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If you have an Android phone you can now install what's called a Progressive Web App, which provides the functionality of an app without the issues that the previous apps had.
In Chrome on Android, you should see a button to install it in the off-canvas menu:
Press it, confirm that you want to install it, and then it'll be added. It'll add an icon and allow BYC to behave like an app. You can even choose to get notifications by going to Preferences and enabling push notifications. It also works on Windows.
From @Nifty-Chicken: Thanks @CarpCharacin for getting this setup and making this post!
We'll continue to have the two "apps" (for now):
In Chrome on Android, you should see a button to install it in the off-canvas menu:
Press it, confirm that you want to install it, and then it'll be added. It'll add an icon and allow BYC to behave like an app. You can even choose to get notifications by going to Preferences and enabling push notifications. It also works on Windows.
From @Nifty-Chicken: Thanks @CarpCharacin for getting this setup and making this post!
We'll continue to have the two "apps" (for now):
- The "old one" in the Google Play store - Good to have so peeps searching apps for "chickens" in the store will find BYC, but MUCH harder to keep updated as the software changes
- The new "PWA" one: Not available / shown in the Google Play store, but should keep updated and fast (and fewer bugs) than the old app.
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It's good to know it'll go away though, thanks. I'll go install it 
