umen Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 hello all Simple question , what are the option i have to day build game in html5 and export it somehow to IOS / Android ? From expiriance please .... Or-Bit Studios 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8Observer8 Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 (edited) Electron NW.js Edited April 15, 2022 by 8Observer8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umen Posted April 15, 2022 Author Share Posted April 15, 2022 any examples of games made with NW.js wraper ? where can i learn on the subject ? im not sure Electron is for mobile ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizonicblue Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Hi, Cordova is one good option for IOS/Android, I have used is in few of my games. There is also capacitorjs, which I have not used yet https://cordova.apache.org/ https://capacitorjs.com/ 8Observer8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8Observer8 Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 7 hours ago, umen said: im not sure Electron is for mobile ... Sorry. Electron is for Desktop only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b10b Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 Follow up question. How to build IOS HTML5 wrapped App without a Mac? Intel XDK and PhoneGap solved that with cloud builds, but both are retired *. I haven't looked at this for years, but Apple just kicked one of my apps out of the store because it "wasn't updated recently" (it doesn't need to be ahhhh!). It was done in XDK so was basically a cloud built Cordova config. * fwiw I do agree with Adobe that "the PhoneGap is closed", there's no need for Apps but sometimes there's a want! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizonicblue Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 Really missing those cloud builds from old days as even for Android now it requires whole setup/updates on PC before building. There are few other alternatives to which I have found and kept ready but not used yet. https://volt.build/ https://monaca.io/ https://ionic.io/appflow There are few more which I cant recollect now. I was expecting PhoneGap to remain but unfortunately they closed 8Observer8 and b10b 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khleug35 Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 I using Cordova to convert my game to android. https://cordova.apache.org/ But for apple store Apple notes that The App Store will no longer accept new apps using UIWebView as of April 2020 and app updates using UIWebView as of December 2020. so I will switch capacitor with wkwebview https://capacitorjs.com/ or react native webview https://github.com/react-native-webview/react-native-webview to convert my game to IOS 8Observer8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8Observer8 Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 (edited) I use Qt C++ and OpenGL ES 2.0 to build applications with 2D and 3D graphics for Desktop and Mobiles. Qt creates fast builds with small sizes because it is C++. But C++ is hard for programming and unit testing. At first step I write projects in PyQt5 and Python. I use pyBox2D and panda3D.bullet for Physics. At second step I translate projects from PyQt5 to Qt C++. At third step I rewrite projects to WebGL and TypeScript. I use glMatrix for Linear Algebra, Planck.js (it is port of Box2D) and Ammo.js (it is port of Bullet Physics). I use Python for web development using Django and I use Blender Python API for writing plugins for Blender for automation of modelling and creating of animations with bones. I wrote a plugin for Blender that allows to import original 3D models and animations from Resident Evil. I exported it to DAE format and imported it to WebGL, Qt OpenGL and PyQt5 OpenGL. My dream is to write mini games with multiplayer with WebSockets and Node.js. Pure WebGL allows to control and understand everything. It allows to optimize for very low end devices like laptops and smartphones. I do not like to use Babylon.js, Three.js, PlayCanvas and so on, because, for example, you can spend a lot of time to understand how it works and how to optimize it. I use bones without skinning. I have hierarchy of bones. Every object is separated object: Skinning is very expensive for low end devices: Demo Edited April 17, 2022 by 8Observer8 khleug35 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmax Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 On 4/17/2022 at 8:37 AM, khleug35 said: I using Cordova to convert my game to android. https://cordova.apache.org/ But for apple store Apple notes that The App Store will no longer accept new apps using UIWebView as of April 2020 and app updates using UIWebView as of December 2020. so I will switch capacitor with wkwebview https://capacitorjs.com/ or react native webview https://github.com/react-native-webview/react-native-webview trap the cat to convert my game to IOS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slicks Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 I just created an Android Trusted Web Activity (TWA), where you define an asset links json file in your HTML game, like this: https://drift.team/well-known/assetlinks.json And then create an Android TWA, which looks like a real app, but it's just embedding your HTML5 game: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=team.drift To my knowledge, iPhone doesn't have anything similiar. b10b 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny! Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Tried so many solutions over the last years (Cordova, PhoneGap, CocoonJS, Intel XDK...) In the end - only Cordova still works for me (although it is sometimes a real hassle getting it to work) Latest project for which I used Cordova was last year for iOS only: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/actiboard-activates-skills/id1563042841?platform=ipad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yannick Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 I was struggling as well finding a good solution like PhoneGap Build or Cocoonjs were. At the end I decided to make my own "online app builder". Feel free to use it See: https://phaser.discourse.group/t/convert-your-phaser-game-to-a-native-mobile-app-online/11691 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaker Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 The best way to export HTML5 games for Android and iOS is by using a cross-platform tool like CocoonJS. You can easily use CocoonJS to build your game once, then export it for both Android and iOS in one go. The workflow is simple: 1. Build your game with CocoonJS. 2. Publish the build as an APK file to the web server of your choice (You can use Amazon S3 or Google Cloud Storage). 3. Use the build APK file as a starting point to create a version that can be exported for Android and iOS (using CocoonJS). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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