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Your Web App Deserves a Spot on the Home Screen

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Lauren Alamo
Software Developer

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I've been working with webforJ for a while now, mostly on documentation and component demos. But I recently wanted to build something small from scratch to try out a feature I hadn't used yet: installable apps.

The idea is that your web app can be "installed" on a device, kind of like a native app. It gets its own icon on the home screen or in the app launcher, and when you open it, the browser UI is gone. Your app gets its own window.

I built a habit tracker called Streak to test it out. I wanted to see what it takes to make a webforJ app feel like a "real" app instead of a website, and the installable apps feature turned out to be the key piece.