Mobile App Integration Using Cross-Platform Web Embedding Technology

The organization’s existing web application offers on-demand content and virtual activities accessible via a website, but lacks direct accessibility through native mobile applications. Recreating web app code separately for both iOS and Android would lead to increased development efforts, management complexity, higher costs, and slower release cycles. Managing multiple codebases would strain resources and impair agility in deploying updates and new features.

A non-profit organization focused on youth development, health, and community engagement seeking to enhance its mobile user experience and streamline updates.

• Integrate existing web-based core functionality into native iOS and Android applications to provide seamless user experience.
• Reduce development and management resources by adopting a unified codebase approach.
• Accelerate time-to-market for app updates and new feature releases across platforms.
• Implement over-the-air update capabilities to streamline deployment and bug fixes.
• Ensure the embedded web components provide full native device functionality, such as camera, geolocation, and gesture support.

• Embedding web application features into native iOS and Android apps via a shared codebase.
• Ensuring native device capabilities (camera, geolocation, gestures, screen rotation) are accessible within embedded web views.
• Implementing real-time update mechanisms to push changes directly to mobile apps without needing app store re-approval.
• Establishing secure, authenticated communication with backend systems, including session management via cookies.
• Configuring backend server policies to support cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) for embedded components.

• Backend web services API for data and content access
• Authentication services to manage user sessions securely
• CORS configuration endpoints to permit resource sharing

• Cross-platform compatibility with consistent native experience across iOS and Android
• Fast update deployment to reduce time-to-market, ideally within days rather than weeks
• Scalability to accommodate growing user base and content volume
• Security measures including secure session management and data protection
• High performance to ensure smooth UI interaction and device integration

The project aims to significantly improve user engagement by delivering a native-like mobile experience, reduce maintenance and development costs by managing a unified codebase, and enable rapid deployment of updates and new features. Based on previous similar implementations, expected outcomes include tripling development efficiency, saving around 2,000 engineering hours, and accelerating the release process, thereby enhancing the organization’s ability to respond swiftly to user needs and content updates.