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  • How to Get 12 or 20 Google Play Store Testers easily
  • Is Your WebViewGold App Ready for Google Play’s 16 KB Requirement?
  • How to integrate Pushwoosh in WebView-based iOS and Android apps?
  • Fixing “white page” CDN issues in iOS & Android WebViews with a workaround
  • How do I set up RevenueCat for In-App Purchases / In-App Subscriptions in WKWebView (iOS) or WebView (Android)?
  • How does the native footer in iOS WebView looks like?
  • How to use GitHub for smart upgrading of WebViewGold app template?
  • Google Play’s Target API Level Requirement: Android 15 (API level 35)
  • What should we add/modify in our Privacy Policy / Terms & Conditions if we deploy WebView mobile apps?
  • Fix Xcode Images.xcassets: error: Failed to find a suitable device for the type SimDeviceType
  • Fix Apple’s “Action Required: Apple Push Notification Service Server Certificate Update” in WebView and OneSignal Apps
  • How to Fix the Android Studio Error: “The project is using an incompatible version (AGP X.X.X) of the Android Gradle plugin”?
  • Key Metrics to Track in Your iOS & Android Apps and What They Reveal
  • Preparing your iOS (WebView) app for publishing in App Store
  • Troubleshooting Xcode Build Errors for Zip Package: The Simple Fix You Might Be Overlooking
  • Monetizing Your App: Strategies for Generating Revenue
  • Security and Privacy: Protecting Your Users’ Data in Mobile Apps
  • Solving the “Writable dex file is not allowed” Crash in Android Apps
  • Google Play Target API Level 34 Requirement: What Developers Need to Know
  • May 2024: WebViewGold Integrates Pushwoosh for Enhanced Mobile App Notifications – How To Use It?
  • Can You Convert a Website to an App: Unlocking Mobile Potential for Your Business?
  • How to Hide the Android App Links/”Deeplinking Not Configured Correctly” Warnings in Play Store for WebViewGold Users
  • Value of type ‘WKWebView’ has no member ‘isInspectable’
  • How to add Basic Web Authentication Login Support to Android WebView-Based App?
  • “Unable to Install” Xcode error
  • Firebase registration issue / “Invalid google_app_id. Provided id: xxxxxxxxx” error
  • How to prevent Non-HTTPS connections in WebViewGold for iOS? | Removing NSAllowsArbitraryLoadsInWebContent from Info.plist
  • How to prevent Non-HTTPS connections in WebViewGold for Android? | Switching usesCleartextTraffic from ‘true to ‘false’
  • How to resolve a “SDK Location Not Found” error in Android Studio?
  • How to fix “Run custom shell script ‘[CP] Embed Pods Frameworks’” in Xcode 14.3+?
  • How To Fix OneSignal Push Badge “Increase By” Option Not Working on WebViewGold iOS App Template
  • Fix Error “Could not launch “WebViewGold””/ IDELaunchErrorDomain errors on macOS
  • How to Find and Securely Use Your App Store Connect Shared Secret for In-App Purchases
  • Renewing Your OneSignal Push Certificate: A Step-by-Step Guide
  • Can I test In-App Purchases without an Extended License?
  • Step-by-Step Guide: How to Create a Google Play Store Developer Account For Your Android App Publishing
  • A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating an Apple Developer Account for App Store Publishing & Testing
  • I don’t want to display ads in my app, but WebViewGold has the Advertising ID permission built in. What do I do?
  • Are Data URLs supported in WebViewGold for Android?
  • How exactly can I update / replace my existing, launched app with a WebViewGold-based app?
  • In-App Purchases do not work in my WebViewGold-based app, what should I do?
  • Does WebViewGold support Blob URL/files?
  • How to fix Facebook and/or Google login functionality in WebView (e.g., error 403, in-app browser not coming back, …)?
  • I get a “No such module OneSignal“, “framework not found Pods_WebViewGold“, or another Pods build error in Xcode – what should I do?
  • How to change the color of the white launch screen before the splash screen displays?
  • ‘Abort trap: 6’ error when archiving project
  • Android WebView app technology: What’s behind it?
  • What is an iOS WebView App? A Guide to this Popular Mobile App Technology
  • How to upgrade WebViewGold without having to redo the entire set up process / start from scratch ?
  • How to enable auto-rotate / change app orientation to landscape?
  • Error message showing “Gradle sync failed: Sync failed: reason unknown”
  • Facebook displays “Log in near X from UIWebView on iOS XX (Today at XX:XX AM)” or “Log in near X from WKWebView on iOS XX (Today at XX:XX AM)” in “Review Recent Login” section – how to prevent that?
  • Why does my website behave differently in the WebView app than in the browser?
  • How to add a “pull to refresh” function in my WebView app?
