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There's no trick around 4.2, and arguing in Resolution Center won't work. The reviewer's question is: "what does this do that Safari doesn't?" A WebView with nothing else answers "nothing".
You don't need to rebuild everything, but you need some genuinely native value. Things that usually get a hybrid app through:
- Native navigation: a real tab bar (Expo Router tabs) with 3–4 sections, where some tabs are native screens and some can still be WebViews.
- Push notifications that do something useful ("your meal plan for tomorrow is ready").
- Something device-specific: camera to scan a recipe, offline access to saved recipes, a share extension, a home screen widget.
- No browser tells: no pull-to-refresh bounce showing a white page, no web login form that opens Safari, no cookie banners.
A realistic path for a recipe planner: native "Today" and "Shopping list" screens that read from your existing backend (Lovable uses Supabase, so @supabase/supabase-js works in Expo directly), plus push, plus the rest in a WebView. That's a few weekends with Claude Code or Cursor, not a rewrite.
Also: when you resubmit, write in the review notes what the native features are and how to find them. Reviewers spend minutes on your app.
Thank you, this is the first explanation that doesn't just say 'make it more native'. The shopping list offline is actually something people asked for. renata_builds · edited
The review notes part is underrated. Tell them exactly where to tap. kofi_mensah · edited
Update for anyone finding this: native Today + Shopping list tabs, push for the weekly plan, rest is WebView. Approved on the second try. Took me 3 weekends. renata_builds · edited