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Re:Why is Apple acting like an asshole? by RandallBrown on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @02:50PM (#24496052)
Does android provide a way to launch this dialog from within the website?

iOS has a PWA-style add to home screen dialog, but it's part of Safari. It's accessed from the share sheet.

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Re:Why is Apple acting like an asshole? by mikewhy on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @03:06PM (#24496223)
Chrome on Android will indeed present an "add to homescreen" dialog when the user visits a PWA.

https://web.dev/promote-install/#browser-promotion

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