Thread:Talk:Mobile support in MediaWiki core/Here's what Google Webmaster Tools has to say/reply (9)

So you're talking about the Wikipedia/etc... apps, not MobileFrontend or any part of core.

That doesn't sound like a good idea. Pointing the Wikipedia app to a wiki other than Wikipedia doesn't sound like a good idea.

And making a generic "MediaWiki" app to point to any wiki is also a bad idea. It'll essentially become a glorified web browser that can't even browse the web and is too confusing for most users to use.
 * Configuring it to point to various wiki to view will be too advanced a task for most users.
 * It won't fit in well with the app oriented setup of current mobile operating systems. Searching for a "MediaWiki" app or accessing multiple wikis from one app will not make sense to the average user.

If you want an app for your wiki you're just going to have to fork the iOS/Android Wikipedia apps, modify them to point to your wiki and use your branding, then publish them to the app networks yourself.

The Android and iOS app ecosystems just aren't going to make it any easier than that. They're not designed for this.