Web App Install Banners

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How to provide your own in-app install experience does wix support it?

  • You need to include a web app manifest file in your site with details about your app. *

What are the criteria?
Chrome automatically displays the banner when your app meets the following criteria:

  • Has a web app manifest file with:

  • a short_name (used on the home screen)

  • a name (used in the banner)

  • a 192x192 png icon (the icon declarations must include a mime type of image/png)

  • a start_url that loads

  • Has a service worker registered on your site.

  • Is served over HTTPS (a requirement for using service worker).

  • Meets a site engagement heuristic defined by Chrome (this is regularly being changed).
    Note: Web App Install Banners are an emerging technology. The criteria for displaying app install banners may change in the future. See What, Exactly, Makes Something a Progressive Web App? for a canonical reference (that will be updated over time) on the latest web app install banner criteria.
    Testing the app install banner
    Once you’ve got your web app manifest set up, you’ll want to validate that it’s defined correctly. You’ve got two approaches at your disposal. One is manual, and the other is automated.
    To manually trigger the app install banner:

  1. Open Chrome DevTools.

  2. Go to the Application panel.

  3. Go to the Manifest tab.

  4. Click Add to homescreen , highlighted in red in the screenshot below.

really need to know if it’s possible :slight_smile:
hope my question is understood. :slight_smile:

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Hi,

I really doubt that this will be possible. I briefly reviewed the documentation on A2HS (Add 2 Home Screen - progressive web apps) and it appears that it must be embedded in the HTML of the home page. On the chance that it’s enough for the code to be embedded in the page in an iFrame, you can try the $w.HtmlComponent and see if that works.

Good luck,

Yisrael

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Thanks I’ll check it out shortly

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Were you able to perform the implementation?

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Hi,

Wondering if it is possible to install a smart app banner in Wix?

I would appreciate tapping into the experience of anyone that have successfully implemented on of these on a Wix site. Is this even possible?

Thanks,
John

https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/AppleApplications/Reference/SafariWebContent/PromotingAppswithAppBanners/PromotingAppswithAppBanners.html