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Floatplane App for iOS and Android (Progressive Web App)

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Hello Floatplaners,

 

I got very frustrated lately always having to open https://floatplane.com in a browser. So I thought I would do something about that. 

I made a pretty simple progressive web app for iOS and Android. The source code is here.

 

How to install:

1. Go to https://creativeguy2013.github.io/FloatplaneApp/index.html

2. 

  • iOS (Safari only)
    • Click the share button
    • Click on add to home screen
    • Click on add
  • Android (Chrome only)
    • Click the three dots in the upper right corner
    • Click on add to home screen
    • Click on add

3. Open the app and enjoy

 

Do I need to be subscribed to Floatplane to use this app?

Yes definitely. The app is just a wrapper for https://floatplane.com. This means that the content of the actual website is never touched, only wrapped so PWA can use it.

 

 

I am not responsible for the content of the site as this is just https://floatplane.com. I added a Google Analytics tag to the site to see how many people use the page. I will share the data if there is anything interesting to see.

 

I hope this helps some of you just as much as it has helped me. If you have any comments or suggestions please respond to this topic.

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I tried it, and yes, it works (on iOS), but is this really necessary? It's just opening a website. Why not just take two extra seconds to open your web browser of choice and go to Floatplane? 

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It shouldn't open a website in Safari, it should open it standalone without the safari UI elements. Could you send me a screenshot?

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1 minute ago, Jamiec1130 said:

I tried it, and yes, it works (on iOS), but is this really necessary? It's just opening a website. Why not just take two extra seconds to open your web browser of choice and go to Floatplane? 

Well on Android you can just make a shortcut on a homescreen, that takes you to the website when clicked, but as far as i know on IOS you cant do that, you have to go to homescreen, open browser, type the adress and then go, and it is 2 steps longer. But yes on android the app is pointless.

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1 minute ago, CreativeGuy2013 said:

It shouldn't open a website in Safari, it should open it standalone without the safari UI elements. Could you send me a screenshot?

It is standalone, but I don't know exactly what the point of it is. I'll probably use it, but I'm still a bit confused. 

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A floatplane app is already in progress.

The geek himself.

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1 minute ago, Being Delirious said:

A floatplane app is already in progress.

It is???

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Just now, BlueCrazii said:

 

It is???

Yes. By Floatplane Media itself.

The geek himself.

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Just now, Jamiec1130 said:

It is standalone, but I don't know exactly what the point of it is. I'll probably use it, but I'm still a bit confused. 

Its meant to not clog up your chrome tabs. I can lock this app in the app drawer (android) and then switch to it quickly. On chrome, I have to scroll thru tabs or type in the URL again.

1 minute ago, Some Random Member said:

Well on Android you can just make a shortcut on a homescreen, that takes you to the website when clicked, but as far as i know on IOS you cant do that, you have to go to homescreen, open browser, type the adress and then go, and it is 2 steps longer. But yes on android the app is pointless.

It's possible. And it is stand alone. That is the point. Try that with https://floatplane.com. It doesn't work there.

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Just now, Being Delirious said:

Yes. By Floatplane Media itself.

It's not meant to replace a Floatplane app. Its just here to bridge the time until that is actually here. And judging by how long the site took, that might take a while :P

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is it possible to create something like this for this forum? having it seperated from chrome would be pretty useful.

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1 minute ago, SCGazelle said:

is it possible to create something like this for this forum? having it seperated from chrome would be pretty useful.

Yes you do excactly what the op did and just create a wrapper around the website, but it in a app and boom done

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Just now, Some Random Member said:

Yes you do excactly what the op did and just create a wrapper around the website, but it in a app and boom done

You can clone my repo and change the URL on line 53 of index.html and remove line 4-12 from the same file. And if you want the logos and names to be correct, change the manifest and title of the page + the favicons.

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3 hours ago, Being Delirious said:

Yes. By Floatplane Media itself.

Do you have source for that comment? I know its on the list but they are still focusing getting actual site ready before shifting more towards app.

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2 minutes ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

Do you have source for that comment? I know its on the list but they are still focusing getting actual site ready before shifting more towards app.

 

 

 

 

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Tried it, but it says that my browser doesn’t support cookies. So I can’t login

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IOS can add webpage shortcuts to the desktop. So this literally looks like a waste for IOS users.

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Okay, third post in a row: Doesn’t let me sign in.  Giving up on this.

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On 3/23/2018 at 2:59 PM, Being Delirious said:

A floatplane app is already in progress.

It's not really being worked on but one will be built. Yes.

Judge a product on its own merits AND the company that made it.

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On 3/23/2018 at 2:58 PM, Dell780 said:

It is standalone, but I don't know exactly what the point of it is. I'll probably use it, but I'm still a bit confused. 

PWAs are basically web apps which function more like regular apps. E.g. they can have notifications etc.

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4 hours ago, AluminiumTech said:

It's not really being worked on but one will be built. Yes.

Please don't bring this thread back to life @wkdpaul

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