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How do I build installer for Chrome PWA? Like if user does not have Chrome, it should install it. Also i don't want to bother user with that implicitly installed chrome, so it should not add shortcuts, etc and just live as an app launcher.



Turns out a PWA works in Firefox too [1] so I'm not sure it's entirely necessary to force a user to install a browser just for your app. Edge is/will be chromium, so I guess Safari is the only major browser to worry about?

[1] https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/progressive-web-apps-whats-...


IMO you shouldn't have to make an installer, it should be the browser's job to expose the feature and integrate itself to the OS as natively as possible.


Don't bundle Chrome, just let the user use whatever browser they prefer. AFAIK Edge also supports PWAs, but not Firefox Desktop yet.




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