In order to promote its own App Store, Apple is known for discouraging web apps. Even though PWAs (Progressive Web Application) are gaining popularity among developers, it is difficult to deliver a high quality PWA for Apple devices due to OS level restrictions. At WWDC last week, Apple has announced that it won’t support several Web APIs that enables developers to build powerful web apps. For example, Apple won’t allow web apps to use Bluetooth, NFC and proximity sensor.
Apple has announced that the following Web APIs will not be supported by Safari.
- Web Bluetooth – Allows websites to connect to nearby Bluetooth LE devices.
- Web MIDI API – Allows websites to enumerate, manipulate and access MIDI devices.
- Magnetometer API – Allows websites to access data about the local magnetic field around a user, as detected by the device’s primary magnetometer sensor.
- Web NFC API – Allows webs