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0 pointsevilduck2y ago0 comments

If PWAs had any merit at all, why would anyone build a native Android app today where all these magic features are inhibited?

What's actually missing that's stopping this from working?

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beeboobaa2y ago

> What's actually missing that's stopping this from working?

Proper support on all platforms. No point working on PWAs that have janky tooling (reason: see previous sentence) when they're only going to work decently on Android devices anyway.

evilduckOP2y ago

So why would you build a native Android app if PWAs work better? There’s way more web developers than Android developers, and you would avoid the Play Store fees. Sound cheaper to me. What part of iOS is invalidating the value proposition for Android here?

You also didn’t answer what is missing. What is missing? What’s this insurmountable problem that’s solved everywhere else? Why is janky tooling attributable to Apple?

beeboobaa2y ago

Try reading my post again, maybe? The tooling is pretty janky because no one does this yet. No point to torture yourself with janky tooling when you only get to target android anyway...

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beeboobaa2y ago

> What's actually missing that's stopping this from working?

Proper support on all platforms. No point working on PWAs that have janky tooling (reason: see previous sentence) when they're only going to work decently on Android devices anyway.

evilduckOP2y ago

You also didn’t answer what is missing. What is missing? What’s this insurmountable problem that’s solved everywhere else? Why is janky tooling attributable to Apple?

beeboobaa2y ago

Try reading my post again, maybe? The tooling is pretty janky because no one does this yet. No point to torture yourself with janky tooling when you only get to target android anyway...

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