Hydrogen Web Components are self-contained, configurable widgets that perform all necessary API functions and workflows to power your app. All Hydrogen components for the web are built using Web Component technology. According to webcomponents.org, “Web Components are a set of web platform APIs that allow you to create new custom, reusable, encapsulated HTML tags to use in web pages and web apps. Custom components and widgets build on the Web Component standards, will work across modern browsers, and can be used with any JavaScript library or framework that works with HTML.”
For mobile functionality, Web Components are wrapped as WebViews. This technology allows you to display web content within a native mobile app, using an embedded mobile browser. Hydrogen WebViews are compatible with all major mobile frameworks, including native iOS and Android, React Native, Flutter, Ionic, and Xamarin.
Only use these WebViews if you have an existing mobile application.
For instructions on embedding WebViews please see our API Reference.