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Ask HN: How to support both web and native mobile client?
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I am trying to develop a simple web and mobile native app as a learning exercise. To support both web and native mobile app I am thinking of this broad backend architecture: DB <--> common internal api <-----> web request/response handler <---> web client ^ | +--------> REST API <----> native mobile app My questions are: 0. Is this design to support both web clients and native mobile apps okay? Is there a better approach? I am trying to develop simple old-fashioned GET/POST and server-side rendered web app(i.e. not an SPA), but also want to support native mobile app. 1. When the browser sends a request to the backend, or receives a response from the backend, some of the important communication aspects such as TLS, cookie management, form data packing etc is handled by the browser on the client-side. How is this achieved on a native mobile app? Are there native libraries that handle this on behalf of the app? I do not want to use webview to wrap the web client on mobile devices.