Install on Android

Android Chrome here. I got the popup.

I get the Install option in my chrome menu.

It installed normally.

I would double check to make sure the cache and any permissions are completely wiped for that url.

I noticed the install option in the hamburger menu. Based on my understanding of PWA’s, a button in the hamburger menu seems pointless, unless for some unknown reason, the install popup was never shown in the first place. As I understand it, the install popup is controlled by the browser. There are ways for glide to delay it, but once the popup to install has been displayed and accepted or rejected by the user, there is absolutely no way for glide to trigger it again. The user would have to clear the cache and reset permissions for the site themselves. Only then will the popup retrigger. As for the hamburger menu install button, I get the same non-responsiveness too, but that’s after I already rejected the install popup, so I don’t know how they could get it to work properly…unless there has been some recent chrome changes. Regardless, installing from the chrome menu should always work under normal circumstances.

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