A simple PWA (progressive web app) that adds an option for Hacker News in the sharing menu of your Android device.
In other words, it's a handy mobile alternative for the official HN bookmarklet for us who often browse HN on their phone. That bookmarklet doesn't work in all mobile browsers, at least not in Chrome for Android. Furthermore, this works from any app, not just the browser.
⚠️ The PWA utilizes the experimental share_target attribute
in the
manifest, which as of September 2022 is only supported by Chrome and Edge. Check
the up-to-date browser support info at
caniuse.com.
If you are on a browser that supports PWA, you have probably already seen the popup for installation:
If you dismissed the popup, you can look for the address bar or other browser menus for the installation button:
More information: