Installable Application

You can install ExpLink on your device as a Progressive Web Application (PWA). It behaves like a native app, but does not require installation from your App Store, and can be installed directly from the site.

Installing

The user interface for installing PWAs differs by device, OS and browser combination:

IOS - Safari: Click button -> Select Add to home screen option.

Other mobile platforms: Browser setting menu -> App installation command -> Click Accept in the installation prompt.

Desktop: Click installation icon in the URL bar -> click Accept in the installation prompt.

Firefox requires a PWA extension (opens in a new tab).

Once installed, the PWA behaves just like other installed applications: clicking on the application icon opens the PWA, even when the user is offline.

The application can be found where the OS saves other applications, within a folder specific to the browser. The browser that was used to install a PWA is the one used to run that PWA.

Uninstalling

On most mobile operating systems, uninstalling a PWA is accomplished in the same way as uninstalling other applications. On some mobile operating systems, PWAs appear in the same control panel where applications downloaded from app stores are managed and can be uninstalled there.

On iOS, PWAs installed from Safari are listed and searchable from the "App Library" screen, but are not listed along with other installed applications under "Settings". On iOS, long tapping an icon surfaces the delete bookmark UI; removing the icon from the home screen deletes the PWA.

In some desktop operating systems, uninstalling a PWA can be done directly in opened PWA. To uninstall, open the PWA. In the top right corner of the opened app, there will be an icon that must be expanded to see more tools. Depending on the browser used to install the PWA, there will either be a link to uninstall the PWA, or a settings link that opens the browser's settings page with an uninstall link. Either click on the uninstall option in the drop-down menu, if there, or navigate to the app settings in a browser tab and click uninstall.

In Edge, the installed PWAs are listed and can be managed by visiting edge://apps in your Edge browser. In Chrome, the list of Google Apps and installed PWAs are viewable and managed by visiting chrome://apps in your Chrome browser.