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They specifically ditched react-native because of their requirements regarding file system traversal, so this is definitely not something that could have been d
by __jonas 1y ago
They specifically ditched react-native because of their requirements regarding file system traversal, so this is definitely not something that could have been done in-browser.
- mg 1y agoTraversing local directories is supported via the File System Access API in browsers these days: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64283711 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64283711 It works nicely in Chrome on the desktop and on Android. Not sure how the situation is on iOS.
- miramba 1y agoBut unfortunately not on Safari respectively the iOS webview, which would have been mandatory for the author to use. If I am wrong, I‘d gladly take a solution. I think this is one of the main problems for PWAs: No good , platform-independent way to access the local file system. As in „pick once, access forever“. Edit: https://caniuse.com/native-filesystem-api https://caniuse.com/native-filesystem-api Edit2: Just a few posts down: https://webamp.org/ https://webamp.org/
- mg 1y agoI see. That's a pretty big argument to go with an Android phone. Being able to write your own tools in HTML is so nice.