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Re: Show HN: Automatically convert a website to Android and iOS

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Post by Osiris »

Does it make an actual native app or just a wrapper around a web view? I have a couple of (Android) apps that I use that are clearly just a wrapper and it's really annoying.

1) The back button always exits the app instead of going back a screen as would be expected.

2) Switching to another app and coming back causes the app to reload rather than staying on the screen it was on when I switched out.

Re: Show HN: Automatically convert a website to Android and iOS

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Post by coderzach »

Osiris wrote: post #3

Does it make an actual native app or just a wrapper around a web view? I have a couple of (Android) apps that I use that are clearly just a wrapper and it's really annoying. 1) The back button always exits the app instead of going back a screen as would be expected. 2) Switching to another app and coming back causes the app to reload rather than staying on the screen it was on when I switched out.

Unfortunately, phonegap (and cordova) don't make these work by default, and instead make you implement them yourself. Which very few developers get around to doing.

Re: Show HN: Automatically convert a website to Android and iOS

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Post by weiyin »

Osiris wrote: post #3

Does it make an actual native app or just a wrapper around a web view? I have a couple of (Android) apps that I use that are clearly just a wrapper and it's really annoying. 1) The back button always exits the app instead of going back a screen as would be expected. 2) Switching to another app and coming back causes the app to reload rather than staying on the screen it was on when I switched out.

We use webviews, but try to intelligently integrate them into the app.

Things like back button, transitions, caching, and offline mode are designed to work automatically w/ little or no configuration.

Re: Show HN: Automatically convert a website to Android and iOS

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Post by Touche »

weiyin wrote: post #4
Touche wrote: post #2

Seems to be down.

Our mac mini build server is working through the queue. Takes about 30 seconds to build each app.

I meant your site is down, at least in Firefox. Looks like a certificate problem. http://imgur.com/k5AEzvD.png

Re: Show HN: Automatically convert a website to Android and iOS

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Post by weiyin »

Touche wrote: post #8
weiyin wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Our mac mini build server is working through the queue. Takes about 30 seconds to build each app.

I meant your site is down, at least in Firefox. Looks like a certificate problem. http://imgur.com/k5AEzvD.png

Hmm, you must have hard fail turned on for certificate revocation checks. Not sure why our OCSP stapling seems to have problems. What OS and Firefox version are you using?

Re: Show HN: Automatically convert a website to Android and iOS

#10

Post by weiyin »

kkhire wrote: post #5

this is real cool. How did you guys go about building this?

We created template apps in native Objective-C and Java, and drive everything off of config files. Our site and backends use MongoDB, node, and express. Build servers run XCode and gradle / Android Studio, all on OSX.

Feel free to check out the source code:

https://github.com/weiyin/gonative-ios

https://github.com/weiyin/gonative-android

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