The software is mostly there and has been for years. The standards are catching up. The hardware is close. Problem is people (as usual).
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Replying to @ubernostrum
Yeah it's easy to see in hindsight why Google was able to pull it off. They had the resources to partner with multiple OEMs and own the OS.
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Replying to @polotek @ubernostrum
If you're talking about adding PWA tech and support to Chrome, we asked for nothing from the OS. Any Android browser can do what we did.
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This point is subtle and frequently missed: Android is *far* too fragmented for us to rely on OS updates to land web features.
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Service Workers, Push, A2HS...we had to make all of it work back to unmodified KitKat; no new APIs.
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Is this true for WebAPK? AFAIK that is not open yet. Is it back compatible with older Android?
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Yep, will work on old Android versions; we'll open up browser support as soon as we can (as we discussed last week)
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Replying to @slightlylate @wanderview and
What exactly means "we will open browser support" here?
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Replying to @nekrtemplar @wanderview and
Plan is to eventually allow other browsers to use Improved A2HS too. Generated app will trampoline into their app via a protocol. Think CCT.
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Replying to @slightlylate @wanderview and
uh, very complicated and so much questions. Will other browsers will be able to detect such installed apps by other browsers?
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Android apps can understand which other apps are installed. Package name will distinguish these (so also "yes"): https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html#getInstalledApplications(int) …
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Replying to @slightlylate @wanderview and
That assumes all WebAPK installation will have predictable name from any browser. All that sounds ofc, but can it be abused somehow?
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Replying to @nekrtemplar @wanderview and
Predictable package name comes from installation process (which is a Play service).
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