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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 (25 children)

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?

[–] shashi154263@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 year ago

My biggest problem with the webapp is that it fills my Chrome history, so it basically becomes useless.

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