How the Ionic community is responding to the COVID-19 crisis
Tags: coronavirus, covid19, webdev, pwa
Published: 2020-03-27 14:14:11

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title: How the Ionic community is responding to the COVID-19 crisis
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date: 2020-03-26 16:48:54 UTC
tags: coronavirus, covid19, webdev,PWA
canonical_url: https://ionicframework.com/blog/how-the-ionic-community-is-responding-to-the-covid-19-crisis/
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As the world tries to make sense of the rapidly evolving COVID-19 outbreak and ensuing social and economic crisis, developers in the Ionic community are leading the charge to inform and help the public.

In the last few weeks, we've been made aware of many efforts across the world by Ionic developers to build useful apps for mobile and web, and we want to take a second to share those.

* <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/natural-cycles-birth-control/id765535549" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Natural Cycles</a>, the #1 Birth Control App in the US &amp; UK (and built with Ionic) is <a href="https://twitter.com/kirillgroshkov/status/1242140976199720966" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">adding Coronavirus features this week</a>
* An <a href="https://twitter.com/mlabieniec/status/1241427252035883008">engineering manager at AWS</a> on the Amplify team built a <a href="https://live-site.d1xssd87pvtbqn.amplifyapp.com/folder/Dashboard" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">COVID-19 Tracker</a> PWA
* USTGlobal Spain built an internal PWA to <a href="https://twitter.com/alberticomf/status/1242934237059256323" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">help their team stay on top of the outbreak</a>
* <a href="https://www.sanvello.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sanvello</a> (formerly Pacifica) is making their stress and anxiety app free and will be adding Coronavirus-related features soon
* A developer in Ghana is building and demoing <a href="https://twitter.com/codemickey78/status/1241789115546374146">a public Coronavirus app</a>
* An Indian developer built a <a href="https://covia.robomx.tech/tabs/home" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Coronavirus Alert App</a>
* A team of developers in Italy are building an <a href="https://github.com/okja-team/okja" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">open source app</a> and looking for volunteers
* Another developer in Italy is building <a href="https://twitter.com/giacomovenier/status/1239627741768671234" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">this app</a>.
* A Portuguese developer built an Ionic React <a href="https://github.com/lscardinali/CoronaPT" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">open source</a> app to <a href="https://corona-pt.web.app/summary" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">monitor the situation in Portugal</a>
* A South African developer built a <a href="https://covid19sa.web.app/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">PWA to track the outbreak</a> there
* A developer in Slovakia built <a href="https://covid-mate.firebaseapp.com/tabs/stats" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">this PWA</a> to track cases
* On a lighter note, you can play a <a href="https://washyourhandschallenge.com/tabs/tab1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">hand washing game</a> to learn good practices
* Check out this beautiful and practical <a href="https://twitter.com/geckse/status/1242121300417675266" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pantry Storage App</a> in development.
* This <a href="https://my-corona-tracker.firebaseapp.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Corona Tracker PWA</a> runs on Firebase and can be used to track your country
* Here's another <a href="https://github.com/geckse/yet-another-neighborhood-app" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">open source Firebase</a> app built with Ionic 5
* <a href="https://opel.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Opel</a> launched early to help businesses impacted better communicate with their customers
* This <a href="https://covid-colombia.now.sh/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stencil + Ionic PWA</a> is <a href="https://github.com/SergioEric/covid19-colombia-stencilapp" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">open source</a> and targeted at Colombia.
* This <a href="https://covid19.spress.ai/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">PWA</a> has some great graphs
* <a href="https://miitmi.ch/start" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mittmi</a> is a video chat PWA to help folks stay connected
* <a href="https://insteadof.app/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Instead Of</a> is a simple anti-goal tracker to help you focus on new goals while quarantined
* <a href="https://twitter.com/alberticomf/status/1242941847774867456" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">This app</a> is using AR for home activities for children.
* The new <a href="http://www.bailbondsoftwaresolutions.com/TennesseeMonitoringFlyer.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iBond Defendant Edition</a>(pdf) app will have <a href="https://twitter.com/dbdugger/status/1242115539037818882" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Coronavirus features</a> soon
* <a href="http://help-a-neighbour.co.uk">Help A Neighbor</a> is a Stencil app helping people find and connect with those in need


## Parting thoughts

One thing that has become crystal clear in the last few weeks is just how crucial the open web and Progressive Web Apps have been to the developers building coronavirus apps. As Apple and Google notify developers of <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/17/android-app-reviews-may-slow-to-over-a-week-due-to-covid-19-impacts-google-warns-developers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">increased app store review times</a> and seem to be blocking and even suspending most coronavirus apps, developers are turning to the web to share their apps with the largest number of people in the shortest amount of time. I'm glad that Ionic is able to facilitate this <a href="https://ionicframework.com/blog/forget-mobile-first-progressive-web-app-first-is-the-future/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Progressive Web App-first approach</a> and many are taking advantage of it.

If I had to guess, one of the biggest changes that will come from this period in terms of app development will be the establishment and growth of Progressive Web Apps, as they seem to be the only way to get any kind of Coronavirus app to market right now. 

From all of us at Ionic, we're so proud of the time and effort the Ionic community is putting into the response and we promise you we will be standing by to help promote your work. You all make us feel like we're doing something, however small, to get information and help to the world. You are truly what makes this community so special.

*If you're building something that was not mentioned here, please tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/maxlynch">@maxlynch</a> and we will get this updated.*