# Unable to Open App (browser only) or Put on Homescreen with iOS

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/unable-to-open-app-browser-only-or-put-on-homescreen-with-ios/2096>\
**Category:** Report a Bug\
**Created:** [November 18, 2019, 4:17am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/unable-to-open-app-browser-only-or-put-on-homescreen-with-ios/2096 "2019-11-18T04:17:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Paul](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/paul/32/1345_2.png) [@Paul](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Paul)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 6:24am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/unable-to-open-app-browser-only-or-put-on-homescreen-with-ios/2096/5 "2019-11-23T06:24:29Z")

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I brought this up a few days ago too. 🙂

Here for your reference:

> [@Force open in Safari / Chrome from limited Facebook Browser](https://community.glideapps.com/t/force-open-in-safari-chrome-from-limited-facebook-browser/2036):
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> Hey Gliders, Not really a feature request / bug, I’ve been sharing a little app I’ve made with / for my mates via Facebook and in all of Facebook’s wisdom they keep everyone on platform in their limited browser that doesn’t present the nice pop ups for my mates to correctly add the app to their homescreen. Any work around here?

The only way that I can think about getting ‘around’ this issue is to either email the link into a recipient’s inbox (and pray that app doesn’t use an in-app browser) OR via SMS.

SMS will kinda guarantee a fix to the problem (I think) but it adds a load of complexity and potentially cost.

Glide can’t really fix iOS restrictions… I’ll continue searching for an answer. Until then either email / sms or a quick video explaining how users can open the link in Safari etc.

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