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0 pointsnickpresta13y ago0 comments

Which homescreen integration would that be? With the exception of having the chrome (URL bar) hidden by default, Android can add webpages to the homescreen and treat the tile like a native app, already.

It isn't so much that we should be able to run it in our browser, it is that the author is intentionally looking for iOS, with the site added to your homescreen. Had the title been "HTML5 Homescreen App for iOS" I think people's expectations would be different.

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nilliams13y ago

>> With the exception of having the chrome (URL bar) hidden by default...

Yeah that's one pretty major problem that shatters any illusion of feeling native on Android.

The other problem is that the ability to add to homescreen is not particularly obvious to users and most probably aren't aware it can be done:

>> Create a bookmark via the menu, find it in the bookmark list, long-press on it, and tap "Add to home screen". [1]

[1] https://developers.google.com/chrome/mobile/docs/faq

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