How do I notify users that my PWA is installable?
If your PWA has use cases where it’s helpful for a user to install your app, for example if you have users who use your app more than once a week, you should be promoting the installation of your PWA within the web UI of your app. We have new recommendations on how you can promote the installation of your app.
addtohomescreen
android
progressive-web-apps
install
In Chrome 76 you can hide the Add to Home screen mini-infobar
We're giving you more control over the PWA Add to Home Screen mini-infobar. Starting in Chrome 76, you can prevent the mini-infobar from appearing by calling preventDefault()
on the beforeinstallprompt
event.
chrome76
addtohomescreen
android
progressive-web-apps
install
New in Chrome 63
Chrome 63 allows you to import JavaScript modules dynamically. My favorite interview coding question becomes a piece of cake with async iterators and generators. And you can override the browser's default overflow scroll behavior with the CSS overscroll-behavior
property.
chrome63
new-in-chrome
css
overscroll
scroll
android
async
await
es6
generators
iterators
modules
permissions
streams
URL Bar Resizing
Hiding the URL bar no longer resizes mobile pages.
Using rotationAngle and touchRadius
A small set of changes have landed in Chrome 45 that will make it easier for developers to build better touch based apps
Media playback notifications for Chrome on Android
When audio or video is playing on a web page, a notification showing the page title and a play/pause button is displayed in the notification tray and on the lock screen. The notification can be used to pause/resume play or return to the page playing the media.
news
audio
video
android
media
notifications
Web Audio live audio input - now on Android!
Chrome for Android (v31.0.1650+) has just landed support for audio input via the Web Audio API!
news
webaudio
input
android
audio
beta