app wrapper
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Noun edit
app wrapper (plural app wrappers)
- (computing) An application for mobile devices made wholly from an existing website or platform, with few or no changes made to the original version.
- 2014, Jack Madden, “Why you need to know about vendors like Apperian, even if you’re not building custom mobile apps yet”, in Brian Madden:
- Some features like encryption, VPN configuration, authentication features, and copy/paste control are hard-coded directly into the app wrapper when an app is deployed.
- 2016, Tom Dawson, “At Long Last, Reddit’s Official App Hits Android”, in Android Headlines:
- The Reddit app will look familiar to anyone that has been asked to try out the mobile website, but it does feel like a native app, rather than a simple app wrapper.
- 2016, Molly Flatt, “The Memo’s year: 2016 in review”, in The Memo:
- Newspapers and magazines realised that an 'app wrapper' for content simply creates another barrier to entry – for readers and search engines alike.