Has anybody used "WebView" to wrap their site inside their mobile application?

Mobile Apps
#1

Has anybody used “WebView” to wrap their site inside their mobile application?

As it feels easier just to do the complete site in bootstrap… and then just “wrap” it inside a “WebView” … as i dont have any native things…

as it feels like its a mission to build a complete wappler mobile site if i can just make a apk that brings in the site with WebView.

As with Flutterflow i can just add a “webview” component… is there such a way to do this with wappler or am i better off just doing this directly in android studio?

#2

You can create a mobile project based on Bootstrap and build your app just as you are building a web site.

#3

thanks Teodor… but i already have the website and its fully mobile… so the website is already done and working great… and i even made a PWA of it… but don’t want to redo it again… so was wondering if i can just “wrap” it within wappler… as the work has already done and i dont want to re-invent the wheel :slight_smile:

#4

Wrapping your side in webview is exactly what the mobile frameworks like Cordova and Capacitor are doing.

So just create a mobile project in Wappler, choose capacitor and add your site as you normally will.

All the rest is then done for you.

#5

Thanks George… is there some help document link to this or will google be my best friend? Or is there some sort of “extension” … that i can click on to ask for this in my mobile project setup?

#6

ok i have created the mobile project… but how do i import the website via a webview… i could not find any component to do this? When i create the project should i select framework7 or bootstrap?

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Sorry for ref flutterflow here… but this is how easy it is… how can i achieve the same? i dont mind doing 20 steps to do this… as long as i can do it in wappler.

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A bit off topic: delivery options for mobile offerings
#7

Hi Mozzi,

You are not importing an existing web site, you are creating a mobile app that has all the functionality tailored for mobile inside.

If you just want to link an existing website, then you better just create a PWA

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#8

Thank you George.

I got the solution here.