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Best practices for wrapping web app for Android

Im looking into wrapping a existing web app for Android. Im doing some research to find the bets ways to do this?

Does anyone have any good links or tips that might be good to know?

Thankful for advice!

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johan Avatar asked Nov 28 '11 15:11

johan


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2 Answers

The standard way to do this is to wrap the web app in a WebView. The android dev guide also has a whole section on things you should do when wrapping.

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Kurtis Nusbaum Avatar answered Sep 30 '22 14:09

Kurtis Nusbaum


I don't know what is the meaning of your wrapping. But if you want a tool to make an application that looks like a native android app but instead use the the web technology, you can use PhoneGap.

Find it here

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rechardchen Avatar answered Sep 30 '22 13:09

rechardchen