Are apps even that relevant anymore?

Re:Are apps even that relevant anymore? by cglong on Monday August 31, 2020 @06:48PM (#24336645)

Almost all of those have been solved by Android's PWA implementation. I can go to an enabled site and add it to my apps list. After that, it looks and acts like any other app on the device [except that it doesn't take up any space on my phone :)]

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Re:Are apps even that relevant anymore? by pjmlp on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @01:43AM (#24338913)

It might take if distributed as TWA, given that then it gets FFI access to Android APIs. :)

However PWAs still fail short of stuff like 3D capabilities, given how limited they are versus the actual APIs, e.g. WebGL 2.0 vs OpenGL ES 3.2.

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Re:Are apps even that relevant anymore? by pwinnski on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @10:06AM (#24341825)

I keep hearing this, but it is not as if native applications are sitting still while PWAs catch up. By the time PWAs hit current native application levels of functionality--if they ever do--native applications will be operating at a higher level of functionality yet again.

I've got some PWAs on my phone, and they're great. They're also very simple compared to many native apps I use. And I think that will likely be the case for some time to come, and maybe forever on iOS for security reasons.

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Re:Are apps even that relevant anymore? by egfx on Monday August 31, 2020 @10:09PM (#24337868)

iOS has PWA too although severely limited, notably in the areas of webcam and push support. And other proprietary phone features like contact lists.

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