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by drabinowitz 2501 days ago
I've been considering building a pwa and using a webview as a pseudo native app I know iOS support isn't great but it seems to be improving and iOS push notifications could be built separately in the meantime. How's anyone tried this approach?
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While PWA’s largely work, they provide a poor installation experience and little device integration. Most people use Apache Cordova, PhoneGap, or Ionic as wrappers to their mobile web app, providing expected installation experiences through app stores and common device integrations.
Are you really asking if someone has tried putting their website inside a webview and call it an “app”?

Have you heard of Electron, Cordova and tons of other crapware that help produce so much garbage “apps” every year, it would put to shame even the most toxic enterprises in an unregulated Republican dream?