Adding a custom Install button in Progressive Web Apps

1 · Amit Merchant · June 9, 2021, 8:01 a.m.
The other day I was looking for a way to add a custom “Install” button in my Notepad app which is essentially a Progressive Web App (PWA). Tap into the beforeinstallprompt event Add an Install button in the PWA Hook into the button’s click event Showing “Install” button only in supported browsers So, to give you a primer when you open a PWA, a beforeinstallprompt event would get fired in supported browsers. When this event is fired, the browser would show an installation popup to the user l...