Written from building the thing: how to make a website into an app from a URL, an HTML file or a ZIP, which Android rules bite, what the free APK creator includes, and how to get a website app onto Google Play.
How to make a website into an app — from a live URL, an HTML file or a ZIP — and what the free APK creator gives you.
The full path from a website to an installed Android app, in the order you will actually hit it.
9 min readThe URL route in depth: logins, links, offline behaviour and the settings that make it feel native.
8 min readWhat the ZIP must contain and the three rules that decide whether a bundled app renders at all.
8 min readPlatform sites go the URL route. What to check on each, and how to pass Play review with one.
7 min readSigned, no watermark, no expiry — and the honest list of limits and Pro-only features.
6 min readThe icon, identifiers and version numbers Android insists on before it will install your app.
Sizes, the adaptive safe zone, the Play Store version, and why a website logo needs reworking.
7 min readPermanent, reverse-domain, lowercase — the rules, the mistakes, and what breaks when it is wrong.
6 min readOne is a label, the other is the law — how updates are decided and the scheme to adopt on day one.
6 min readKeys, bundles and the Play Console — turning a working website app into a published one.
The decisions worth understanding before you build, and the fixes for when the app misbehaves.
One installs, one publishes — and the signing change that comes with the bundle.
6 min readWhat a website app can and cannot do next to a native one, and a clear rule for choosing.
7 min readThe eight problems behind nearly every 'it doesn't work' report, each with its cause and fix.
7 min readPaste a URL, or upload an HTML file or a ZIP, set your icon and name, and download a signed Android app from the free APK creator. No Android Studio, no command line.
Make my app — free