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Progressive Web Appss and In App purchases/billing


Good day, I wanted to know how possible it is to have in app purchases/billing in a PWA app? if so can I get a reference to how to implement it?

Thanks in advance. Godfrey


Solution

  • In short answer, yes.

    It is completely possible make purchases available in Progressive Web Apps (PWA) because of the Payment Request API or if you are looking for a service, you could implement PayPal or something similar.

    I don't understand how you couldn't figure this out on your own. It seems like you do not understand PWAs very well. A PWA is "a web app that uses modern web capabilities to deliver an app-like experience to users" so basically there's no reason why any feature that is not available on the web could not be available on a PWA.

    You always have the capability make your web app a PWA but it is impossible to make your PWA a web app because it already would be.

    Read More about PWAs at https://ionicframework.com/docs/intro/what-are-progressive-web-apps