Ahh since this is configurable on chrome, I dont think we should force standalone mode just to have the app in its individual tab in the app switcher?
Hmmm, do you know if we get splash screen on browser mode?
Um, @tgxworld @falco, not to go crazy on this, but what if this were just a configurable setting by the community admin on whether they want to display the URL bar or not for their community when site added to home screen. In the end, the setting resides in html, no?
That would be the last resort.
The ideal would be user defined but it makes sense to prompt on installation, and we canât intercept on that moment.
FWIW I find the âsplash screenâ confusing - it just sits there and you have to know to tap it with your finger to open the discourse site. Iâd rather just go straight to the site. Perhaps other users will have the same confused experience.
You donât have to tap.
Discourse opens after the splash screen when the assets are loaded automatically.
whoa - youâre right! 
didnât notice that. is that why there is a splash screen?
what if it takes long to load - should there be a progress indicator? I just tried with my site and it took a good 10-15 seconds to load discussions.
Yeah a progress bar would be nice, but the page is created by chrome, the application has no control over it, other than icon, name, background color and top bar color.
However, since the header rewrite its way faster. And the fact that it keeps the app on memory for much more (maybe placebo, gotta confirm) makes a full load very rare.
Perhaps another idea would be to display a message there while the user waits, which would be admin-settable. Or we could display a fortune cookie! Plugin territory⌠
Like I said
I strongly recommend people take a look at a few other non-Discourse sites using this âadd to homescreenâ feature to compare how they work.
As in⌠whatâs your point? Can you just elaborate rather than giving us arbitrary work to do? Thanks.
Just adding a feature point:
After switching my Moto X 2014 to a Nexus 6p, the Discourse Meta home screen shortcut was automatically migrated!
Even using different launchers, Nova to Google, made no difference, the shortcut survives. 
You can easily add a launcher banner even if your site is HTTP on Chrome (same steps on post #13), but you can use others browser too.
With Opera -latest version*- (not tested on Opera-Mini):
- go to the site you want to add to your homescreen
- click on
near the address bar and choose âAdd to Homescreenâ
Itâs a bit more complicated with Firefox -latest version*- :
- go to the site you want to add
- open the context menu and click
to add your site to Bookmarks - click on Bookmarks
- long press on your site and click âAdd to Homescreenâ
The same steps if you use Dolphin Browser (but the icon added is a Dolphin standard icon).
(pretty sure there is a simple way to do that without using Bookmarks)
EDIT: on Firefox, a long click on address bar and you can choose âadd to homescreenâ
*both installed today, so I havenât tested old versions
the banner isnât shown itself for our forum, though it has the https condition.
is there a way to check what the problem is? or is there any condition for the browser-version?
Can you share a link? Iâll debug it for you.
Ok, that some heavy customization. You really need to tone it down. You have two body tags, and the first one is inside the head.
Many thanks Rafael, Iâve tried to make it lighter, also remove that body tag inside the header. and it worked 