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there are webview libraries from windows/linux/macos so electron.js-without-chromium works.

are there similar webview libraries from android and ios that you can link to as the desktop OS does? anyone knows what those libraries are?

I wish there is a c++ electron.js alternative, we now have tauri(rust) and wails(go), I'm using webview on github to use c++, just not as polished but it works well though.

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There is a brand new one called Socket, it’s more targeted at web developers - no rust or anything required. Backend is also completely optional. It supports all mobile and desktop — it will ship a stable release next month: https://github.com/socketsupply/socket

New to me, had a quick check, Android is not yet supported, and it focuses on peer-to-peer(via bluetooth?). again using webview to do html-ui on desktops is feasible(tauri,wails,webview-c++), the interesting part is how to do that on mobile phone(without using flutter, or ionic)?

if you don't want to learn yet another new framework (flutter), or write native apps, the only option seems to be ionic, how is socket different, is the selling point here p2p instead of client-server otherwise it works just like ionic?

No, Android is fully supported, we’ve even built a demo for Android TV :D p2p is made possible by exposing UDP and Bluetooth as JS APIs (also supported on iOS and Android) but it’s entirely optional. Ionic uses electron for desktop, so you end up with two major frameworks mashed together. Socket was designed from the ground up for desktop and mobile.

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