Hi everybody! Is there a way to turn a Weweb app into a native app for the app stores?
I know that we can turn it into PWA but I’m looking for options to make it an native app.
You can’t make a vuejs app native, you can only wrap it in a native shell that will load the app with the native webview
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What will be the best way to make that wrap?
There are many ways/tools, you can look into capacitorjs or expo
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In general I don’t recommend this wrapper option. It’s a price in user experience for not nearly the savings that most imagine coming in. There are excellent nocode mobile development tools that will let you for short money and time investment make a mobile app that is optimized for the platform. Flutterflow, Draftbit are both no (or at least quite low-)-code options: the experience is in a visual editor like WW. Expo and Flutter are more low-code - you spend your time in a text editor.
Either way - whether you try a capacitor/ionic wrap, a no-code builder, or a higher-code option - expect that shipping to mobile will be significantly more work than shipping a web site. Not impossible, just something to budget for.
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Hey @victornocode, I would suggest what @raydeck mentioned for the moment, as WeWeb apps aren’t native on mobile.
PS: I’ve been told native mobile apps might be in our roadmap, but that’s our little secret for you 
(no deadline yet, as it’s a big subject on our side 
)
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Hey everyone ! I am wondering if anyone here tried different approaches such as : webtonative (one payment, seems cool) (https://www.webtonative.com/)
Or other competitors ?
Any thoughts about that ?
Thanks !
I just got an email from despia.com saying they now support WeWeb.
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That’s true - we do support WeWeb natively, and compared to simple wrappers, you are not paying with user experience, Despia gives your WeWeb app FaceID, Native Device Variables, Haptic Feedback and much more - being fully compliant with Apple’s “Minimum Functionality” Guidelines.
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Despia seems cool I will definitely dig into it and compare with webtonative and other alternatives.
@Joyce What about a collaboration with one of these services to provide weweb to mobile app features ?
Or is it still on weweb roadmap to release this functionnality ?
Have a good one !
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It would be a pleasure to collaborate with WeWeb, I had a call with Joyce and Flo scheduled months ago - but it was like 5am and did not make that, as was still sleeping - but I would be happy to keep the conversation going after 8am 
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Hey everyone, just wanted to share my thoughts and experience. Despia is truly impressive! I was looking to convert my websites into native apps since PWAs didn’t quite meet some of our needs. Initially, I started with Flutterflow, but I was always worried about the hassle of maintaining both the website and the app separately.
Then, I came across this thread and attended the presentation by @raydeck in his StateChange, and I’m completely onboard with this solution now. Although I haven’t published the app yet, the prototype running locally on my smartphone works exactly as intended. Huge kudos to @despia for delivering such an amazing solution!
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Hi Sleeusis !
Thanks for your feedback, I’m also interested. If you are willing to, of course: Could you share screenshots of your weweb web-app vs the despia native mobile app?
What’s the pricing of Despia?
Thanks
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@MrUnfreeze - we still need to work on the responsive interface to make it look nice on the smartphone as we initially gave up while planning to use Flutterflow. But with Despia, that all have changed and we will be focusing to make the responsive inteface work like it is supposed to. But from our local testing, the features that we are looking for that were native to both IOS and Android apps were present. I believe the price is a lifetime fee of $249 for each project and type of app.
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Hey @sleeusis - Thanks for sharing your experience with Despia, and I’m glad that you like it
Also, if you ever need any help with publishing your Despia app to the AppStores, you can simply email us at publishing@despia.com and we will help you throughout the whole process
Thanks for using Despia
Hey @MrUnfreeze - you can find the current pricing at https://despia.com (The pricing is subjected to changes, but it’s currently $249 per App/OS - Lifetime)
If you have any other questions, please feel free to reach out to us via support@despia.com - we are always happy to help
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Hey guys ! I have been using Despia and it’s crazy how well it works.
The pricing is really fair. Despia Team is giving premium service, answering very fast and very careful about user feedback that is continuously used to improve Despia.
I can only recommend it.
I created a blog post focusing on Despia x Weweb here : Weweb X Despia : Weweb to native mobile app
Have a good one !
Does anyone have insight how this might work to allow offline functionality? I’m about to start rebuilding my app in Flutterflow using an sqlite on-device db that will sync with xano when online. Many of my variables are set to save in local storage, but I’m not sure how collections are treated and how I would build out a sync function in WeWeb. This despia solution seems interesting and could save me a ton of time and headaches maintaining two platforms.
fwiw, I plan to keep the weweb version of my app for user configuration and reporting functions that work better on desktop sized screens. But the core functionality is field work on mobile devices.
I don’t think Despia would really help with this. What you’re trying to achieve is possible I believe, but requires a custom service worker to handle itself offline.
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