# Install on Home Screen

DevFeed: [Install on Home Screen](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/install-on-home-screen-19331.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.codenameone.com/blog/install-home-screen/>)

Author: Shai Almog

Published: 2018-12-03T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [CodeName One](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/codename-one.md>)

Topics: [PWA](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pwa.md>), [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>), [Mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mobile.md>)

Tags: [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browser.md>), [guards](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guards.md>), [hints](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hints.md>), [install](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/install.md>), [mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile.md>), [pwa](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pwa.md>), [screen](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/screen.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>), [web-apps](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-apps.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how Progressive Web Apps can be installed on a device home screen. It discusses the need for explicit browser installation prompts because desktop, mobile, and web platforms behave differently, and notes that the prompt is shown only once to avoid duplicate prompts.

## Source excerpt

We talked about our support for Progressive Web Apps before. We added quite a few enhancements since that support was introduced and it's a pretty powerful feature. Personally I consider it a killer feature, even if Google decides to ban your account you can still distribute your app. One of the cool features is the seamlessness. Most of the functionality "just works". However, there are some cases where we need explicit hints due to the different behavior of desktop/mobile and web.