Add to Phone Home Screen
The web UI is a PWA (progressive web app): add it to your home screen once and it opens full-screen, with its own icon, no browser chrome — indistinguishable from a native app.
TIP
Your server should be on HTTPS first (HTTPS & Domain) — Android requires it for install, and iOS works much better with it.
iPhone (Safari)
- Open
https://your-server-address/in Safari and sign in. - Tap the Share button (the square with an arrow, bottom center).
- Scroll down, tap Add to Home Screen, then Add.
An icon appears on your home screen. Launching it opens 16code full-screen — the address bar and Safari toolbars are gone.
On iOS this must be done from Safari; Chrome and other iOS browsers don't offer it (or hand off to Safari anyway).
Android (Chrome)
- Open
https://your-server-address/in Chrome and sign in. - Tap the ⋮ menu (top right).
- Tap Add to Home screen (on newer Chrome: Install app), then confirm.
Android installs it as a proper app: it shows up in the app drawer and its own window, not a Chrome tab.
Living on the home screen
- You stay signed in between launches — no password every time.
- Single window: opening the icon again focuses your existing workspace instead of starting a duplicate.
- Tasks keep running on your computer regardless — locking the phone or switching apps never interrupts anything; reopen and the state syncs right back.
- To remove it later: long-press the icon → Remove/Delete, like any app. (This never touches your server or data.)