The aim behind Progressive Web Apps was to allow Websites to have the same capabilities & features as a native app, but without the initial download. Google has always been backing this, & has now announced some new features that will bring cheer to developers.
With Chrome 57, when adding Progressive Web Apps to the homescreen, they will now appear in the app drawer, a long standing demand of developers.
It said in an official blog post:
In the next few weeks we’ll be rolling out a new version of this experience in Chrome beta. With this new version, once a user adds a Progressive Web App to their Home screen, Chrome will integrate it into Android in a much deeper way than before. For example, Progressive Web Apps will now appear in the app drawer section of the launcher and in Android Settings, and will be able to receive incoming intents from other apps. Long presses on their notifications will also reveal the normal Android notification management controls rather than the notification management controls for Chrome.
This new Add to Home screen feature is one more step in our journey to empower developers to build the best possible experience for their users, and we are committed to ensuring the same mechanisms for installing Progressive Web Apps are available to all browsers on Android.
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