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Posted by Ben Os
Ben Os
20,008 Points

Progressive apps are relatively easier to appstore adjustment?

Progressive apps are relatively easier to appstore adjustment?

That is, someone creates a progressive app, say, a game, made only with html-css-js.

Will this game be easily adjusted to each appstore (Apple appstore, Google playstore, Windows store) because it's not native to any specific store?

2 Answers

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,416 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,416 Points

https://developers.google.com/web/progressive-web-apps/

Haven't played with them myself. I could swear I saw a PWA course on the roadmap before but I don't see it there now. To the original question: what I've heard from advocates the great thing, as they see it, is that they skip the appstores entirely.

Ben Os
Ben Os
20,008 Points

Hi! Was very interesting to me to read this. If one skips the app store, it becomes harder to market the application, I assume. Please give me your thoughts on this Seth.

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,416 Points

Not my thoughts but this is the advocacy article I was thinking of: https://medium.com/javascript-scene/why-native-apps-really-are-doomed-native-apps-are-doomed-pt-2-e035b43170e9 The topic is contentious though.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,201 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,201 Points

I don't think it would be considered an "app" at all.

If you make something using HTML/CSS/JavaScript, it would generally be hosted on a web server. It's not an "app" that someone would download from an appstore and run in an iOS, Android, or Windows device.

But perhaps I'm missing something. I'm not familiar with the term "progressive apps" — where does that come from?

Ben Os
Ben Os
20,008 Points

I don't know what it first appeared in this context but I understand it can be used in app stores once it's becoming a "hybrid app" (a progressive webapp that can be runned natively). I am very new to this so I can't detail on the mechanism for making a PWA hybrid.