# Building an iOS app that embeds Discourse

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**Created:** [14.Февраль.2019 17:56:07 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/building-an-ios-app-that-embeds-discourse/109170 "2019-02-14T17:56:07Z")\
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I have and use the Discourse mobile app for iOS. Is the app in the github repo here: [DiscourseMobile/ios at main · discourse/DiscourseMobile · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/DiscourseMobile/tree/master/ios) the source code for the publicly available iOS “DiscourseHub” app?

If so, it seems this app is just wrapping a Discourse site within a webview.  
– am I wrong about this?

I would like to develop an iOS app which uses a few service SDKs (unrelated to Discourse) and to embed our Discourse site.

Has anyone successfully used either the Discourse native app code or API to provide a good, native user experience within a standalone iOS app?  
– or is a Safari webkit view the best option? Discourse is excellent on all mobile browsers.

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