selfish
I can tell you how I did it.
Just follow chapter 2 in that guide (chapter 1 is already included in XenForo) and you have your own iOS wrapper app. Will take you 15 minutes, most. 
http://codewithchris.com/make-an-app-from-website/
Mobile apps using web view wrappers
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I can tell you how I did it.
Just follow chapter 2 in that guide (chapter 1 is already included in XenForo) and you have your own iOS wrapper app. Will take you 15 minutes, most. http://codewithchris.com/make-an-app-from-website/
Dakota Storm
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Dave, do you mind if I decompile this and alter it for my own site? I'm too lazy to do it from scratch.
SneakyDave
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Knock yourself out, or go to http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/ and use these screen shots:
Create an new app with a blank screen, change the screen properties, add an icon of your choosing, and drag a WebViewer to the screen:
Click the WebViewer (I named it WebWrapper), and set some options for it, the most important is the HomeURL, change it to your site.
On the Blocks page, use a control from Screen1 to set some properties of the WebView (your mileage may vary):
That's it, from there, you can click the Build menu to create an .apk file.
Create an new app with a blank screen, change the screen properties, add an icon of your choosing, and drag a WebViewer to the screen:
Click the WebViewer (I named it WebWrapper), and set some options for it, the most important is the HomeURL, change it to your site.
On the Blocks page, use a control from Screen1 to set some properties of the WebView (your mileage may vary):
That's it, from there, you can click the Build menu to create an .apk file.
Dakota Storm
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That actually looks fairly easy, thanks Dave 
51463
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I like his add-on a lot.
It is cool because people can download it from the android store.
And what i love the most is the push alerts. It's super helpful.
I am not a fan of the mini browser or web wrapper, whatever it is
I wish he would give us the option of instead of opening it in his own made mini browser, i wish we could open it with our default mobile browser instead.
Without his add-on i can already add an icon straight to the forum. Here's how i did it:
In the chrome settings.
This is how it looks on my homepage.
And this is what happens when i click on it
It takes me straight to the xenforo forum on chrome. It's just a shortcut. Its super helpful and it saves me time. Quick and easy.
The only thing missing is the push alerts. I really with it had push-alerts.
Maybe someone could make an add-on that you can upload to google play, and it downloads the forum icon with support of push alerts to members mobile phones, which then opens in chrome or whatever brower you select and shows push-alerts.
actually i will suggest this to his add-on. maybe he can do it,
It is cool because people can download it from the android store.
And what i love the most is the push alerts. It's super helpful.
I am not a fan of the mini browser or web wrapper, whatever it is
I wish he would give us the option of instead of opening it in his own made mini browser, i wish we could open it with our default mobile browser instead.
Without his add-on i can already add an icon straight to the forum. Here's how i did it:
In the chrome settings.
This is how it looks on my homepage.
And this is what happens when i click on it
It takes me straight to the xenforo forum on chrome. It's just a shortcut. Its super helpful and it saves me time. Quick and easy.
The only thing missing is the push alerts. I really with it had push-alerts.
Maybe someone could make an add-on that you can upload to google play, and it downloads the forum icon with support of push alerts to members mobile phones, which then opens in chrome or whatever brower you select and shows push-alerts.
actually i will suggest this to his add-on. maybe he can do it,
I can tell you how I did it.
http://codewithchris.com/make-an-app-from-website/
The problem is push alerts -- that is what really separates a 'dedicated' app from a web wrapper, in the eyes of users.
Because with enough effort, you can make a nice HTML5 skin for mobile that I think would work as well as a native app. But without push alerts, it remains a non-starter as a standalone app.
Can you build out push alerts in iOS and Android in 15 minutes with this framework?
Digital Doctor
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People have wanted this for 5 years .... and when someone does it .... people whine.
If it was easy ... someone should have been doing it for 5 years.
If it was easy ... someone should have been doing it for 5 years.
Would take about 2 hours:
http://www.raywenderlich.com/32960/apple-push-notification-services-in-ios-6-tutorial-part-1
51463
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Since today Facebook has started sending me notifications,
I don't even have the facebook app, it sends them because i'm using chrome mobile browser
this is way better than that dudes 195$ add-on, which still doesn't send notifications to my phone and ive even tried a 2 phones,
hopefully someone makes a chrome notifications add-on
this is way better than pushover as well, i think
i dont really need an app,
notifications which when clicked goes to the mobile brower is good enough for me.
and it will be excellent for traffic,
and now chrome is able to do this, so the future looks good.
I don't even have the facebook app, it sends them because i'm using chrome mobile browser
this is way better than that dudes 195$ add-on, which still doesn't send notifications to my phone and ive even tried a 2 phones,
hopefully someone makes a chrome notifications add-on
this is way better than pushover as well, i think
i dont really need an app,
notifications which when clicked goes to the mobile brower is good enough for me.
and it will be excellent for traffic,
and now chrome is able to do this, so the future looks good.
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Dakota Storm
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It only works on specific sites
Already there, but not cheap. Look at DigitalPoints resources.
Will be updated for Chrome. Should be out soon...
Jake B.
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That'll only work on Chrome for desktop, the push notifications for chrome on mobile are only enabled for specific domains (Currently Facebook, eBay, and a few others). Chrome for desktop has had support for push notifications for a while, still not much for mobile without an app yet though