# \[PAID\] Make my forum into an app
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-make-my-forum-into-an-app/112392
**Category:** Marketplace
**Created:** [March 23, 2019, 1:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-make-my-forum-into-an-app/112392 "2019-03-23T01:55:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@nexo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nexo)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2019, 1:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-make-my-forum-into-an-app/112392/1 "2019-03-23T01:55:51Z")
**What would you like done?**
I want somebody to make my Discourse forum into an iOS and Android app as demonstrated here: [Whitelisted Discourse app with Push Notifications via OneSignal - #8 by WorldIsMine](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whitelisted-discourse-app-with-push-notifications-via-onesignal/58247/8)
I can’t wrap my head around it, it’s just too advanced for me. I need a trustworthy developer/team to do this for me.
**When do you need it done?**
A week.
What is your budget, in $ USD that you can offer for this task?
**$100.**
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### Author:  [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2019, 5:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-make-my-forum-into-an-app/112392/2 "2019-04-08T05:15:17Z")
Your budget is too low for the amount of work required. If You’re up for negotiations, I am available on [bhanu@orng.co](mailto:bhanu@orng.co)
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### Author:  [@BobbyZopfan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BobbyZopfan)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-make-my-forum-into-an-app/112392/3 "2019-04-09T13:46:27Z")
If you can develop some plugin to do so, the cost can be divided among many users.
One is me.
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### Author:  [@waffleslop](https://meta.discourse.org/u/waffleslop)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-make-my-forum-into-an-app/112392/4 "2019-04-17T02:21:28Z")
I would also like this done. I can provide all necessary credentials but do not have access to a Mac to compile. I’ll pay $200.
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### Author:  [@Jordan\_Lewallen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jordan_Lewallen)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2019, 4:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-make-my-forum-into-an-app/112392/5 "2019-04-17T04:10:11Z")
FYI a native app developer worth his/her salt would charge a couple thousand for an app that isn’t just a webview of the forum!
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### Author:  [@nexo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nexo)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2019, 4:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-make-my-forum-into-an-app/112392/6 "2019-04-17T04:13:33Z")
To clarify, it’s just hiring somebody to do the instructions for you - there is a official topic here on how to make your forum into an app, and not everybody can do it.
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### Author:  [@terraboss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/terraboss)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2019, 8:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-make-my-forum-into-an-app/112392/7 "2019-04-17T08:57:58Z")
For a simple webview, search for PWA.
Otherwise I‘d like to quote [Businessinsider](https://www.businessinsider.de/india-is-10x-cheaper-than-us-for-app-development-2017-1?r=US&IR=T):
> On average, across both iOS and Android, an app that takes eight weeks to develop from beginning to end will cost roughly $48,000 in the US.
It depends on your requirements…
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### Author:  [@Hanzo1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hanzo1)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2019, 10:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-make-my-forum-into-an-app/112392/8 "2019-04-17T10:24:23Z")
There’s no need to do this, as Discourse looks fine on mobile. Recreating the app entirely to provide a native app experience would be reinventing the wheel for the sake of doing so.
I believe @nexo and @waffleslop were inquiring basically about a fullscreen webview.
Note that FULLSCREEN flags aren’t possible with Discourse; it breaks the reply system. I inquired in a separate thread, and was told off, saying my idea was stupid. A week after release, hovering at nearly 50k downloads.
I currently have my forum on an iOS and Android app, and used a Webview and WK WebView in Android/iOS respectively.
iOS is a complete mess to deal with, Android was seamless. Both apps together, took about 30 minutes to convert into WebViews.
I did this to create a premium experience for my users, even if it is just tapping a button and opening what is essentially a browser window without a URL bar, it offers a better experience, which is what I wanted.
If anyone is looking for some help DM me, I’ll let you know how I did it.
The app itself (programming) takes 30 minutes tops, the signing for iOS takes hours. Android takes about 15 minutes from scratch.
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### Author:  [@pacharanero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pacharanero)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-make-my-forum-into-an-app/112392/9 "2019-04-17T14:06:33Z")
> [@Hanzo1](#):
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> If anyone is looking for some help DM me, I’ll let you know how I did it.
Would you by any chance be up for writing this up in Meta? My users would be very much up for a webview app. I take on board the points people make about Discourse being a near-app experience anyway, but you are right that some users just can’t conceive of the idea of an ‘app’ unless they have downloaded it from the app store.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-make-my-forum-into-an-app/112392/10 "2019-05-17T14:19:14Z")
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