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app wrapper

app wrapper noun: an application for mobile devices made wholly from an existing website or platform, with few or no changes made to the original version.

Noun

app wrapper (plural app wrappers)

  1. An application for mobile devices made wholly from an existing website or platform, with few or no changes made to the original version.
    • Some features like encryption, VPN configuration, authentication features, and copy/paste control are hard-coded directly into the app wrapper when an app is deployed.2014, Jack Madden, “Why you need to know about vendors like Apperian, even if you’re not building custom mobile apps yet”, in Brian Madden
    • The Reddit app will look familiar to anyone that has been asked to try out the mobile website, but it does feel like a native app, rather than a simple app wrapper.2016, Tom Dawson, “At Long Last, Reddit’s Official App Hits Android”, in Android Headlines

Forms of app wrapper

pluralapp wrappers

Questions about app wrapper

What does app wrapper mean?
App wrapper means an application for mobile devices made wholly from an existing website or platform, with few or no changes made to the original version.
What part of speech is app wrapper?
App wrapper is a noun.
What is the plural of app wrapper?
The plural of app wrapper is app wrappers.

Words near app wrapper in the dictionary

  1. app
  2. app slave
  3. app slaves
  4. app store
  5. app stores
  6. app wrapper
  7. app wrappers
  8. app.
  9. Appaduraian
  10. appair
  11. appaired

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