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

#11

Post by krrishd »

weiyin wrote: post #7
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.

Out of curiosity, how hard is it to build something that could parse HTML markup and some CSS stylings and convert that into native views?

Assume that the HTML markup and CSS is all done as per your documentation, so that the parser works as expected every time.

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

#12

Post by vibragiel »

weiyin wrote: post #9
Touche wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

It fails here with Firefox 31.0a2 (Aurora) on Ubuntu.

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

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Post by dangoldin »

weiyin wrote: post #9
Touche wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

Same with me - Aurora (31.0a2 (2014-05-27)) on OS X.

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

#16

Post by nkozyra »

krrishd wrote: post #11
weiyin wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Out of curiosity, how hard is it to build something that could parse HTML markup and some CSS stylings and convert that into native views? Assume that the HTML markup and CSS is all done as per your documentation, so that the parser works as expected every time.

Almost impossible in an automated fashion.

You can extract all of the data but it's very hard to know what links are supposed to do, how pieces of content should be presented, etc.

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

#20

Post by Kiro »

aith wrote: post #13

I'm new to native apps and I've been struggling to find a solution to get my HTML5 game on the app store. This is absolutely incredible. Took 30 seconds and worked flawlessly! THANKYOU!

Did you try PhoneGap? If so, what failed? I'm in a similar position as you.
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