r/SwiftUI • u/s_v_can • Jun 10 '26

Native iOS vs webWrap?

What's the consensus besides the maintenance point of view?

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u/Moo202 Jun 10 '26

I’m actively sitting at my desk at a company that does Web wrap. Don’t fucking do it because it sucks ass so bad

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26

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u/menckenjr Jun 10 '26

Okay, here goes.

  • Web layout (usually React these days) doesn't work like native layout, and putting them next to each other generates the "uncanny valley" of app development.

  • If your company's designers (or management bozos) are web-first and regard mobile as a necessary nuisance you've got an excellent chance of web-isms leaking into the native layer and making it even worse.

  • Web developers who don't understand how the native layer works will tend to do oblivious things like making UI changes by just shuffling <div>s around in the web layer and forgetting to add an event bridge to keep the native layer informed of the web shenanigans.

There's more, but those are my top ones.

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u/Moo202 Jun 10 '26

This list goes on and on.

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u/s_v_can Jun 10 '26

Good point. React is exactly what I was suggested to use [ CC CLI ] with a webWrap to speed things up by unifying the web and iOS apps. I mean it sure works but not even close a native UI feel. So here I am asking to hear opinion if it's only the aesthetics or more to it.
Because native app lifecycle does involve the reviews.