The app question again. Native app (e.g. for IOS) vs. Progressive Web App (PWA)

[Joachim Sandstrom]

I know that this question has been discussed for years. But with years follows new thoughts and changes in the world around us. I think that e.g. Matt’s input (below) from June 2020 as a reply to a post concerning the app poll of 2018 could do with an update. So, a few questions on that:

 

Matt mentioned in an app related post in 2020 that the IPS direction was a ”native app”:

”I'm not against doing more with PWA in a future version, it's just that we do not think that Apple will invest much time in their PWA system anytime soon, so for a fully mobile experience the only logical choice is a native app so that is where we have put our development resources.”  https://invisioncommunity.com/forums/topic/446733-mobile-app-progressive-web-app-pwa-for-ipb/?do=findComment&comment=2822578

 

I note in the same post that Matt’s argument for the native path was Apple’s lack of PWA investments. In IOS 15 (and similar in a parallel Safari version) Apple has improved its WPA support. https://www.ithinkdiff.com/safari-ios-15-4-pwa-support-70-additions/

 

a. I am not a techie and can’t judge the importance of Apple’s PWA improvements in relation to IPB. So I ask, given these changes what is IPS's current strategic standpoint on the PWA vs. native app question?

 

b. I have noted that IPS does not favor public deadlines. But maybe you could share some kind of yearly preliminary high level roadmap, indicating what the customers could expect from the app strategy under question a? It would help us in answering our customers’ questions in a professional way.

 

Cheers,

 

/Joachim

[Randy Calvert]

Native app is not happening. It’s actually been fully removed in a recent update. 

IPB bad been moving to support PWA.