How can I convert a PWA to an Android APP?

  • Resolved gzt

    (@gzt)


    7 years ago

    The PWA plugin is awesome, but I also want to deploy a real app version of the PWA to the Android store. How can I do this?

    I’ve seen some tutorials on making a webview app that just points to the web page but I’m not sure if this will perform as well as the PWA does, either way I want to be able to have an app of my website in the Android store.

    Do you guys have any experience doing this?

    Thanks!

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  • Arun Basil Lal

    (@arunbasillal)

    Thanks again for the kind words @gzt

    You could in theory do that, just have a basic App that loads the webpage. Which would in effect be a browser that loads your website.

    I have done it before when I was playing around with the Android studio.

    But features of PWA, like offline browsing and such would need additional work. Its possible, but its beyond my expertise and more in the domain of an Android app than a PWA. Haven’t tried it with a PWA.

    Jose Varghese

    (@josevarghese)

    Hello @gzt,

    Good day and Thanks for the great words about SuperPWA!

    You can use the webview feature to make an android app. We have done one using webview and it working perfectly. If you need more assistance upon this please send via mail to [email protected]

    Thanks,
    Jose
    SuperPWA

    Arun Basil Lal

    (@arunbasillal)

    There you go! Jose knows it best ??

    N8

    (@nchisley)

    I have a PWA that is also in the Play Store. If you want to check it out:
    Website: https://costprojections.com
    App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.luminate.costprojections

    Cheers

    Thread Starter gzt

    (@gzt)

    @nchisley how did you create the Play app?

    N8

    (@nchisley)

    Only one issue that I can see so far is:
    If user downloads app from store and opens, they will likely still get the “Add To Homescreen” popup, which is unwanted if they already have the app store version.

    • This reply was modified 7 years ago by N8.
    N8

    (@nchisley)

    Like Jose said. The Webview feature in Android Studio.

    Thread Starter gzt

    (@gzt)

    Wow, that was easy! I now have an Android app running in the virtual device.

    Thanks for help guys.

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