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I am working on my website. I managed to get basic PWA functionality using the web page manifest file.

Not long ago, Google released deeply integrated PWAs, allowing users to make a WebAPK when they added the page into the home screen.

I want my page to also have that kind of feature, but it is never been clear what I should do to get that functionality..

Do I need to add something extra aside from the manifest file, sw.js and various meta tags?

Derrick Timmermans
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  • Did you figure out how to trigger updates of WebAPK if you modify the manifest? I've been struggling with it a bit for some time. Nothing seens to work. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48345192/improved-add-to-homescreen-webapk-icon-name-for-installed-web-app-on-google – abhishekcghosh Feb 09 '18 at 06:46

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This is not something we can control. Chrome was/is experimenting with "improved A2HS" as they called it (A2HS stands for "add to homescreen") and a part of that was an internal service that wrapped the PWA into APK. It was hidden behind a flag initially, then it was opened to the public as default in Feb 2017.

When you install a Progressive Web App, we look at your Web App Manifest and other meta-data and create the APK that is installed on to the user's device.

(emphasis mine, we == Android)

So there's nothing we can do except being sure our manifest is valid, site is HTTPS, Service Worker installs correctly etc.

NOtherDev
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