iPhone SDK - Add a “Add to Home Screen” button in a UIWebView

Question

I have a native iPhone app, which has a UIWebView component to it. I am trying to see if I can replicate the \"Add to Home Screen\" button that

Answer 1

The short answer is no, you can't. Apple does not let you.

Here's a similar question which may help you come up with other possibilities: Javascript for "Add to Home Screen" on iPhone?

If I had to think of a work around off the top of my head, you could create an javascript pop-up which instructs them how to. It could say something like tap this button to go to mobile safari then tap action -> add to home screen.

Execute the Javascript with UIWebView's method:

- (NSString *)stringByEvaluatingJavaScriptFromString:(NSString *)script

Hope this helps.