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I was just commenting on another rant about this. My users are businesses and people who would prefer using the app through a browser anyway and not downloading yet another app.
Pros
- Native functionality with HTML and JavaScript without Cordova as added step
- One code base for desktop and mobile
- Users can add your site as an app icon in both desktop and mobile
- Offline functionality with request caching
Cons
- it's not an official app so you won't be getting into the Play or App store. I think Google is considering something about that though -
unknown18396y@CodeMonkeyG Thanks!
I've heard some people wrapped their web app in a native app (only showing the web app), but the Play store and App store does not allow it anymore, right? -
@unknown That's literally how Cordova and Xamarin work and the stores are littered with those apps. Basically as long as you adhere to the rules they'll let the app through.
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