  • Xcode displays: “Pods-WebViewGold-frameworks.sh cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified.”
  • Xcode displays: “Failed to register bundle identifier” / “The app identifier … cannot be registered to your development team because it is not available.” | “No profiles for “…”.OneSignalNotificationServiceExtension were found
  • Xcode shows the “Embedded binary’s bundle identifier is not prefixed” error message
  • Xcode displays this message: “Failed to create provisioning profile”
  • Xcode displays “[…] GoogleUserMessagingPlatform-xcframeworks.sh: Permission denied”
  • Xcode displays Pod error such as “Permission denied” or “Run custom shell script”
  • Does WebViewGold support Arabic, Hebrew, or other right-to-left/RTL languages?
  • How can I prevent the Android device from going to sleep mode while the app is active?
  • How to make the WebView app multi-language / how to receive the iOS/Android user language?
  • How to display something customized content when accessed by the app?
  • How to fix Google Drive error “Access to …….docs.googleusercontent.com was denied. You don’t have authorization to view this page. (HTTP ERROR 403)” on Android?
  • How to add a “swipe back/swipe forward” function in my WebView app?
  • How to handle (external) links in WebViewGold?
  • Apple sends mail containing ITMS-90473: CFBundleVersion Mismatch – The CFBundleVersion value ‘1’ of extension ‘WebViewGold.app/PlugIns/OneSignalNotificationServiceExtension.appex’ does not match the CFBundleVersion value ‘1.0’ of its containing iOS application ‘WebViewGold.app’.
  • Android Studio throws error: “Duplicate resources”
  • Android Studio throws error: error: duplicate class: com.webviewgold.myappname public final class BuildConfig {
  • Android: How can I initiate the deeplinking URL of OneSignal notifications in the system browser instead of going to the app?
  • Why, even when receiving a OneSignal notification, the app does not show / not increase the number of notifications / notification badge / notification count badge / counting badge on the app icon?
  • OneSignal Push Deeplinking does not work – what can I do?
  • Does WebViewGold will support background audio or audio playing on the lock screen? What should I do if it’s not working (iOS + Android)?
  • Xcode displays error “Signing for “OneSignalNotificationServiceExtenson” requires a development team. Select a development team in the project editor (in target OneSignalNotificationServiceExtension)”
  • Xcode displays an error containing “Provisioning profile doesn’t support the push notifications capability” error OR Xcode displays “Provisioning profile doesn’t include the aps-environment entitlement.
  • How can I test the iOS app on a real device (instead of Simulator) without paying for the Apple Developer membership?
  • Android opens links in new window or in tab but this should NOT be the behaviour.
  • Android Studio showing this error: “ic_launcher_foreground not found”
  • Android Error shows an error containing the word !directory.isDirectory()
  • On iOS, my app does not load when entering the URL and running the app. It’s only white screen.
  • (How) Does Push work with bubble.io?
  • How can I include the offline mode for a WordPress site?
  • How to use the fallback mode of WebViewGold? How to display an HTML folder if the user is offline and display a remote URL if the user is online in WebView app?
  • Does Push work with WordPress and WebViewGold?
  • Can I convert my website to macOS desktop app with WebViewGold?
  • Can I convert my website to Android app with WebViewGold?
  • Can I convert my website to iOS app with WebViewGold?
  • Does WebViewGold work with websites/web apps built with HTML 5 Games?
  • Does WebViewGold work with websites/web apps built with Progressive Web Apps (PWA)?
  • Does WebViewGold work with websites/web apps built with WordPress?
  • Does WebViewGold work with websites/web apps built with PHP?
  • Does WebViewGold work with websites/web apps built with HTML?
  • I see that my WebViewGold app doesn’t show AdSense web ads. I want to show my website as it is displayed in web browsers (with all default AdSense ads) instead of native AdMob ads with the iOS/Android AdMob SDK.
  • I have a WordPress website, and I don’t want to show all pages / hide some links in my app built with WebViewGold. Is this possible?
  • How to hide/modify/add specific elements from my site?
  • In WebViewGold, do I have the option to make a grid with several icons that lead to different URLs on the home page? Something like a landing page?
  • Are there back/forward buttons in the WebViewGold app template?
  • My website uses a JS slider (e.g., https://swiperjs.com/), and when the user swipes, some of the text flickers. Is there any way to stop this from happening?
  • I want to change the color of the status bar in iOS.
  • I want to change the color of the status bar, the background color of the splash screen, or the color of the loading sign in Android.
  • I want to hide the status bar / statusbar on Android (instead, I want an full screen / full-screen / fullscreen app).
