Defold game as a part of a bigger native mobile project

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Hi!

I am thinking about trying Defold, because it seems very nice, but before I start I have a question. I have a bigger project on iOS and Android platform and as a part of the project I need to implement a relatively small game that I want to create using Defold. Is it possible somehow to create some kind of a game bundle from the Defold code and include it into a native mobile project? And start the game from the apps as a new view (ViewController or Activity) from a native button?

Thank you!

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There is no such functionality yet. But there are options. First, you can build an HTML5 version of a game and show it inside a webview. Second, you might be able to convert your project into a native extension for Defold. There is also CoronaCards, which acts more like you need, but it’s a different engine.
I’d recommend trying HTML5 way first.

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Thanks for your response! I will consider this HTML5 + webview combo. Apple does not really like webviews in the apps, but I think there will be no problem for them with this approach. Do you know something about the performance compared to the native version?
Are you planning to add this functionality later? I think that would be awesome!