@pwabuilder/pwainstall

pwa-install

pwa-install is a web component from the PWABuilder team that brings an awesome "install" experience to your Progressive Web App!

Built with lit-element

What does it look like?

Using this component

Install

There are two ways to use this component. For simple projects or just to get started fast, we recommend using the component by script tag. If your project is using npm then we recommend using the npm package.

Script tag

• Put this script tag in the head of your index.html:

<script
  type="module"
  src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@pwabuilder/pwainstall"
></script>

NPM

• Run npm install @pwabuilder/pwainstall
• import with import '@pwabuilder/pwainstall

Then you can use the element <pwa-install></pwa-install> anywhere in your template, JSX, html etc. An example of using this component can be found here: https://glitch.com/~pwainstall

API

Properties

Property	Attribute	Description	Type	Default
showopen	showopen	Will always show install button	boolean	false
showeligible	showeligible	Will only show install button if user is eligible	boolean	false
manifestpath	manifestpath	path to your web manifest	string	manifest.json
featuresheader	featuresheader	Controls the text of the features header	string	Key Features
descriptionheader	descriptionheader	Controls the text of the description header	string	Description
installbuttontext	installbuttontext	Controls the text of the install button	string	Install
cancelbuttontext	cancelbuttontext	Controls the text of the cancel button	string	Cancel
iosinstallinfotext	iosinstallinfotext	Controls the iOS installation info text	string	Tap the share button and then 'Add to Homescreen'

Methods

name	Description
openPrompt()	Opens the install modal
closePrompt()	Closes the install modal

CSS Variables

We recommend using our CSS variables to easliy tweak the style of this component to fit your project. Here are our current supported CSS variables.

name	Description
--install-button-color	Changes the color of the install button
--modal-z-index	Changes the z-index of the install modal
--modal-background-color	Changes the background color of the install modal