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Progressive Web Apps with React

You're reading from   Progressive Web Apps with React Create lightning fast web apps with native power using React and Firebase

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788297554
Length 302 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Scott Domes Scott Domes
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Preface 1. Creating Our App Structure FREE CHAPTER 2. Getting Started with Webpack 3. Our App's Login Page 4. Easy Backend Setup With Firebase 5. Routing with React 6. Completing Our App 7. Adding a Service Worker 8. Using a Service Worker to Send Push Notifications 9. Making Our App Installable with a Manifest 10. The App Shell 11. Chunking JavaScript to Optimize Performance with Webpack 12. Ready to Cache 13. Auditing Our App 14. Conclusion and Next Steps

App install banners and you


Being able to add to home screen is great functionality, but how will our user know that our application is installable, especially if they’ve never heard of PWAs?

Enter the Web App Install Banner. Previously, App Install Banners were a handy way to advertise your native app--see the following example from Flipboard:

Now, however, Google is leading the charge on PWA install banners, prompting the user to add to home screen. See the following example from the Chrome Dev Summit site:

This banner has the advantages of making your users aware that your site is a PWA, and for those unfamiliar with installable web apps, providing an entry point into the world of PWAs.

Here's what it looks like on your home screen when you click on Add in the preceding screenshot:

However, like everything in this section, this is new technology. As of now, firm support only exists on Chrome on Android and Opera for Android. Furthermore, there are firm criteria for when the install banner...

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