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Don't listen to the haters. This is extremely valuable. Especially in E-commerce. Like when you have an ever expanding product line and new categories are bein

Don't listen to the haters. This is extremely valuable. Especially in E-commerce. Like when you have an ever expanding product line and new categories are being added all the time. Ever wondered why Amazon uses web views all over ? Many E-commerce companies would love to be able to do extensive A/B testing or add analytics on the fly but are crippled by the App store and the limitations of native apps. Some have even built versions of this themselves. What we need is an Android port of this and then this will be some hot shit. I am willing to help on the iOS side in any way I can.

gliechtenstein 10y ago
Thank you! Please follow the project and join the Slack channel if you can :)
- throwaway43 10y ago
  But my personal view is that we should support a syntax that is a subset or derivative of HTML while being performant so that any existing web framework can generate smooth native apps (while also side stepping Apples rules against implementing a browser engine :P). It sounds stupid but I work in E-commerce and have wished for this many times.
  - kgc 10y ago
    That sounds like React Native: https://facebook.github.io/react-native/ https://facebook.github.io/react-native/
  - madeofpalk 10y ago
    Have you seen Apple's TVML? It's an XML/HTML-like syntax for building native Apple TV apps using native components, but loaded over HTTP and without having to write Objc/Swift code. It's very much like this (or React Native), but in XML.
djsumdog 10y ago
When I read the Readme, I was thinking this could get a lot of limitations of store app updates. (As long as this thing can use a cached version of your json if it can't connect to the Interwebs). I hate the walled gardens of the iOS/Android world and the fact that multi platform frameworks are so difficult. Seeing things like this are encouraging.
thasaleni 10y ago
> What we need is an Android port of this and then this will be some hot shit. Isn't this (kind of) what Android Instant Apps (will) do(es)? link: https://developer.android.com/topic/instant-apps/index.html https://developer.android.com/topic/instant-apps/index.html

gliechtenstein 10y ago

Thank you! Please follow the project and join the Slack channel if you can :)

throwaway43 10y ago
But my personal view is that we should support a syntax that is a subset or derivative of HTML while being performant so that any existing web framework can generate smooth native apps (while also side stepping Apples rules against implementing a browser engine :P). It sounds stupid but I work in E-commerce and have wished for this many times.
- kgc 10y ago
  That sounds like React Native: https://facebook.github.io/react-native/ https://facebook.github.io/react-native/
- madeofpalk 10y ago
  Have you seen Apple's TVML? It's an XML/HTML-like syntax for building native Apple TV apps using native components, but loaded over HTTP and without having to write Objc/Swift code. It's very much like this (or React Native), but in XML.

djsumdog 10y ago

When I read the Readme, I was thinking this could get a lot of limitations of store app updates. (As long as this thing can use a cached version of your json if it can't connect to the Interwebs). I hate the walled gardens of the iOS/Android world and the fact that multi platform frameworks are so difficult. Seeing things like this are encouraging.

thasaleni 10y ago

> What we need is an Android port of this and then this will be some hot shit. Isn't this (kind of) what Android Instant Apps (will) do(es)? link: https://developer.android.com/topic/instant-apps/index.html https://developer.android.com/topic/instant-apps/index.html