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Phonegap,Apache Cordova? I mean it's no different from a webview inside a native app.

> Is the common approach to create a native app with embedded browser or is there some other way?

Obviously to use clientside webtechs you need a browser of some kind.

Ironically Windows supported this html apps through hta apps since 1999,and still does.

Simply rename an .html file .hta,and you have an app...

we've been using https://github.com/MobileChromeApps/mobile-chrome-apps for a while, pretty awesome. It's basically Cordova + some chrome APIs + embedded CrossWalk, meaning it ships the embedded (latest) chrome as part of your app.

Check out Apache Cordova http://cordova.apache.org/

Take a look at Phonegap or Titanium.

Having done a fair bit of Titanium development, I wouldn't classify it as a solution for the parent's query. Yes, it is executing JavaScript via the OS's JS engine, but it is drawing native widgets, and jumping between the JS framework and the native side can be slow.

PhoneGap (Cordova) is a much better solution, I think.