When I first accessed my Discourse site on my Android browser (chromium) it prompted me to download an “App”. One of our user’s is asking me how to find it after it was downloaded, but I can’t for the life of me find any documentation on this. Can somebody remind me the following? How do you tri…

[image] Aaron McKeon: How do you trigger the browser to download the app? In the browser menu, there is an option to do so. [Screenshot_20241027_114447_Firefox]

What You’re mentioning is a PWA. It is mostly a browser shortcut with extra features. See: [image] Discourse now works as a PWA in iOS megaphoneAnnouncements It’s been a long time coming, but finally Discourse can be used as a pwa in iOS devices. This is now…

Excellent! I knew it was something simple but couldn’t remember. Thanks for the refresher.

Android Browser "App"

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itsbhanusharma (Bhanu Sharma) October 27, 2024, 10:42am 2

What You’re mentioning is a PWA. It is mostly a browser shortcut with extra features.

See:

Topic		Replies	Views
Where can i download the android app for discourse? Support	6	1994	September 27, 2021
Questions about Android/iOS apps Feature pwa	7	1085	April 5, 2021
Install App Prompt Support	5	144	June 22, 2026
Making it easier to install Discourse as a PWA Feature	41	4243	August 13, 2022
Discourse offering to "install app" on Chrome Support	1	1229	August 8, 2019

Android Browser "App"

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