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   Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Jan-2023 10:47:48 JST Chris Trottier

   If a mobile app is just a glorified website, it shouldn't be a mobile app.

   Just save us all the trouble and make a PWA already.

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     ThatOneCalculator :calcdumpy: :calckey: (thatonecalculator@stop.voring.me)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Jan-2023 10:47:47 JST ThatOneCalculator :calcdumpy: :calckey:

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     @atomicpoet@mastodon.social I mostly agree, but converting a website to a native app with something like Capacitor versus a PWA does have its benefits -- using the system webview instead of a wrapped browser usually uses way less battery and gives a bit more performance.

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     ThatOneCalculator :calcdumpy: :calckey: (thatonecalculator@stop.voring.me)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Jan-2023 10:52:00 JST ThatOneCalculator :calcdumpy: :calckey:

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     • Tᴀᴋᴀɴᴀsʜɪ Hᴏʀᴏ

     @PeterCxy@comfy.social @atomicpoet@mastodon.social on Android, the PWA version of Lyft uses more battery for me than the installed version, and the Android app is made with either Capacitor or ReactNative IIRC

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     Tᴀᴋᴀɴᴀsʜɪ Hᴏʀᴏ (petercxy@comfy.social)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Jan-2023 10:52:01 JST Tᴀᴋᴀɴᴀsʜɪ Hᴏʀᴏ

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     • ThatOneCalculator :calcdumpy: :calckey:

     @thatonecalculator@stop.voring.me @atomicpoet@mastodon.social No, using the system webview is not going to save any battery compared to launching the browser to run a PWA. Unless by "PWA" you mean an app with its full browser engine, but that is not what PWA means.

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     Tᴀᴋᴀɴᴀsʜɪ Hᴏʀᴏ (petercxy@comfy.social)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Jan-2023 10:57:41 JST Tᴀᴋᴀɴᴀsʜɪ Hᴏʀᴏ

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     • ThatOneCalculator :calcdumpy: :calckey:

     @thatonecalculator@stop.voring.me @atomicpoet@mastodon.social If it is React Native then it is really not at all the same thing as a PWA. React Native does not even have a browser engine for rendering -- it just runs a JavaScript interpreter and everything ends up being rendered through whatever native UI toolkit available on the target platform.

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