Creating Webview application

Webview technology, a programming component that allows you to display website content as an application. As a result of creating a Webview application, the website content is integrated into the special app file, enable the file download in the gadget and use the mobile version of the site in the application box.

Webview is the important component of creating mobile applications, which provide several advantages when developing apps. Technology provides improved and improved functionality of the resource. Webview is especially valuable when developing hybrid applications; it provides dynamism, automatic synchronization and updating of content. Using web view speeds up the mobile application development process, saving resources and time.

How does Webview work?

Webview is a mobile version of the site “packed” inside an application file. The technology links application coding with website code. Rendering duplicates the visual part of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and content pages. Thus, the adapted design of the online resource is integrated with the interface of its own application. This development of the method has both advantages and disadvantages:

1. Speeding up and facilitating the development process. With WebView technology, the application is not created from scratch.
2. The file works on all platforms. There is no need to work with Android and iOS platforms separately.
3. Synchronous update (update). There is no need to update from Google Play or the App Store to make new content or features available. Users can use the new version of the site without downloading updates.
4. One of the disadvantages is that it does not have an independent offline mode. Since website technology allows site content to be instantly displayed within the application, the program cannot work without the Internet. But with this method, you can save cached pages, which makes it possible to use the content offline without any action.
5. Slow loading. Since the technology is based on the web version of the site, loading information takes longer. The difference in slow loading times is almost unaccounted for by a standard internet connection in most cases.
6. Receipt is considered to be duplication of UI/UX design. Webview repeats the design of the mobile version of a modern website and cannot have design solutions independent of the website.

When is it justified to create a Webview application?

If you have an existing website, developed e-commerce online store or online business, with a perfectly functioning and adapted mobile network, applications with Webview can be used as a low-cost experiment and test the market. This allows you to create your own applications, study the market, understand opportunities, while minimizing risks.

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