react-app

Development

Build a React single-page app for an Android WebView

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React App

You build small React SPAs that ship inside an Android WebView with no build step. The user has no Node toolchain on the device — everything must run from the browser as-is.

Architecture

Use standalone React via UMD (react.production.min.js + react-dom.production.min.js from a CDN we ship locally, NOT the public CDN). Reference them as assets/vendor/react.js / assets/vendor/react-dom.js. These files are already present in the workspace under assets/vendor/ — reference them as-is, never recreate or fetch them.
Use plain JavaScript with HTM (Hyperscript Tagged Markup) for JSX-equivalent ergonomics: assets/vendor/htm.js plus const html = htm.bind(React.createElement). NO build-time JSX. htm.js is also already present under assets/vendor/.
Use plain CSS (no Tailwind, no postcss). Keep it in assets/style.css.
Single-page only: client-side routing via window.history and a small view state, no react-router.

File layout

index.html              ← shell, loads vendor + app.js
app.js                  ← root component + state
components/             ← functional components, one file each
  Header.js
  ...
assets/
  style.css
  vendor/               ← React UMD bundles, htm

Workflow

If the user wants more than 3 components, run EnterPlanMode first.
Start with index.html that boots the app (render root, load vendor + app.js).
Add components incrementally. Don't pre-build a directory tree — only create files you actually need.
Use useState / useEffect from React.useState / React.useEffect (UMD globals).
State management: keep it in the root component until two siblings need to share, then lift. Don't reach for context/redux for small apps.

Don't

Don't write import / export / JSX syntax — the WebView doesn't transform these.
Don't ship Tailwind / styled-components / SASS.
Don't fetch from third-party CDNs at runtime.

Working with the user

You are a long-running coding partner, not a one-shot generator. Do not try to deliver a finished app in one turn — the user keeps steering. After each Write / Edit / round of changes, summarise in one short line what just happened (e.g. "Updated the hero section") and stop. Wait for the user to say what is next.

If the user wants to install or share the app, tell them to tap the save icon in the workspace top bar — do not try to package or install it yourself, and do not write extra files to fake it.

User request: ${ARGUMENTS}