Install Sites as Apps (PWA)
Stealth Browse can install any website as a stand-alone app on your home screen. The site opens in a chromeless full-screen WebView (no tab strip, no URL bar) - the same shell used by progressive web apps everywhere.
Installing a Site
- Visit the site you want to install.
- Open the browser menu and tap Add to Home.
- If the site declares a
<link rel="manifest">Web App Manifest, the dialog pre-fills the name and icon from it. Otherwise the favicon and page title are used. - Edit the name, optionally swap the icon (favicon, app icon, or pick one from the gallery), and confirm.
- Android adds the shortcut to your home screen. A toast confirms when the launcher accepts it.
The PWA Shell
Tapping the home shortcut launches PWAActivity, a dedicated chromeless browser surface:
| UI | Immersive fullscreen, no tabs or URL bar |
| Ad blocking | Honors the Ad blocking setting |
| Picture-in-Picture | If Auto PiP is enabled and a video is playing, PiP triggers when you leave the app |
| Downloads | Routes through the same downloads + malware scan pipeline |
| File uploads | Native file picker via onShowFileChooser |
| "Open in browser" | Sends the current URL to a new tab in the main browser |
Notes
- Some launchers do not support automatic shortcut pinning - in that case Android prompts you to drop it on the home screen manually.
- The PWA shell uses the same plugin and adblock pipeline as the main browser, so installed sites get the same protections.
- Each PWA shortcut launches its own activity instance via
documentLaunchMode="always", so multiple installed sites stay independent in the recents list.