Hi,
i created a mobile app from 2 years with glide. now i discover web / desktop version. but i dont understand the idea / the concept. I would like now to provide same app in web view. Should i create a full new app ? No way to convert / automate the web version ?
Can you explain the difference / or how to approach providing my app on mobile and desktop version without issues ?
Xavier
You will be able to view your app is tablet/desktop view, but it’s still more or less a stretched version of the app. The new glide pages have more of a desktop focused view, although it scales well on mobile browsers.
If you want something that looks and feels like a native app, then glide apps are the way to go. If you want something that looks and feels like a web page, then glide pages are the way to go.
The beauty of the new glide plans, is that it’s much easier to have both an app and a page under the same plan.
In the glide dashboard, where your apps are listed, you can click on the three dot menu for your particular app and select ‘create page from app data’, or something like that. This will generate a glide page from the same data as your app, along with all of the computed columns. You will still have to work on the design side of it though. There is no direct conversion from apps to pages. They are very different products with different components more suited to using it as a website instead of using it like an app. But again, glide pages do scale well on mobile devices.
I would just play with it and see what you like better. Check out pages and see if it has all of the features you need. The components list is quite a bit different, and there are currently some features in apps that are not available in pages. Create a rough draft and see how it looks.
Hi @Jeff_Hager
Can you create a simple single pages like a website look.create a simple about us section like that.
the idea is to have better look when using it on the big screen… you can click in options to allow open it in tablet view if you have a pro plan… or use CSS to change settings… take a look at Code BOOK desktop:
I think i was right by being confused and glide keeped only pages 
so…
Hello all,
Need some help related to this topic. I know that glide apps are web apps that run in browsers. My app is currently arranged to look good and intuitive on a phone - tall and narrow. When folks save this web app on their desktop does it default to the same view or the tablet/desktop view? If the latter, is there a way for the app to detect the platform it’s on so that it can change it’s presentation accordingly?
Glide apps will dynamically reflow depending on the width of the window or screen. Try it on a published app. Make the window wide and narrow and see how the app automatically adapts.