Your manifest does not currently have a display property. For further edits please open the applications windows inside a chromium browser. It will tell you exactly what you are missing. Also, the chrome lighthouse is a good tab to check for this.

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On Chrome, go to that website, than tap the 3-dot menu button at the upper right, then Install App. This will "install" the PWA (progressive web app) rather than the Android app. You'll find it in your App Drawer, and you can then drag and drop it to your homescreen. I do that with Facebook, since I don't want that terrible app on any of my devices. Click to expand... Is the PWA chrome version the same as ... More on forums.androidcentral.com
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This method is used by Google Chrome on devices with Google Mobile Services (GMS) installed, and by Samsung Internet browser, but only on Samsung-manufactured devices, such as a Galaxy phone or tablet. Together, this accounts for the majority of Android users. When a user installs a PWA from Google Chrome and a WebAPK is used, the minting server "mints" (packages) and signs an APK for the PWA. That process takes time, but when the APK is ready, the browser installs that app silently on the user's device.
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No, you can't, at least not as useful PWAs.

Let's first take a look at the definition of Progressive Web Apps:

A progressive web app (PWA) is an app that's built using web platform technologies, but that provides a user experience like that of a platform-specific app.

Like a website, a PWA can run on multiple platforms and devices from a single codebase. Like a platform-specific app, it can be installed on the device, can operate while offline and in the background, and can integrate with the device and with other installed apps.

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I'll start with the "can operate while offline" specification - that is pretty much impossible to achieve on user's side with many web apps, as they rely on pulling data frequently from the internet. There are PWAs that ignore this and don't even handle lack of connection properly, but I wouldn't necessarily call them fully proper PWAs.

Then we have integration with systems. For example with notifications. This and offline handling is done with help of service workers, which you can't easily define as a user for any sort of websites either. It's also optional in theory, but if you skip such features, there's not much point of PWAs.

And lastly the most important part - ability to install it as an app on various devices. This is done by linking a manifest in the HTML, e.g.:

<link rel="manifest" href="manifest.json">

The manifest defines basic PWA info, such as icons, where the application should start, how it should be displayed, etc.

This part could perhaps be achievable by dynamically adding the tag with your own external manifest through userscript, but once again, I see no point in doing that and it's not even worth trying as adding a website to e.g. your bookmarks is basically a much more optimal equivalent.

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A PWA (Progressive Web App) is different from a website. It has to be written to be a PWA. A PWA can also be used as a webpage or website.

But you can store shortcuts to normal websites on your desktop.