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If you use tools like this you run a high risk of having your app banned. Google Play strongly enforce their policy about how an app cannot be something that d

If you use tools like this you run a high risk of having your app banned. Google Play strongly enforce their policy about how an app cannot be something that duplicates the functionality of a website. Example: Years ago I wrote a simple html/js app, and published it to the Google Play store using Cordova. It was a completely self contained app and did not access the internet (although it required internet permissions to use the webview). After publishing the app, I reused much of that code and release the app as a simple website. Google Play deleted my app because purely because the app had a similar version on a website - even the styles were slightly different between them! The reviewer ignored of my explanations and refused to reinstate my app, even after I deleted the web-version of the app. This was a 5 star app with only positive reviews! If I got my app deleted because it smelt like it might be a webview wrapper of a PWA, using a service that is a PWA wrapper sounds like the most risky thing ever!

aloisdg 4y ago
The tool is made by a team from Google (the Chrome Team). It should be fine.
jee1shi 4y ago
Google actively encourages developers to list their PWA in the Play Store, and has articles on how to do it [1][2]. Source: worked on supporting this capability. [1] https://developers.google.com/codelabs/pwa-in-play#0 https://developers.google.com/codelabs/pwa-in-play#0 [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddbHp8tGBwQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddbHp8tGBwQ
- Humphrey 4y ago
  That's all well and good, but my app got deleted because they told me an app cannot be a webview of a website. When I raised an appeal, and proved to them how it was a self contained app, they told me an app cannot be a webview of a website. When I deleted the website they told me that my app was just a webview of (which it wasn't), and then reappealed, they told me an app cannot be a webview of a website, and deleted my app. So, the lesson here is: Submitting an app that renders using a webview is a gamble and that Google reviewers don't actually review your app.

aloisdg 4y ago

The tool is made by a team from Google (the Chrome Team). It should be fine.

jee1shi 4y ago

Google actively encourages developers to list their PWA in the Play Store, and has articles on how to do it [1][2]. Source: worked on supporting this capability. [1] https://developers.google.com/codelabs/pwa-in-play#0 https://developers.google.com/codelabs/pwa-in-play#0 [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddbHp8tGBwQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddbHp8tGBwQ

Humphrey 4y ago
That's all well and good, but my app got deleted because they told me an app cannot be a webview of a website. When I raised an appeal, and proved to them how it was a self contained app, they told me an app cannot be a webview of a website. When I deleted the website they told me that my app was just a webview of (which it wasn't), and then reappealed, they told me an app cannot be a webview of a website, and deleted my app. So, the lesson here is: Submitting an app that renders using a webview is a gamble and that Google reviewers don't actually review your app.