I have a few apps that, when added to the homescreen, display an icon with a chrome badge in the bottom right ie shortcut. I have been working on an app, deleted an old version then ‘Add to homescreen’ the update. On one occasion the app seemed to install as a real app with no chrome badge. But it has since reverted to a shortcut.
Is there a way of getting an icon with the “app” look rather than “shortcut” look? Can’t replicate whatever I did.
I finally got it sorted. For all my apps it took multiple ‘full deploys’, cache clearances, reinstalls even after getting all the icon and image references right. My last app to get right, I finally discovered a page background image on one form, although visually identical to all the other forms, was an image referenced outside my project folder. User problem but success now. All apps with no chrome badges finally.
Don’t want to speak too soon but it seems the issue with code.js not updating in the cache is a more reliable now with PWAs. Fingers crossed.