# Struggling to create App on Android

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/struggling-to-create-app-on-android/271>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [September 15, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/struggling-to-create-app-on-android/271 "2019-09-15T12:57:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![brodmuehler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/brodmuehler/32/244_2.png) [@brodmuehler](https://community.glideapps.com/u/brodmuehler)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/struggling-to-create-app-on-android/271/1 "2019-09-15T12:57:55Z")

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Dear All

first of all confratulations to your work. Great piece of programming - well done!!

I created an app with GlideApps and now I trying to have this on my Android phone as a native app. For some reason this doesn’t work as easy as in your tutorials and I do not understand why.

I have a Samsung S7Edge and run the Firefox app on my cell. When I sent the link for my app to my phone number the app opens in the browser, but I cabbot create the native app from here. There is just nothing that would allow me to do so.

Are there any settings I have to change?

Your help is highly appeciated.  
Many thanks from Germany.  
René

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**Author:** ![B\_Y](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/b_y/32/114_2.png) [@B\_Y](https://community.glideapps.com/u/B_Y)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/struggling-to-create-app-on-android/271/2 "2019-09-15T16:41:01Z")

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Please try this…

1. Open Firefox for Android and go to your favorite web page.
2. Press the Menu button (either [below the screen on some devices] or at the top-right corner of the browser) , then tap on Page.
3. Tap Add Page Shortcut.
4. Your shortcut should now appear on your home screen.

Source:  
[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-add-shortcut-website-android](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-add-shortcut-website-android)

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 11:55pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/struggling-to-create-app-on-android/271/3 "2019-09-16T23:55:13Z")

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I think many of use use Chrome on Android. Chrome gives you a link to create a homescreen shortcut. I haven’t used Firefox on my phone, but hopefully @B_Y solution helps you.

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**Author:** ![brodmuehler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/brodmuehler/32/244_2.png) [@brodmuehler](https://community.glideapps.com/u/brodmuehler)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 8:08am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/struggling-to-create-app-on-android/271/4 "2019-09-17T08:08:06Z")

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Dear All  
thanks for providing solutions for my problem. I think I figured out by now, that Firefox is not able to create Apps based on the link. I tried with Chrome and it works fine. I can live with that although I like firefox as a browser. Have to admit that I am a bit disappointed about Firefox now.

Many thanks again to all.  
Best  
René