Native and hybrid apps
Testimonials Inside a Mobile App Webview
A native screen draws its own views and cannot run an HTML embed. A WebView can: it loads a web page inside your app, so a page you host with the StoryProof div and script can appear as one screen of the app. Whether that is the right home, or whether a link out to your Wall of Love serves better, depends on how your app is built and who sees the screen.
- Pick webview, browser link or typed quotes
- Settings that keep a webview from going blank
- Where links from the screen should open
The problem, solved
Putting web proof inside a native app
Our app screens are native, not HTML
An embed made of a div and a script has nowhere to go on a screen built from native views.
With StoryProof: Host a small web page with the StoryProof embed on your own site and load that page in a WebView on the screen where proof belongs.
The webview loads but stays empty
Android’s documentation says JavaScript is disabled in a WebView by default, and the app also needs the INTERNET permission to fetch anything.
With StoryProof: The widget is drawn by the embed.js script, so enable JavaScript for that one WebView and confirm the permission. The hosted page needs nothing else from the app.
Links in the view trap people inside
If the app overrides link handling so every tap loads inside the WebView, a reader who opens a full page has no address bar or obvious way back.
With StoryProof: Keep pages on your own host inside the view and send other links to the browser. For the full set of testimonials, link out to your Wall of Love, a hosted page with its own address.
We cannot ship a release for every quote
App store review cycles make quotes baked into the binary slow to change.
With StoryProof: The proof page lives on your website, so changing which approved testimonials its widget shows is done in StoryProof and on that page, without a new app build.
Our users could give proof themselves
The people looking at this screen are often happy users, which makes it a place to ask as well as to show.
With StoryProof: Add a button that opens your StoryProof collection link in the browser, where users record a video, leave an audio note or write a review with nothing to install.
Flip the switch to see how StoryProof handles each one.
Placement planner
Where should testimonials appear in your app?
Answer five questions about your app. The planner suggests one route and shows the runner up.
Your answers are scored in your browser. Nothing is stored or sent.
WebView settings that matter for a proof page
Android names below come from Android’s WebView guide. Check the equivalent settings in your iOS or cross platform web view.
In StoryProof
Build the webview route
Step 1 of 4
Make a lean proof page
Publish a page on your own domain with the StoryProof div and script, no site navigation, and spacing that suits a phone screen.
Step 2 of 4
Load it in the WebView
Point the WebView at that HTTPS address and enable JavaScript for this view only. Confirm the app declares internet access.
Step 3 of 4
Decide where links go
If the app sets its own link handling, allow your proof page’s host inside the view and hand every other address to the browser.
Step 4 of 4
Choose the testimonials for this screen
Use a widget just for the app screen so you can pick approved testimonials that speak to the decision it supports.
Before you start
Before you commit
What this does not cover, and what to check on your side. Better to know now than after launch.
- 01
No native SDK
StoryProof does not offer an iOS or Android SDK. The webview route works because the embed is ordinary HTML and a script.
- 02
Android settings only were read
The defaults above come from Android’s WebView guide as read on 2026-11-14. iOS and cross platform web views have their own settings to check.
- 03
Connection needed
The widget page loads from the web. Offline screens need typed text instead.
- 04
Store review is your call
App store rules on what a screen may show are not covered here. Read your store’s guidelines for paywall and upgrade screens.
- 05
Badge and widget count
An extra widget for the app counts toward your workspace allowance, and lower plans show a small StoryProof badge.
FAQ
Questions people ask
Short answers to what usually comes up next.
Can I paste the embed code straight into my React Native or Swift code?
No. Native code does not interpret HTML. Put the embed in a web page and load that page in a web view component.
Why is the webview blank when the same page works in Chrome?
The usual cause on Android is that JavaScript is off for that WebView, which is the default. The widget is drawn by a script, so nothing appears until it is enabled.
Should testimonials open inside the app or in the browser?
A short, focused proof page can live inside the app. Browsing a whole collection is better in the browser, where people expect navigation controls.
Does this work for a progressive web app?
A progressive web app is already a web page, so the embed goes straight into it like any site. The WebView questions here apply to native shells.
Still have a question? Ask the StoryProof team or book a demo.
Bring customer voices onto your app screens
Collect and approve in StoryProof, then load one lean proof page wherever the app needs it.