An install button for your website - and why the Play Store becomes optional
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A website can put its own INSTALL button into its UI. One click, and it sits on the home screen or in the Start menu, opens in its own window and works offline. None of the Play Store hassle is needed for that: no developer account, no registration fee, no revenue share, no closed test and no review queue. There is no package to build, sign or upload either - the deployed site is the app, and a new deployment is the update. This post shows the two pieces needed: a manifest and an event handler.