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> iMessage, FaceTime, ... Right, the top two reasons to use an iPhone are iMessage and FaceTime. And those are the two apps that are still basically impossible
by maxwell 5y ago
> iMessage, FaceTime, ...
Right, the top two reasons to use an iPhone are iMessage and FaceTime. And those are the two apps that are still basically impossible to compete with with PWAs due to unimplemented functionality.
They have seemed to make more progress on this over the past couple years after getting called out with very astute questions from Rep. Cicilline: https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU05/20190716/109793/HHRG-116-JU05-20190716-SD036.pdf https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU05/20190716/109793/HHRG...
getUserMedia has now been implemented in WebViews, so WebRTC calls in Chrome for iOS are now possible, that was big.
Web push is key too, looks like now code complete in WebKit: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=182566 https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=182566
No progress yet on the Fullscreen API: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206854 https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206854
And issues remain with expiring permissions, e.g.: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=228317 https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=228317
- reayn 5y agoPWAs come with their own suite of functionality issues these days, but I'm sure they'll be able to compete with Apple's native solutions sooner or later. FaceTime does support sharing links so far but it's something I have yet to test myself.