I've just built a Windy plugin (offshore sailing race tracker — course selection, waypoints, boat positions/traces) and tested it thoroughly on mobile web. It works, but the experience is noticeably rougher than on desktop, for two separate reasons:

1. Native app support

Our actual users are sailing race followers who overwhelmingly use the native app, not the mobile browser. Not being able to offer the plugin there is a real adoption barrier. I understand the security rationale for keeping the native apps closed to arbitrary third-party code — but would it be possible to consider a middle ground, e.g. allowing reviewed/approved public plugins (the ones that already go through your gallery review process) to run inside the native app, even if URL-loaded "untrusted" plugins stay web-only?

2. Panel gesture on mobileUI: fullscreen

The plugin panel currently only supports a vertical drag (top ↔ closed), with no intermediate "peek" state — a partial swipe-down closes the plugin entirely instead of just collapsing it. I've seen this reported by others too (e.g. topic 33992).

Suggestion: what about supporting a lateral (horizontal) drag as an alternative interaction mode for the panel, alongside the current vertical one? A side-drawer-style panel would let users peek at the map without the same accidental-close risk that comes with the vertical gesture, and would give plugin authors (and Windy's own UI) a clearer, more deliberate open/close gesture on mobile.

Happy to share more details about our use case if useful.

I've just built a Windy plugin (offshore sailing race tracker — course selection, waypoints, boat positions/traces) and tested it thoroughly on mobile web. It works, but the experience is noticeably rougher than on desktop, for two separate reasons:

1. Native app support

Our actual users are sailing race followers who overwhelmingly use the native app, not the mobile browser. Not being able to offer the plugin there is a real adoption barrier. I understand the security rationale for keeping the native apps closed to arbitrary third-party code — but would it be possible to consider a middle ground, e.g. allowing reviewed/approved public plugins (the ones that already go through your gallery review process) to run inside the native app, even if URL-loaded "untrusted" plugins stay web-only?

2. Panel gesture on mobileUI: fullscreen

The plugin panel currently only supports a vertical drag (top ↔ closed), with no intermediate "peek" state — a partial swipe-down closes the plugin entirely instead of just collapsing it. I've seen this reported by others too (e.g. topic 33992).

Suggestion: what about supporting a lateral (horizontal) drag as an alternative interaction mode for the panel, alongside the current vertical one? A side-drawer-style panel would let users peek at the map without the same accidental-close risk that comes with the vertical gesture, and would give plugin authors (and Windy's own UI) a clearer, more deliberate open/close gesture on mobile.

Happy to share more details about our use case if useful.

My windy map is displayed in my html container but the timeline and the windy logos are not displayed or at least I only see them when zooming or moving the map, as if the map was above the timeline and the logos.
Have you encountered this problem?

Thanks