GitHub Pages Install App on Android problem

[shirha]

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I am trying to install a second app from GitHub pages on my phone but the "Install app" tab is not available in the menu. Instead, it is replaced by the "Open <1st app>" option. Each apps is a repository and they have different start directories but I can only install one at a time.
(1st app) https://shirha.github.io/emoji/
manifest.json
{
"short_name": "Emoji",
"icons": [
{
"src": "favicon-192.png",
"type": "image/png",
"sizes": "192x192"
},
{
"src": "favicon-512.png",
"type": "image/png",
"sizes": "512x512"
}
],
"id": "/emoji",
"start_url": "/emoji",
"background_color": "#D2B48C",
"display": "standalone",
"scope": "/",
"theme_color": "#D2B48C"
}
and (2nd app) https://shirha.github.io/blueprints/
manifest.json
{
"short_name": "Blueprints",
"icons": [
{
"src": "favicon-192.png",
"type": "image/png",
"sizes": "192x192"
},
{
"src": "favicon-512.png",
"type": "image/png",
"sizes": "512x512"
}
],
"id": "/blueprints",
"start_url": "/blueprints",
"background_color": "#ea413a",
"display": "standalone",
"scope": "/",
"theme_color": "#ea413a"
}
screenshot
Has anyone run into this before?
thanks

[shirha]

I thought that was a good idea but I still get the same error as before when I try to install the second app blueprint. I did uninstall emoji first. see screenshot. { "short_name": "Blueprints", "icons": [ { "src": "favicon-192.png", "type": "image/png", "sizes": "192x192" }, { "src": "favicon-512.png", "type": "image/png", "sizes": "512x512" } ], "start_url": "/blueprints/?app=blueprints", "background_color": "#ea413a", "display": "standalone", "scope": "/", "theme_color": "#ea413a" } Next I tried using the links you provided and installing the app from there and still got the same error. I used to use bl.ocks.org to serve gists and that worked without any problem but that site went down and now I use github pages. Blueprints - https://bl.ocks.org/shirha/raw/87d7efae3cb0aaaba0a61b72773f82cb/ Emoji - https://bl.ocks.org/shirha/raw/8ecae0af3666d30a7210fb1b6e7d1df7/ Thanks again for your help.

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On Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 10:04 PM Brandon Ban Kai Xian < ***@***.***> wrote: It sounds like your phone is recognizing the two GitHub pages as one app instead of two separate apps. This can happen if the apps share the same origin (domain name) and are served from the same base URL. To install both apps separately on your phone, you can try adding a query string to the end of each URL to make them unique, like this: - https://shirha.github.io/emoji/?app=emoji - https://shirha.github.io/blueprints/?app=blueprints By adding the "?app=emoji" and "?app=blueprints" query strings to the URLs, you are telling your phone that these are two different apps with different start URLs. This should allow you to install both apps separately on your phone. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#49825 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAEHGE5L6GUC242WYNMLJ33W3VRNJANCNFSM6AAAAAAVXVVW3A> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

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