Ah. Now I see. It is installing a “web app” which is just a link to our online store URL. That would be very clever if they automate that part, for sure. For now, that’s what we tell our regulars — here’s the link for you to create a shortcut in your Favorites list. We have a few dozen who have done this and love it. But I’ve not see anything like Square doing it for us automatically.
Thanks, @_Violet. I learned something new today. I’ve been giving my customers too many steps to add this to their home screens on their phones. I see, now, that if I set up that setting at Online > Website > Site Preferences > Site Icon, then I can tell them to “install” my store app by clicking “Add to Home Screen” from their browser’s share button. Who knew!
Hey @StargazerFarm. I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that it sounds like you were given a super-secret sneak preview of a new feature that has not yet been announced. I’ve never heard of any feature (yet) that creates our own white-label apps for our online stores. Sure, it would be great, but I’ve not heard a peep about it, and I’m in the Square Champions group that usually hears about (and tests) things like this long before they are released to the public. If I were a betting man, I’d bet that someone realized their mistake and quickly fixed it. But, if not, I’m sure a moderator will correct me. Ha.
So I somewhat duplicated it, but not with the automatic prompt. If I use the "Add to desktop" option from chrome, it prompts "Would you like to install the app" (Which is what it did automatically the first time). Then it adds an app with my store logo as its icon, to my phones app list. When I launch it, it's identical to the website, but with no address bar, forward/back buttons, clutter, etc... just a nice clean interface. Now the trick is to figure out how to add a button to install it or get that prompt back when people visit. I'd love for people to have it on their phone and not have to go to the website every time. We are several weeks from launch, so if anyone has any ideas, they would be greatly appreciated.
Added an icon...
Nice clean interface for the store....
Ah. Now I see. It is installing a “web app” which is just a link to our online store URL. That would be very clever if they automate that part, for sure. For now, that’s what we tell our regulars — here’s the link for you to create a shortcut in your Favorites list. We have a few dozen who have done this and love it. But I’ve not see anything like Square doing it for us automatically.
I heard that Android was attempting to do this automatically for websites/apps. Just didn’t know it had come to pass.
Thanks, @_Violet. I learned something new today. I’ve been giving my customers too many steps to add this to their home screens on their phones. I see, now, that if I set up that setting at Online > Website > Site Preferences > Site Icon, then I can tell them to “install” my store app by clicking “Add to Home Screen” from their browser’s share button. Who knew!
