[Enhancement] Shortcuts to PWA

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[Enhancement] Shortcuts to PWA #283

Open jbonadiman opened 1 year ago

jbonadiman commented 1 year ago

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Feature description

I think it would be nice to create arbitrary entries to the menu, shortcutting to another app/activity or something like that. I'm thinking mostly about it to be able to have PWAs in the menu.

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HeCodes2Much commented 1 year ago

Hello, this is planned I'm just working on a way to do this. I'm not sure if I want it to be as easy as clicking button then it asks for a label and URL or if I want to use the chrome/Firefox add to homepage feature. Any ideas of how users would like it would be helpful

jbonadiman commented 1 year ago

I guess if somehow the label + URL thing opened a PWA instead of just a link opening in the default browser, this would be nice for the extra flexibility. But if that's not possible, for me, the add to homepage feature would be best

HeCodes2Much commented 1 year ago

It would open in a custom webview not the default browser so it acts more like an app then the browser.

jbonadiman commented 1 year ago

Oh, if I understood it right and the webview work just as Native Alpha does, it would be awesome 😊

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RemakingEden commented 1 year ago

Can I just add a plus one to this. I'd love to see an implementation! :) I'm happy to help with any testing also.

HeCodes2Much commented 1 year ago

Can I just add a plus one to this. I'd love to see an implementation! :) I'm happy to help with any testing also.

yes once i get it working ill let people know i'm ready for testers

milesmcclane commented 4 months ago

Hello! Any news on this invaluable feature? I definitely prefer webapps to regular apps in certain circumstances. I am available to help test to get the feature rolling, but thats the limit of my expertise - I'm no programmer.

spencerflagg commented 1 month ago

Hello, this is planned I'm just working on a way to do this. I'm not sure if I want it to be as easy as clicking button then it asks for a label and URL or if I want to use the chrome/Firefox add to homepage feature. Any ideas of how users would like it would be helpful

Since web browsers generally have a "add to homescreen" option, I envisioned that the simplest option would be to hook into whatever bucket the browsers naturally add those shortcuts into, and add those shortcuts to the list of apps.

If possible, doing it this way you'd avoid having to create a new UI, adding webviews, and managing links.

HeCodes2Much commented 1 month ago

Hello, this is planned I'm just working on a way to do this. I'm not sure if I want it to be as easy as clicking button then it asks for a label and URL or if I want to use the chrome/Firefox add to homepage feature. Any ideas of how users would like it would be helpful

Since web browsers generally have a "add to homescreen" option, I envisioned that the simplest option would be to hook into whatever bucket the browsers naturally add those shortcuts into, and add those shortcuts to the list of apps.

If possible, doing it this way you'd avoid having to create a new UI, adding webviews, and managing links.

This is easier said then done I would rather use a web view as doing it as a web app using the browser you may as well just use bookmarks as it opens it the same way anyways as far as I have tested.