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> So Android allows alternative rendering engines besides Chrome for PWA?

Yes: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Progressive_web...

I tested just now in Firefox with an app from https://appsco.pe and it does indeed work!

I can do the same with the Android version of Brave.

> If you install Firefox it uses Gecko but still has native app look feel?

That depends on your definition. Making an app _feel_ native is a matter of implementation. But the opposite is also true: A native app is free to feel non-native if the app creator makes it that way.

The app does show as a distinct entry in the app switcher, but still has a Firefox icon when I tested it just now.



> I tested just now in Firefox with an app from https://appsco.pe and it does indeed work!

I tested just now in firefox with an app from https://appsco.pe and it just...opened a browser tab with the website.

So I understand a PWA is just a website but isn't the whole point to have a dedicated window/card for it?


I don't know what your setup is, but it did work for me, creating an app that shows as its own icon on the homescreen, without FF chrome, with a separate app-switcher entry. Using a S24 Ultra with whatever the current OneUI is.


I think it wasn't my setup but the app I tested on (Imgur). Trying another one worked.

It looks like appsco.pe has some incorrect entries in its list of PWA.


Tried with Twitter, worked fine.




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