One weird trick for turning your HTML/JS website into a smartphone app

Re:One weird trick for turning your HTML/JS website into a s... by shireboy on Sunday March 12, 2017 @03:18PM (#13852478)

Android only, or have I missed some news? Really wish iOS would support this already. HTML5 offline does similar, but cache/update scenarios can be tricky.

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Re:One weird trick for turning your HTML/JS website into a s... by LoSboccacc on Sunday March 12, 2017 @03:26PM (#13852528)

Well one can wrap a url into a cordova view, then distribute that. not as immediately easy, but can be made a one click self service. I sense there's enough space/demand for a startup there.

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Re:One weird trick for turning your HTML/JS website into a s... by k__ on Sunday March 12, 2017 @04:04PM (#13852735)

Maybe Apple will come to their senses when >50% of Android apps are PWAs.

Till then I'll use Exponent I guess

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Re:One weird trick for turning your HTML/JS website into a s... by gibbitz on Monday March 13, 2017 @12:42PM (#13859483)

This feature is already in iOS. Goto mobile Safari. Under sharing there's "add to home screen". Icons can be controlled through meta tags in the markup.

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