Angular 2 app to Ionic with minimal changes

Ionic Framework ionic-v3
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Hello,

I am evaluating Phonegap, Cordova and Ionic and would like to know if we can just start off using our app as a webapp inside ionic. This would be similar to what phonegap and cordova does.

I guess this would be a progressive webapp.
I am asking this because the documentation is unclear.

Thanks for the help in advance

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You probably could, but to me I’m not sure what the benefit would be. I’d probably just go with straight Cordova, as you won’t be using any of Ionic’s stuff.

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ok thanks. I was hoping to using ionic api in the future, but wanted a quick way to wrap our app.
We will not use a lot of native plugins or ui components so maybe cordova / phonegap would be best.

Thank you for your reply. Very helpful

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I think if you’re wrapping an existing webapp you’d wind up fighting Ionic more than anything, as Ionic is designed for more native-esque apps.

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