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by ravenstine
2697 days ago
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> You still have to install Android Studio, build your app as an APK, and upload it. :( Not having to do that was what I was hoping for with stores allowing PWAs. Maybe it at least means that the APK only needs to be built once? If it has to be rebuilt for every release, I don't see what this offers that Cordova can't do better. |
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"Is TWA a Hybrid framework, similar to Cordova?
No. With Cordova or other hybrid solutions, you are typically shipping your web resources (HTML, JS, CSS, etc.) within your APK package. Also, the engine is different and isolated from the users’ browser, so no session or cache sharing.
With Trusted Web Activity you don’t need to package any resource file from your PWA (only native components, in case you want them); all your resources will be downloaded and updated on the fly from your Service Worker. Your PWA will still be rendered with the installed Chrome version, sharing all storage, cache, and sessions with the browser. Therefore, if your user has a session on your website opened when the user installs the app from the Play Store, she will still be logged in. The user is just installing a shortcut to Chrome using a special mode."