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by j1elo 18 days ago
As not a web dev, out of curiosity: What would be the drawback or problem with showing a header or pop-up on mobile browsers, offering to install them as (web)app? Then using the PWA functionality of the browser to do it.

I'm not a heavy user of those but the result of PWAs has always been an icon that's handled by the OS like if it was any other native app, and when opened it just behaves like the web browser in kiosk mode just for that website.
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Nursie 18 days ago
> What would be the drawback or problem with showing a header or pop-up on mobile browsers, offering to install them as (web)app?

In this world, every single site now pops up asking to be installed. No thanks.

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wlesieutre 18 days ago
Would be great, but at least on iOS the only way to add a PWA to your home screen is via the share menu. Apple would need to support that header pop-up to install the PWA and they won’t unless someone makes them.
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