On: Why is Apple acting like an asshole?

[RandallBrown]

You can definitely add websites to your home screen on iOS.

[dhagz → RandallBrown]

I think they're referring to PWA-style "Add to Homescreen", which I agree is a weak point of iOS/MobileSafari. I also wonder why there isn't good/any support for WASM in Safari.

[RandallBrown → dhagz]

Does android provide a way to launch this dialog from within the website?

iOS has a PWA-style add to home screen dialog, but it's part of Safari. It's accessed from the share sheet.

[mikewhy → RandallBrown]

Chrome on Android will indeed present an "add to homescreen" dialog when the user visits a PWA.

https://web.dev/promote-install/#browser-promotion

[cpmsmith → RandallBrown]

By "dialog", they likely mean an API with which to prompt the user to add it, like they have for apps on the App Store.

[api → RandallBrown]

I do this for Facebook to avoid summoning that demon on to my phone.