

When you open the app, it will appear in its own window: If the user selects Install, the app is installed (available as standalone desktop app), and the Install button no longer shows (the onbeforeinstallprompt event no longer fires if the app is already installed). So when the button is clicked, the install prompt appears. Set deferredPrompt to null since it is no longer needed.Respond to the user's interaction with the prompt using the userChoice property, again available on the beforeinstallprompt event object.Use the prompt() method available on the beforeinstallprompt event object (stored in deferredPrompt) to trigger showing the install prompt.Hide the button again with display: none - it is no longer needed once the app is installed.The click handler contains the following steps: Set the button to display: block so it appears in the UI for the user to click.Store the event object in the deferredPrompt variable so it can be used later on to perform the actual installation.Call Event.preventDefault() to stop Chrome 67 and earlier from calling the install prompt automatically (this behavior changed in Chrome 68).addEventListener ( "beforeinstallprompt", ( e ) => ) The manifest for our sample app looks like this: Also, be aware that Chrome requires this before it will display the install banner, whereas Firefox doesn't require it for showing the home-with-a-plus icon. Note that this has to be a relative URL pointing to the site index, relative to the URL of the manifest. start_url: Provides a path to the asset that should be loaded when the added-to-Home screen app is launched.


You are advised to provide both if your app's name is particularly long. name provides the full app name, and short_name provides a shortened name to be used when there is insufficient space to display the full name.
