Run Mobile Applications as PWAs
With enhanced capabilities for PWAs and the responsive template for web applications, mobile applications have been deprecated in favor of PWAs. You can no longer create a new mobile application in VB Studio, but you can continue to use an existing mobile app by deploying it as a PWA.
To deploy your existing mobile app as a PWA, first import it, then enable the PWA option in the application's Settings page before you build the mobile app. Once you do that, you can build your PWA-enabled mobile application to generate a QR code, which users can scan to install the app on their devices. This way, you can have a single application that is installable and can scale from desktop to tablet to mobile. It can also work offline if configured for offline support.
Note:
You can continue to use your existing mobile apps until July 2024 when mobile apps, including PWA-enabled ones, reach End of Life (EOL). To use your mobile PWAs beyond July 2024, we strongly urge you to transition your mobile app as a web app and deploy it as a PWA.Configure Mobile Application Settings
Review the settings for an imported mobile application to verify that it has the appropriate values.
Build a Mobile Application as a PWA
Build your PWA-enabled mobile application to generate a QR code for the application. Users can scan the QR code to install the mobile application as a PWA for testing as well as for production.
Sharing and deploying a mobile application is similar to what you'd do to share and deploy a web application, except that you need to first build your mobile app with the information that lets users install the app on supported platforms.
- Follow these steps to share a PWA-enabled mobile application for others to test your app:
- Follow these steps to deploy your PWA-enabled mobile application and make your changes public: