Web/native app install banners

Chrome 42 for Android will encourage users to add high quality sites they visit frequently to their home screen. In the future it will support the same for native apps. This entry is for the visual aspect, not the API surface. The Manifest API surface is covered by https://www.chromestatus.com/features/4754986680451072. The event API surface is covered in https://www.chromestatus.com/features/6560913322672128

Comments

Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/O2wGXUf.png Homescreen icon target image density bugs: https://crbug.com/479747

Demo

• https://github.com/GoogleChrome/samples/tree/gh-pages/app-install-banner/

Documentation

• https://github.com/slightlyoff/AppInstallImprovements/blob/master/explainer.md
• http://updates.html5rocks.com/2015/03/increasing-engagement-with-app-install-banners-in-chrome-for-android

Status in Chromium

Enabled by default (launch bug) in:

• Chrome for desktop release 42
• Chrome for Android release 42
• Opera release 30
• Opera for Android release 30

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: No public signals
• Edge: No public signals
• Safari: No public signals
• Web Developers: Positive

Owners

• owencm@chromium.org
• talo@chromium.org
• slightlyoff@chromium.org
• benwells@chromium.org
• dfalcantara@chromium.org

Last updated on 2015-04-22