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Voyager might become a native App in the future! (sort of) (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by fer0n@lemm.ee to c/voyagerapp@lemmy.world

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It is a limitation of a PWA. A native app (wrapper) will likely be coming though, and a custom Capacitor plugin could theoretically interface with the native API to switch out icons. Theoretically. No promises though :)

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[-] Fluid@aussie.zone 42 points 1 year ago

I don't understand why some users really want a native app? A webapp is better in almost everyway. You don't need to build and maintain multiple pieces of software, it just works across multiple devices and configurations. You don't have to install and give permissions to yet another piece of software on your device, creating yet another vulnerability. It's like asking for betamax when DVDs exist. What's a benefit of doing so, just that in comes up in the app store when searching?

[-] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

With a capacitor app it can be both a PWA and a native app from the same code base. This wouldn’t take away, only add possible functionality for those who choose to install it natively.

There’s a lot of native functionality that a PWA cannot access, like app icon changing, certain gestures that Apollo took advantage of (tapping on the top to scroll to the top, for one), and some other things that have been requested.