Strawman Mobile App

Andrew Page July 22, 2022 · 3 min read

Did you know there’s an app for Strawman?

More technically, a progressive web app. Which means you don’t need to download it from an app store.

Essentially, it’s the regular Strawman website, but it’ll work more like a native app on your phone. Aside from providing a better mobile experience, it will allow us to offer improved functionality, such as customisable push notifications.

Downloading the app is pretty straightforward, although please be aware that the exact process will differ depending on whether you’re a iPhone or Android user, and also what mobile browser you are using.

Android users

On your phone, open www.strawman.com in Chrome (Edge or Samsung Internet also work). You can install the app before you log in.

After a few seconds, a prompt should appear at the bottom of the screen titled Install Strawman. Tap Install and confirm in the browser dialog that follows.

If that prompt does not appear, tap the three-dot menu in your browser and choose Install app (it may also say Add to Home screen).

After it installs, you’ll see a Strawman icon on your home screen. Open it and log in if you haven’t already. You’re good to go!

iPhone Users

This has to be done in the native Safari browser (not Chrome). Open www.strawman.com in Safari.

Tap the Share button (the square with an arrow pointing up) and choose Add to Home Screen.

Once you do this you should see a Strawman icon appear on your home screen. Open it and log in if you haven’t already.

Push Notifications

Push notifications work on Android and, if you’ve added Strawman to your Home Screen, on iPhone (iOS 16.4 or later).

To enable push notifications, tap the bell icon at the top right of the screen and select ‘All notifications & settings‘. Then tap ‘Settings‘.

From there you can turn on ‘Send push notifications to this device‘. The push notifications received will be those you have turned on for ‘System notifications‘ .

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