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> "What's your "top 3" of what Apple needs to do to make PWA installation suck less for iOS users?" It's not so much about installation as it is about app capa
by judah 3y ago
> "What's your "top 3" of what Apple needs to do to make PWA installation suck less for iOS users?"
It's not so much about installation as it is about app capabilities. Many of the things native apps do easily, Apple makes difficult for web apps. Push notifications is one such thing. (Again, this is changing slowly.)
That said, yes, adding web apps to home screen is quite buried in iOS today.
> "As a developer, I expect I would do exactly what you recommended in 2021 (https://blog.pwabuilder.com/posts/publish-your-pwa-to-the-io https://blog.pwabuilder.com/posts/publish-your-pwa-to-the-io...), which is to distribute web apps on the App Store proper (using PWABuilder, Capacitor, etc.) instead of as a PWA for the benefits (discoverability, "normal" installation experience) you note"
It's not an either/or. Personally, I build PWAs and make them publicly available on the web. Then, I publish them to app stores for visibility. Average, non-technical users look for apps in app stores, so that's where you need to be even if you app is built with web tech. This is the advice I gave in 2021, and it still holds true today.
- CharlesW 3y agoThanks, I appreciate your thoughts!