There's really not much explaining to do - "Click on the install button" - they really don't need to know technical details as to why they're different.
I love the PWA alternative... for me, must be the future... but Apple is not ready for it! PWA apps are not fully supported in iOS as Android. That's a shame! :( I hope someday Apple change their mindsets.
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Capacitor provides access to many native api's like push/local notification, geolocation, camera etc. The introductory article does not cover those topics because it would complicate the tutorial. If an app does not need any of the native APIs, I think PWA can be a good choice. I believe that capacitor has better iOS application support.
Not possible at moment, the default way of adding a splash screen is allows the v browsers to boast up your pwa via web pack JavaScript package behind the scenes, so custom splash is not coming any time soon.
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Or just make a PWA
In my experience, it's hard to explain to users what a PWA is.
There's really not much explaining to do - "Click on the install button" - they really don't need to know technical details as to why they're different.
It's also possible to put them in the Play Store
I love the PWA alternative... for me, must be the future... but Apple is not ready for it! PWA apps are not fully supported in iOS as Android. That's a shame! :( I hope someday Apple change their mindsets.
Love that install button
Capacitor provides access to many native api's like push/local notification, geolocation, camera etc. The introductory article does not cover those topics because it would complicate the tutorial. If an app does not need any of the native APIs, I think PWA can be a good choice. I believe that capacitor has better iOS application support.
Hey can we add custom splash screen to pwa?
Not possible at moment, the default way of adding a splash screen is allows the v browsers to boast up your pwa via web pack JavaScript package behind the scenes, so custom splash is not coming any time soon.
A splash screen? How very late 90s, early 2000s
This interests me:
Capacitor WebRTC feature proposal: github.com/capacitor-community/pro...
@jonrandy we also build our app as Pwa but many of our users just don't get it. They want to download it from the store...
Bloody users! Who needs them... 😛
Thats an Apple problem normal companies like Google allow PWAs in the store.