Capacitor server URL

Capacitor
1

There is url option in capacitor config that allows to load external content into webview. Why it’s not supposed to be used in production? :thinking:

 /**
     * Load an external URL in the Web View.
     *
     * This is intended for use with live-reload servers.
     *
     * **This is not intended for use in production.**
     *
     * @since 1.0.0
     */
    url?: string;
2

I guess it’s more a recommendation than a restriction!!

Your App will work fine when using it on production, but you’ll need to keep a Webserver running for it, of course.

But I believe the biggest concern here (and probably the reason of this production warning) is the Stores Review Approval (Apple and Google).
Their guidelines are usually updated, but usually have a topic requiring code content to run directly on the App, instead consuming from external source.
Your whole App will be a big “iframe” content, always depending on external server which may cause problems to performance, getting denied to be published.

Check this discussion on the Github: Who is using server.url in production? · ionic-team/capacitor · Discussion #4080 · GitHub

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