I haven't tried it myself yet, but modern Android and Chrome do seem to be trending this direction: http://www.mobilexweb.com/blog/home-screen-web-apps-android-

I haven't tried it myself yet, but modern Android and Chrome do seem to be trending this direction: http://www.mobilexweb.com/blog/home-screen-web-apps-android-chrome-31 http://www.mobilexweb.com/blog/home-screen-web-apps-android-... Also, the fact that the underlying Chrome engine for WebViews can now update independently of the Android OS bodes well for the viability of HTML5 apps: http://developer.telerik.com/featured/android-5-0s-auto-updating-webview-means-mobile-apps/ http://developer.telerik.com/featured/android-5-0s-auto-upda...