  • I want to hide the status bar / statusbar on iOS and/or Android (instead, I want an full screen / full-screen / fullscreen app) / want to have a transparent status bar
  • I want to recolor/delete the Progress Bar/Spinning Circle/Loading Sign on Android while loading the site.
  • How does the QR Code Scanner / QR Scanner work?
  • Can I access web data when the app user is online and use these data in my local web assets?
  • How to remove the OneSignal SDK? How to remove Firebase SDK? How to remove Admob SDK?
  • How to disable remote push notifications on iOS?
  • My site is slow, how to improve it?
  • App Store upload asks me whether I use the Ad ID. I do not use AdMob in WebViewGold. What should I tick? Does this app use IDFA?
  • What should I choose in the App Store Connect dialog “Does your app use encryption? Select Yes even if your app only uses the standard encryption within Apple’s operating system”?
  • iOS: How to resize the splash screen? Can I do a full-screen / full screen splash screen / loading screen?
  • Android: How to resize the splash screen? Can I do a full-screen / full screen splash screen / loading screen?
  • How to modify the splash screen? Can I use an animated GIF? Can I still use a static image?
  • How many apps I am allowed to publish with one license?
  • While changing the Android package name, the bundle identifier continues to contain “webviewgold” // How to rename the package name part “webviewgold”, too?
  • How do I shorten / flatten the Android package name?
  • How to disable the Android permission not required?
  • Android giving this error: “No matching client found for package name” What should I do?
  • After renaming the Android package name, the app does not work anymore. What should I do?
  • How do I rename the Android package name?
  • How can I remove the pinch to zoom (zooming) functionality in iOS?
  • How to run JavaScript code from Android Java code?
  • How can I remove the pinch to zoom (zooming) functionality in Android?
  • Is there any way to change the spinning “loading” icon to a different graphic?
  • How can I disable the “Download Image” pop up dialog/pop-up dialog on long click on images, please?
  • My web app/website looks weird after orientation change / switch to horizontal or vertical screen orientation?
  • How to disable the vertical scrollbar or the horizontal scrollbar on iOS?
  • Is this app template whitelabel? Or does the WebViewGold app template contain branding / ads from your company?
  • While using WebViewGold, my website shows a black screen when playing audio // Can I avoid the native fullscreen audio/video player with HTML5 on iOS or Android? // How to achieve in-line video / inline video player?
  • tag for HTML audio works in all browsers, except Safari and/or WebViewGold for iOS.
  • How can I record live audio (microphone access) via HTML5 and WebView? How about WebRTC support?
  • How long does it take from giving you the URL to actual deployment on stores?
  • Are Web Push Notifications and Push Notifications the same? Can I send Web Push notifications / Web Notifications to my WebViewGold app?
  • How can I send individual push notifications for users?
  • How do push notifications work?
  • Xcode displays error: “cannot find type OSHandleNotificationActionBlock in scope”
  • I can not open maps links, tel links, and mail links in my WebViewGold app.
  • Can my In-App Purchase products be imported automatically from WordPress?
  • How to set a successful URL for In-App Purchases? If I use your in-app purchase API, would it be possible to identify the buyer grant full access to web content? If yes, do I need to do it manually or is it an integrated solution?
  • AdMob not showing up in Simulator.
  • AdMob ads run smoothly in the iOS Simulator. But it doesn’t show ads on real devices and when I build. What is the problem? What can I do?
  • AdMob showing this error/warning: “We didn’t find a developer website in your app listing on App Store”
  • Multiple file upload does not work correctly.
  • AJAX Upload field / Drag & drop area / Camera upload / Photo upload does not work (correctly).
  • I noticed today that hyperlinks in my web app that call up other pages aren’t showing a HTTP Referrer in the HTTP header while using the generated Android app.
  • Within my iOS apps, some parts (e.g., images, JavaScript, CSS, slider) of the website are not loaded (correctly).
  • Android Studio generating an error related to :app:processDebugRessources Android ressource linking failed —no-proguard-location-reference’
  • Android Studio generating an error saying “is defined multiple times”
  • Android Studio saying “module ‘app’ plattform ‘android-28’ not found” OR “module ‘app’ plattform ‘android-29’ not found” OR “module ‘app’ plattform ‘android-XX’ not found”
  • Android Studio generating error: “Gradle Daemon…” stuck // When I am importing WebViewGold I see “Starting Gradle Daemon…” message again and again. When my PC RAM gets full it stopes and failed to sync.
  • Android Studio generating an error “Entry name ‘XXXXXXXXX’ collided” (e.g., “Entry name ‘LicenseCheck.app’ collided” or “Entry name WebViewGold.app’ collided”)
  • How to disable AppTrackingTransparency, fill out privacy form, or react to rejection based on AppTrackingTransparency from Apple?
