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I’m an iOS developer but I would never ever start an iOS or Android app as a side project. Don’t support this madness anymore. PWAs aren't as good but they are

by AJRF 5y ago

I’m an iOS developer but I would never ever start an iOS or Android app as a side project. Don’t support this madness anymore. PWAs aren't as good but they are good enough for most use cases. Just refuse to make apps for these platforms anymore. If every dev does it there will be overwhelming pressure for Apple and Google to improve PWA support. Just keep pushing back against this.

depressedpanda 5y ago
In what way(s) aren't PWAs as good, would you say? Personally, I think >90% of all apps I've used could be implemented as a PWA, as nothing they do really require native performance. The main issues I see are 1. The DX needs some improvement 2. Apple are dragging their feet implementing new web tech on Safari, and are therefore holding everyone hostage since you cannot install any other browser on iOS.
- jamil7 5y ago
  From my perspective (also iOS and macOS dev) PWAs can be great for a lot of use cases, especially if you just need a mobile offering for an existing SaaS product. If Apple actually implements some of the required features for PWAs in Safari they will still always be missing native controls, gestures, navigation will be off and I think the biggest difference is you'll be missing access to all the deeper integrations you can do with the OS through Apple's various frameworks and APIs. Whether or not thats important to your app varies a lot, for a lot of CRUD apps that need something in the stores the PWA approach with capacitor is likely fine. For the record I'm also pro Apple implementing richer PWA support as I personally see both approaches coexisting.