Works like a charme

I assume you mean a custom install flow other than the standard one that browsers (except Safari) provide? You can find documentation for that at https://web.dev/customize-install/

Hi @westonruter,

Thank you for your quick reply. I’ll take a look into it.
But on Safari browser, there’s no message that appears automatically. This only thing I could activated on backend was offline caching. Or is there anything else I’m able to activate?

Regards,
Thorsten

Hi,

I checked your link provided above. Unfortunately I’m not a programmer. I thought your PWA plugin is able to manage this for iOS and android devices automatically.

I know how to add a home button manually on devices, but I miss the hint that appears automatically on smartphones when a user visits my homepage, e.g. https://bestekinder.org (best kids in English) for adding my website to home. My website creates the right app icon already, but most users don’t know to add a website on screen, so it looks like an app.

Any ideas?

Unfortunately, Safari does not provide a prompt for the add to homescreen experience. You can see even that Stadia’s documentation shows you have to go through a manual process to add it to the homescreen: https://support.google.com/stadia/answer/10204874?hl=en#gbwa:~:text=Add%20the%20Stadia%20web%20app%20shortcut%20to%20your%20home%20screen

Thank you, but this manual process I already know. That’s what I described on my second message to you. It’s only the hint that should pop up to do this by hand like this screenshot shows

https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/147926098/c83970b000c3626c57d6dff9/Progressive+Web+App+unter+iOS+ablegen2+%281%29.png

Nothing more. Is this so complicated?

Yes, unfortunately Safari has not made it as easy to install a PWA as Chrome and Firefox have done. Instructing users how to do so manually is the only way I’m familiar with. See also https://dockyard.com/blog/2017/09/27/encouraging-pwa-installation-on-ios

• This reply was modified 4 years, 1 month ago by Weston Ruter.

Okay, I thought this is only a kind of banner that appears on top or bottom when a user visits my website with a smartphone. It seems to be more likely Apple wants to sell developer accounts and isn’t interested in an app feeling like PWS could really be.

Thank you for your quick support and suggestions, I’ll go into it.