I know that users can manually “add to homescreen” from mobile browser.
Just curious if that prompt I saw a year ago is still a feature. Can it be enabled/disabled or reset?
The discussion revolves around the prompt to download a mobile app on iPhone. haydenjames recalls seeing the prompt in the past and wonders if it’s still available or can be enabled/disabled. Aaron_Walsh points to a theme component that can add an “add to homescreen” popup on iOS devices.
jordan-vidrine clarifies that this functionality never existed in core for iPhone and created a theme component to address this. Stephen agrees, stating that iOS PWA has been neglected due to lack of notifications, but the theme component was developed after Apple implemented the feature.
nathank inquires about the possibility of merging the Android and iOS PWA install banners into a single core component, as it seems like a vital feature that should be included in the core.
I know that users can manually “add to homescreen” from mobile browser.
Just curious if that prompt I saw a year ago is still a feature. Can it be enabled/disabled or reset?
Hi @haydenjames
This function is still available here in Customization > Theme component
Thanks. So it was removed or never exisited in self hosted default discourse?
I’m just trying to understand if there a settings change I can perform to make sure the prompt is seen like it used to. Or if it was removed or changed?
Hi @haydenjames
I would leave that answer to the team.
I’ve only come across this Customization > Theme component not so long ago myself to advise this will work for your needs
as I use this haven’t got an ISO myself to understand why it needs to be separate to android.
It “needs to be seperate to Andoid”? I never heard of that either.
To my knowledge there was never this functionality for the iPhone. This is why I recently created the theme component.
I’m not aware of any previous functionality in core which was removed.
The iOS PWA has always been a bit of a neglected child due to the lack of notifications. The theme component linked above was developed in response to Apple finally implementing the feature.
Where are things at with moving it to core? It certainly seems like a vital part of the machinery, and would be brilliant to have it as a core feature.