PWA Install Check

This page verifies that the exported PWA files are live on your server and prepares Android Chrome for install. Open this page after extracting the ZIP contents.

Wrong: .../my-app-pwa-export.zip
Right: .../index.html or this PWA_INSTALL.html page after extraction.

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Smart phone install guide

📱 iPhone / iPad Safari

Tap Share → Add to Home Screen

The iOS install path is manual. The animation points to the Safari Share button. If Add to Home Screen is hidden, scroll to the bottom of the Share sheet and use Edit Actions.

🤖 Android Chrome

Open Chrome ⋮ menu → Install app

When Chrome is ready, the Install App button can appear. If it does not, the animation points to the Chrome menu where Install app/Add to Home screen appears.

🌐 Desktop / other browser

Use the browser install menu

This page detects Android, iOS/iPadOS, Safari, Chrome, standalone mode, and unsupported in-app browsers, then shows the best instructions.

Install on Android Chrome

  1. Open the extracted index.html URL in Chrome on Android.
  2. Wait until this page says the install prompt is ready, then tap Install App.
  3. If the button still says help, tap Chrome's three-dot menu and choose Install app or Add to Home screen.
  4. If Chrome only offers a plain shortcut, wait about 30 seconds on the app page, tap once on the page, then run this check again.

Android Chrome decides when the native install prompt is available. This page now waits for Chrome, registers the service worker, and refreshes once on first setup so the page is controlled by the service worker.

Install on iPhone / iPad Safari

  1. Open the extracted index.html URL in the real Safari app.
  2. Tap the Share button.
  3. Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen.
  4. If you do not see it, scroll all the way down and tap Edit Actions. Add Add to Home Screen to Favorites, then go back and tap it.
  5. On newer iOS versions, leave Open as Web App turned on when shown, then tap Add.
  6. The app icon appears on the iPhone Home Screen.

iOS Safari does not show an automatic install button like Android Chrome. The manual Safari Share menu is the install method.

Upload / install steps

  1. Upload the PWA ZIP to the target folder in cPanel/File Manager.
  2. Extract the ZIP on the server.
  3. Open the extracted index.html URL on the phone. Do not open the ZIP link.
  4. Android Chrome: use Install app or Add to Home screen.
  5. iPhone/iPad Safari: use Share → Add to Home Screen.

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