Hotwire Native is a super power
If you are in the Rails ecosystem and you haven’t tried out Hotwire Native, drop what you are doing now and go check it out.
In the last two weeks I’ve taken a client’s app from only being a PWA, to being submitted to both app stores. This means native tabs, navigation, and toolbar buttons, and theming so that the application feels right on the user’s device.
Here’s your homework:
- Follow the Hotwire Native tutorial (iOS, Android) to get the demo site running on your device or in the simulator.
- Swap the demo site URL with your responsive site’s URL
- Profit…
I’ll be following up with more info like:
- Changing native tabs from the server side
- Adding toolbar buttons from the server side
- Driving feature flags from the server side
If you’ve tried Hotwire Native, what’s your experience been like? If you haven’t, what’s stopping you?