So I was reading this, and the only things that kept repeating in my mind were "Ionic, Crosswalk, Webworkers, Ionic, Crosswalk, Webworkers..."
(Yes I know Crosswalk is Android only, but it works wonders).
(Yes I know Crosswalk is Android only, but it works wonders).
There are a few downsides though. Added complexity/possibility for bugs, and APK size.
The Crosswalk website says it should add 10-15MB to your. In our app, it's adding over 55MB to the installation size. These numbers are based on unminified JS/HTML (and I think we still have some outdated resources sitting in www/img/), but iOS: 18.0MB, Android: 78.4MB.
And then there's the additional bugs. Did you know localStorage is completely broken in the current "stable" release of Crosswalk? Once you kill/reopen your app, all storage is cleared. You'll need the latest Canary build if you want localstorage to work (and who knows what's broken in that build).
I wonder what kind of apps they run that make them call 10-15mb call "small".