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Ask HN: Looking for examples of html5 apps that feel native

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Looking for examples of both Android and iOS apps that are built with html5 (or hybrid native/html5) but feel completely like a native app.

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Are you familiar with Ionic? Pure HTML5 AngularJS apps compiled with cordova into native android and iOS applications. I've been working with it for a month and I've found it incredibly useful. http://showcase.ionicframework.com/

I'm looking at Ionic as my first choice right now. The showcase apps aren't really that great. They seem like side-projects. I'm looking for an example of a larger project.

The framework looks good on the website, I'm just looking for a fairly popular app that's actually launched with it.

There is a company called Ludei (https://www.ludei.com/) who has built an amazing framework for HTML5 apps and games.

To prove how powerful their framework is they've published several games, here are some:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ludei.slid...

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ideateca.a...

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ludei.demo...

Their games go faster and work better than many native games I have.

did they launch games on ios too?

The Guardian's new Android and iOS apps are natively wrapped webviews: https://twitter.com/patrickhamann/status/472017297771884544

https://gonative.io/examples looks descent just built an android app for bbus.in & pypnrstatus.in

Financial Times - http://app.ft.com/ Though not sure if they officially shipped it or not.

I am also interested in this. Most jQuery Mobile/ PhoneGap apps feel 'substandard'..

famo.us is a javascript framework using which you can develop apps in javascript which can give the native feel. Their website looks pretty decent on phone. You can explore their examples. I guess cordova compilation should work for famo.us apps too.

I've seen famo.us too. Same comment as my one for Ionic. The website for famo.us has some pretty good demos, but I'm looking for a launched app that actually uses it.

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