Announcement Progressive Web App - Mobile Phone

[Nifty-Chicken]

iPhone peeps rejoice!! https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/byc-web-app-for-iphone.1580446/

 

[Kiki]

If you have an Android phone, you can now install what's called a Progressive Web App, which provides the functionality of an app, but without the issues that the previous apps have had.

In Chrome on Android, you should see a button to install it in the off-canvas menu:
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Press it, confirm that you want to install it, and then it'll be added. It'll add an icon, and allow BYC to behave like an app. You can even choose to get notifications by going to Preferences and enabling push notifications. It also works on Windows.

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From @Nifty-Chicken: Thanks @CarpCharacin for getting this setup and making this post!

We'll continue to have the two "apps" (for now):

1. The "old one" in the Google Play store - Good to have so peeps searching apps for "chickens" in the store will find BYC, but MUCH harder to keep updated as the software changes
2. The new "PWA" one: Not available / shown in the Google Play store, but should keep updated and fast (and fewer bugs) than the old app.

From your Android phone's perspective, they are two completely separate apps. You can have one, the other, or both without any conflicts.

@ColtHandorf notice the date.

 

[ColtHandorf]

@ColtHandorf notice the date.

I don't see a date anywhere?

 

[Kiki]

I don't see a date anywhere?

The date of the first post you nutter.

• Feb 12, 2021

 

[Kiki]

I JUST LEARNED SOMETHING NEW!
We can copy the link of the date on the post!
@casportpony

 

[casportpony]

I JUST LEARNED SOMETHING NEW!
We can copy the link of the date on the post!
@casportpony

I did not know that either!

 

[ColtHandorf]

The date of the first post you nutter.

• Feb 12, 2021

Are you trying to point out that Andriod got something first? lol

 

[Kiki]

Are you trying to point out that Andriod got something first? lol

lol
No I am trying to figure out how you didn't know what it was.

 

[ColtHandorf]

lol
No I am trying to figure out how you didn't know what it was.

I'm sorry, did you think I read about site updates? lol I'm more concerned with why on Tuesday I could copy and paste a gif from Google and it moved as it should, and Wednesday they were just still pictures.

 

[azurbanclucker]

Could we sticky this thread?