Script for mobile devices, it automatically shows an overlaying message encouraging to add the web app to the homescreen. Compatible with iOS9 and Chrome for Android.
import addToHomescreen from 'add-to-homescreen';
addToHomescreen({
skipFirstVisit: true,
maxDisplayCount: 1,
iosText: 'Hello ios user',
androidText: 'Hey android user',
lifespan: 15
});
// Default config
{
fontSize: 15, // base font size, used to properly resize the popup based on viewport scale factor
modal: false, // prevent further actions until the message is closed
mandatory: false, // you can't proceed if you don't add the app to the homescreen
autostart: true, // show the message automatically
skipFirstVisit: false, // show only to returning visitors (ie: skip the first time you visit)
startDelay: 1, // display the message after that many seconds from page load
lifespan: 15, // life of the message in seconds
displayPace: 1440, // minutes before the message is shown again (0: display every time, default 24 hours)
maxDisplayCount: 0, // absolute maximum number of times the message will be shown to the user (0: no limit)
icon: true, // add touch icon to the message
validLocation: [], // list of pages where the message will be shown (array of regexes)
onInit: null, // executed on instance creation
onShow: null, // executed when the message is shown
onRemove: null, // executed when the message is removed
onAdd: null, // when the application is launched the first time from the homescreen (guesstimate)
onPrivate: null, // executed if user is in private mode
privateModeOverride: false, // show the message even in private mode (very rude)
detectHomescreen: false, // try to detect if the site has been added to the homescreen (false | true | 'hash' | 'queryString' | 'smartURL')
iosText: '', // text displayed on ios
androidText: '' // text displayed on android
};
Copyright (c) 2014 Matteo Spinelli, http://cubiq.org/
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.