can get past creating layouts like you do with native applications and not having a DOM, Nativescript is extremely powerful and really closes the gap between full-on native apps and solutions using web technologies.

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If your brand requires a stronger mobile presence or more functionality than a website can provide, we have experience building native mobile applications for clients. We can help you navigate your users’ current mobile expectations and determine if a mobile app or mobile website is the right solution. If a mobile application is the right course of action we can build, publish, and maintain it on all of the major mobile platforms.

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