  • Android Studio shows this error: A problem occurred configuring project ‘:app’. > groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: No such property: scope for class: com.android.build.gradle.internal.variant.ApplicationVariantData
  • Android Studio generating an error related to external_file_lib_dex_archives
  • Android Studio showing: “Gradle sync failed: Invalid Gradle JDK configuration found”
  • Apple requires me to add Apple Sign In / Apple Login / Apple Log In / (“Sign in With Apple”) / Login with Apple / Login with Apple to my app. How can I go around this?
  • Apple rejected the iOS app based on In-App Purchase problems with this message: “We discovered one or more bugs in your app. Specifically, we notice an error message upon attempting to make in app purchase. // Please run your app on a device to reproduce the issues, then revise and submit your app for review.” // Screenshot in Resolution Center shows “The purchase identifier was invalid”
  • Apple rejected the metadata / App Store Connect Status: “Metadata rejected” – how to proceed?”
  • Apple rejected my app with this reason: Guideline 4.3 – Design / “We noticed that your app provides the same feature set as other apps submitted to the App Store; it simply varies in content or language, which is considered a form of spam.”
  • Apple sent a mail: “We noticed that your app requests the user’s consent to access their camera but does not clarify the use of the camera in the applicable purpose string. ” /// “Please revise the relevant purpose string in your app’s Info.plist file to specify why the app is requesting access to the user’s camera. You can modify your app’s Info.plist file using the property list editor in Xcode.”
  • Apple sent me an email containing: “Missing Push Notification Entitlement”
  • How to disable 3D touch / force touch / long press?
  • How to use landscape mode in Android?
  • I want to remove the location permission from my Android app (e.g., because of Google saying: “SPLIT_BUNDLE 2: Policy Declaration – Data Safety Section: Location Data Type – Precise Location”)
  • I know that WebViewGold supports access to the camera. Thus I would like to know if I can extend that to implement snap (camera or upload image) and crop.
  • I received a refusal notice from Apple because they asked about the camera / location usage permission. They ask what its use cases are, knowing that I am NOT requiring it for my web application.
  • Apple rejected my iOS App because of “Guideline 5.1.1 – Legal – Privacy – Data Collection and Storage – we noticed that your app requests the user’s consent to access the location but does not clarify the use of the location in the applicable purpose string.”
  • Will cookies work? Will the login of my website/web app still work? What to do if cookies do not work?
  • Can I use Google Analytics in my WebViewGold app?
  • Can I use local web assets (like local HTML, …) in my WebViewGold app that is loading remote assets? Does that work with Progressive Web Apps?
  • I am getting this kind of error in Xcode: “errSecInternalComponent Command CodeSign failed with a nonzero exit code” or “Command /usr/bin/codesign failed with exit code 1”
  • I am getting the “Distill failed for unknown reasons” error in Xcode
  • How to test the Android App Links?
  • How to change the bell icon of push notifications in Android?
  • How to add a customized notification sound in OneSignal / How to add my own sound to push notifications?
  • OneSignal displays an error containing “Others APNs 3000 Error”
  • Xcode Error: “This app could not be installed at this time” (CFBundleIdentifier error)
  • Xcode ERROR ITMS-90685: “CFBundleIdentifier Collision. There is more than one bundle”
  • Xcode Upload Error: “CFBundleIdentifier Collision Error” and/or “Bad bundle identifier”
  • Xcode project does not work on Apple-chip Macs (e.g., “OneSignal(OneSignal-arm64-master.o), building for iOS Simulator, but linking in object file built for iOS”)
  • Xcode displays the error “No such module ‘SwiftQRScanner’”.
  • The language that appears in the App Store is English, and I am publishing it in another country, and that is why I need it to switch the language – how to do that?
  • Xcode showing multiple ‘Multiple commands produce’ errors while building
  • Regarding JavaScript notifications API, what are its advantages and disadvantages compared to remote push?
  • Apple Pay is not working in WebView apps, but it does work in Safari. What can I do?
  • My link is opening in a popup. But it should be opened in a normal window.
  • Do I need a Mac for this? / What should I do if my Xcode is too old?
  • Will Google accept WebView apps generated from WebViewGold?
  • Will Apple accept WebView apps built with WebViewGold?
  • How to get a User Experience Review / UX Review / User Interface Review so I can improve the UX/UI/User Interface?
  • Which payment options are available for buying WebViewGold?
  • I bought the Regular License and I want to upgrade to the Extended License.
  • Do I need a Regular License or Extended License?
  • Can I switch the URL within one license/one project?
  • Can I upgrade to WeSetupYourWebViewApp service / Full Service after I bought WebViewGold?
  • Why does my Android app asks for a storage permission?
  • Can I update my existing app with a WebViewGold app?
  • Do I need coding / development skills?
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