Question

just wondering when I had an iphone I was able to create a web app then place some code in it so that when the user pressed “add to homescreen” an icon would be placed on the home screen and when the user clicked it the web app would run full screen (no web navigation bar) so it just looked like a normal app (although it would only run with the web on) Is there anyway I can do this with android or do I have to code a whole app to do it? Sorry if this is a bit unclear. Thanks, Adam.

What I used for the iphone:

<meta name="viewport" content="user-scalable=no, width=device-width" />
<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes" />
<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style" content="black" />
<link rel="apple-touch-startup-image" href="images/myCustomStartupGraphic.png" />

Answer 1

I don’t think it’s possible. A workaround is to make a really simple app containing only a WebView and load into this webView your URL and then publish this app into the Play Store.

WebView webView = findViewById(R.id.webView);
webView.loadUrl("http://awesome.website.com");

Then on your website you can use the HTTP User agent to redirect users to download this app on Android devices.