What it does
Quickie is a Progressive Web App (PWA). That means you can "install" it straight from your browser — no app store needed. Once installed, it gets its own icon, opens full screen in its own window, and a built-in service worker keeps already-visited pages working even when you briefly lose connection, showing a friendly offline screen otherwise.
Where to find it
There's nothing to turn on inside Quickie. You install it from your browser while viewing the app (any page under /dashboard). The installed app opens to your Dashboard.
Step by step
Install on iPhone / iPad (Safari)
- Open Quickie in Safari and sign in.
- Tap the Share button (the square with an upward arrow) at the bottom of the screen.
- Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen.
- Adjust the name if you like (it'll suggest Quickie), then tap Add.
- A Quickie icon appears on your home screen. Tap it to open the app full screen.
On iPhone you must use Safari — Add to Home Screen isn't available in other iOS browsers.
Install on Android (Chrome)
- Open Quickie in Chrome and sign in.
- You may see an Install app / Add to Home screen prompt at the bottom — tap it.
- If you don't see a prompt, tap the ⋮ (three dots) menu, then Install app (or Add to Home screen).
- Confirm by tapping Install / Add.
- The Quickie icon appears in your app drawer and on your home screen.
Install on a desktop (Chrome or Edge)
- Open Quickie in Chrome or Edge and sign in.
- Look in the address bar for an install icon (a small monitor/⊕ symbol), or open the ⋮ menu and choose Install Quickie… / Apps → Install this site as an app.
- Click Install. Quickie opens in its own window and you'll get a desktop/taskbar shortcut.
Use it offline
- While you have signal, open the pages you'll need — they get cached as you visit them.
- If you lose connection and try to open a page you've never visited, Quickie shows a tidy "You're offline" screen with a wifi-off icon.
- Reconnect and reload — pages you've already opened may still work, and the rest will load again.
What each screen shows
- The installed app opens straight to your Dashboard in a standalone, full-screen window — no browser address bar or tabs — in portrait orientation on phones.
- The offline screen (
/offline) shows a wifi-off icon, the heading "You're offline", and the note: "Quickie needs a connection to load this page. Reconnect and try again — pages you've already opened may still work."
Tips & good to know
- The app icon and name come from Quickie's built-in app manifest, so it looks like a real app once installed.
- API/data requests are never cached — so the numbers you see are always live, never stale. The offline support is for the app shell (the pages and layout), not your live data.
- You still need a connection to load fresh data, send invoices, or sign in. Offline mode is a graceful fallback, not a full offline database.
- Offline caching only kicks in on the live (production) site — it's deliberately off during development so nothing gets stuck in a cache.
- To update the installed app, just open it while online; it refreshes itself to the latest version automatically.
- To remove it: on a phone, long-press the icon and choose Remove/Uninstall; on desktop, open the app's menu and choose Uninstall.
Troubleshooting
- I don't see "Add to Home Screen" on iPhone. You must be in Safari, not Chrome or another browser, and on an open Quickie page.
- No "Install app" option on Android/desktop. Make sure you're on the live site over a secure (https) connection and signed in; then check the browser's ⋮ menu. Some browsers only show the prompt after you've used the site briefly.
- The app says I'm offline a lot. That's your connection — Quickie can only show pages you've already visited while offline. Reconnect and reload.
- It opened in a browser tab, not its own window. It wasn't installed — repeat the install steps above and launch it from the new home-screen/app icon.
- I'm stuck on an old version. Open the app while online and reload; it updates itself.