Unable to Identify Application Installation Status in iOS and Android using next-pwa

[Azmeer02]

Unable to Identify Application Installation Status in iOS and Android using next-pwa

[david-buck]

This doesn't seem to be a bug.

If you want to know if the app is installed, you can put a query string on the start-url in your manifest:

  "start_url": "/?installed",

In one of my apps, I have installed instances go to a /start route that checks local storage and does some config before the app starts, then does a router.replace() to the correct main page.

Once either of these criteria have been met, you can stash something on the device to make it easier to identify if the app is installed or not using local storage or indexedDB.

[thegitparticle]

If you are trying to find out is when the user opens your web-app, it to show varying info based if it's opened in PWA mode or not, try this

const isPWA = window.matchMedia("(display-mode: standalone)").matches || (navigator as any).standalone;

let me know if this makes sense or you found a better way