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I'm no fan of Google, but let's be honest here, they are hardly the ones holding PWAs back.
by depressedpanda 4y ago
I'm no fan of Google, but let's be honest here, they are hardly the ones holding PWAs back.
- paxys 4y agoWell they still don't allow PWAs in the Play Store without bundling them as full apps and going through the regular publishing/update/approval process, which kinda defeats the point.
- depressedpanda 4y agoSeems kinda fire and forget to me: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32679340 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32679340
- ravenstine 4y agoWhich is weird as hell because treating PWAs as apps (from a mobile UI perspective) could be built in to the OS itself. Maybe there's some reason The Google won't do this, but OSes already treats the web as a real thing (integrated web views and such), so PWAs would seem like a next step to that.
- randfur 4y agoIt is built into Android. Go to twitter.com, log in and then accept the install prompt that appears. It integrates seamlessly with link sharing OS UI and jump lists.
- aaaaaaaaata 4y agoThey're pushing it as fast as they can — all web users are potentially their users, so promoting efficient use of the web is their business.