That’s very interesting. Thanks, @007, I’ll consider it seriously. I think the drawback will continue to be, though, that I hope to build a forum that users view as it’s own app. So I hadn’t really planned to link it to Discourse in the user’s minds. (No offense to Discourse–which is an outstanding product in general–I just think there’s an advantage to have users think of the site as it’s own product.)
Telling users to get the “native mobile experience” by adding this forum to a discourse forum app diminishes this. That’s not terrible, but makes me less inclined to see the mobile app as a meaningful benefit.