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Now for a program to turn iPhone apps into web pages. Immediate download! No app store! No space tied up on your phone! Searchable with Google!
Isn't this exactly what Cordova does? You mention "so you don't have to use Cordova", but you don't mention what the advantages are.
When I looked at Cordova it was a complete mess and pain to deal with. The docs where confusing and out of date. I just needed a simple x-code project, not a kitchen sink that was installed in the attic for some reason.
npm install -g cordova
cordova create HelloWorld
cordova platform add [ios|android|wp8|..]
cordova serve # browser
cordova emulate [ios|android|wp8|..] # emulation
What's been a complete mess to deal with for you? And how long ago did you last use Cordova?
Isn't this exactly what Cordova does? You mention "so you don't have to use Cordova", but you don't mention what the advantages are.
Agreed. This just seems like a homebrewed version of Cordova lacking the ability to add plugins that provide a JS bridge to native OS features.
Thank you! I've been waiting for so long for something simple like this to popup. Bonus points for also making an Android version: https://github.com/nabilfreeman/android-webview-boilerplate
I plan to make an Android one as simple as this. Google are working hard to make development easier but it's still a very poor experience compared to Xcode.
Now for a program to turn iPhone apps into web pages. Immediate download! No app store! No space tied up on your phone! Searchable with Google!
Slowed rendering! Lower responsiveness! Non-native controls widgets! No good way to monetize them! Not able to take advantage of all native APIs! Can't use offline except with the limited storage APIs! Worse battery performance for demanding code!
As this simply wraps a web view, and doesn't really add anything more than what Safari does, isn't the odds of it ever being accepted by the App Store very small? Cordova apps are accepted because they do have an API into phone functions.
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When I looked at Cordova it was a complete mess and pain to deal with. The docs where confusing and out of date. I just needed a simple x-code project, not a kitchen sink that was installed in the attic for some reason.
Setup: npm install -g cordova cordova create HelloWorld cordova platform add [ios|android|wp8|..] Running: cordova serve # browser cordova emulate [ios|android|wp8|..] # emulation This has always been pretty straightforward to me, it's a bit of an extra pain to debug iOS development on a non-OSX machine, but that's true of the parent link, too. What's been a complete mess to deal with for you? And how long ago did yo…
As this simply wraps a web view, and doesn't really add anything more than what Safari does, isn't the odds of it ever being accepted by the App Store very small? Cordova apps are accepted because they do have an API into phone functions.
I had dreams of using it myself when wandering the world without a local internet connection and seeing where I wanted to fly to next.
Apple rejected it saying it was nothing more than a web page wrapped in an app.
As this simply wraps a web view, and doesn't really add anything more than what Safari does, isn't the odds of it ever being accepted by the App Store very small? Cordova apps are accepted because they do have an API into phone functions.
First app I ever built was a Cordova-based database of visa requirements for US Citizens. You could find a country by Name or see all countries that you could visit without a visa or with instant visa at the border. I had dreams of using it myself when wandering the world without a local internet connection and seeing where I wanted to fly to next. Apple rejected it saying it was nothing more than a web page wrapped…
There may be other solutions, but this is what I'm currently familiar/playing with.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
When I looked at Cordova it was a complete mess and pain to deal with. The docs where confusing and out of date. I just needed a simple x-code project, not a kitchen sink that was installed in the attic for some reason.
Setup: npm install -g cordova cordova create HelloWorld cordova platform add [ios|android|wp8|..] Running: cordova serve # browser cordova emulate [ios|android|wp8|..] # emulation This has always been pretty straightforward to me, it's a bit of an extra pain to debug iOS development on a non-OSX machine, but that's true of the parent link, too. What's been a complete mess to deal with for you? And how long ago did yo…
http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/5.0.0/
Granted when I looked at the docs it was a while ago and much worse, but still it wants to teach you everything before letting you see something.