Embed Laravel app to hybrid app

I have a Laravel website which I want my users to be able to download an "app" version from the Play Store (Android) and App Store (iOS).

My idea was to build a hybrid app with Cordova/Ionic or similar framework. I would like to make a native "intro/tutorial" view and then redirect to a "webview/iframe/embed version of my website" when the introduction is finished. Also, I will need the phone to receive push notifications.

Which technology/framework is more optimal to achieve this kind of development. I would like to avoid Angular/React. Is it viable to achieve it with a plain cordova app?

aurawindsurfing

6 years ago

Best Answer

Level 50

Hi @bufferoverflow

Have a look at apps called PWA - Progressive Web Apps.

Here is a nice link which will show you what given phone is capable of: https://whatwebcando.today/ (visit it from your mobile)

Some cool PWA demos here: https://pwa.rocks/

Here is another really nice article about why PWA could be the way forward (With Apple being Apple) https://debuggerdotbreak.judahgabriel.com/2018/04/13/i-built-a-pwa-and-published-it-in-3-app-stores-heres-what-i-learned/

And finally how to turn your laravel app into PWA:

https://medium.com/codefield-community/laravel-pwa-from-webpack-mix-js-11c313d5d918 https://github.com/silviolleite/laravel-pwa

Hope it helps!

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