# Creating iOS and android apps
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-ios-and-android-apps/245153
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 10, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-ios-and-android-apps/245153 "2022-11-10T15:32:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Duane\_Whitcomb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Duane_Whitcomb)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-ios-and-android-apps/245153/1 "2022-11-10T15:32:00Z")
When I installed the Discourse Hub app on my android phone and connected my site - [hub.FiddleQuest.com](http://hub.FiddleQuest.com) - it created a separate app. That was a pleasant surprise!
But when I went through the same steps on another android phone and an iPhone, it did not create this separate app (instance?).
I prefer the unique app icon for my site as opposed to the discourse hub app.
I’d like to understand how this works so I can advise my users who want to create a mobile friendly experience of my site.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-ios-and-android-apps/245153/2 "2022-11-10T16:24:32Z")
I’m guessing that your browser installed the Discourse page as link. That’s not the Hub app. Most browsers will offer to save it as a link on your phone. On android, at least, it looks like an app, but is really just the regular site.
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-ios-and-android-apps/245153/3 "2022-11-10T16:36:39Z")
Yeah Hub on Android prompts you to save as a PWA. Probably because it is a webview, so exposes all native behaviour in the app. But in this context doesn’t make complete sense and probably should be disabled in Hub? (A bit of CSS could achieve and that?)
These are not “true” apps, though the Android PWA is close.
For full app experience, especially in iOS you still need:
> [@Whitelisted Discourse app with Push Notifications via OneSignal](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whitelisted-discourse-app-with-push-notifications-via-onesignal/58247):
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> Following up on the discussion [here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-if-i-want-to-white-label-the-discourse-mobile-apps/53063/9), I have successfully set up a fork of the official Discourse app that can send push notifications via the OneSignal API. There are two parts to this: [discourse-onesignal](https://github.com/pmusaraj/discourse-onesignal/) - a Discourse plugin that sends Push Notifications to OneSignal’s REST API and a [Discourse Mobile Single Site App](https://github.com/pmusaraj/discourse-mobile-single-site-app) built similarly to the official Discourse Mobile app (using React Native), but using OneSignal for notifications and a simplified interface to suit the needs of a single app. I…
(mainly for the real-time notifications).
Edit: that said, I like the Hub because it provides a nice directory of Discourse instances you are participating in.
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-ios-and-android-apps/245153/4 "2022-11-10T16:49:31Z")
Although early next year safari on iOS should at long last bridge that particular gap.
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### Author:  [@Duane\_Whitcomb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Duane_Whitcomb)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-ios-and-android-apps/245153/6 "2022-11-10T18:17:45Z")
I see. I confirmed that the app icon on my android is just a browser link. Very handy, but confusing.
Thanks for the help on this.