Build Web application-based mobile application

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Good night everyone, I am participating in a volunteer project to a group and we have a web application ready, developed in PHP with the Laravel framework. We need a data inclusion form of this application to be created also for mobile environments, as users must also use while they are moving, because even if they have no network, or if it is inconsistent, the data application (in an offline working form) and it would sync with the server.

I have already developed a PWA prototype of a notepad that I created in javascript, css and html, looking for a hybrid approach, but the result in IOS was not as expected, and I still do not know if starting for a PWA would be the best approach.

So I would like help on the following points:

  • As I already have the backend developed for the Web application, can I re-use it? and how would it work?

  • I was also researching Google's firebase tool for data synchronization

  • Would you be able to communicate the data through a web service? Any tips on that?

If anyone has any experience with the subject I will be very grateful for help, may have a more objective way of doing it, thank you!

    
asked by anonymous 29.10.2018 / 23:01

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Good afternoon!

Use Ionic , Phonegap or Nativescript to make your application hybrid. I would recommend using a WebView ( Ios or Android ) because you already have a Web application, but if you want to save the data if the user is offline, Webview does not have this feature. With the above hybrid platforms you can save this information until the device accesses the internet again.

At Ionic you can find a quick and easy solution to use the Ionic Storage feature. "Ionic Storage is a simple way to store data in key / value format whether in a Progressive Web App (PWA) or in a native application." Source: How to store offline data with Ionic Storage

I hope I have helped. A hug!

    
30.10.2018 / 17:09