Add daubday to Your Home Screen on Android and iPhone

daubday runs in your web browser, so there is nothing to download from an app store. Still, if you color often, it is handy to have an icon on your phone's Home Screen that opens daubday directly, full screen, without typing an address or digging through tabs. This guide covers how to add it on each kind of device, why it sometimes doesn't work, and what offline support actually means.

Android phones and desktop Chrome

On most pages, daubday shows a small banner suggesting you add it to your Home Screen. The banner does not appear on the coloring screen, so it never gets in the way while you are painting. If you tap Not now, it stays hidden for 14 days.

On Android, and in Chrome on a computer, the banner has an Install button:

1. Tap or click Install on the banner.
2. Your browser opens its own install prompt.
3. Confirm, and a daubday icon is added to your Home Screen or app list.

The install prompt comes from the browser itself, so its exact wording and look depend on your browser and its version. If you dismissed the banner earlier, you can usually also install from the browser's own menu, which often has an option along the lines of Install app or Add to Home screen.

iPhone and iPad

On iPhone, Safari does not offer an install button that a website can trigger, so adding to the Home Screen is a short manual process. When you tap the banner, daubday shows a guide sheet that walks you through it. The steps are:

1. Open daubday in Safari.
2. Tap the Share button.
3. Scroll down and choose Add to Home Screen.
4. Tap Add.

If you use Chrome on iPhone, the process is similar, but the Share button is at the right of the address bar rather than in Safari's toolbar. Tap it, then look for Add to Home Screen.

Once added, the daubday icon behaves like any other app on your Home Screen. You can move it into a folder or onto your dock, just like other icons.

Why it doesn't work inside KakaoTalk, Instagram, and similar apps

Many people first open daubday from a link someone sent them in a chat or social app. Those links usually open in an in-app browser: a simplified browser built into apps such as KakaoTalk, Instagram, or the Naver app. In-app browsers can display the site and let you color, but they cannot add a website to your Home Screen. That ability belongs to your phone's regular browser.

The fix is to open the page in your main browser first:

• In KakaoTalk, daubday shows an Open browser button. Tapping it opens the same page in your phone's default browser, where you can then add it to the Home Screen as described above.
• In other apps, look for a menu (often three dots or a share icon) with an option such as Open in browser, Open in Safari, or Open in Chrome.

There is one more reason to switch: your coloring progress is saved in the browser you use. Progress made inside an in-app browser stays with that in-app browser and won't appear in Safari or Chrome. If you plan to come back to a picture, it is best to color in the same browser you will open daubday from later, and the Home Screen icon is a simple way to keep that consistent.

What offline support does and doesn't do

After you add daubday to your Home Screen, it can open some pages without an internet connection. It helps to be clear about what that covers:

• Pages you have already visited can open again offline. If you opened a picture while connected, you can usually return to it later without a connection, for example on a plane or in a subway tunnel.
• New pictures need the internet the first time. A new picture of the day, or a picture from the gallery you have never opened, has to be loaded once while you are online.
• Progress stays on the device. Whether online or offline, your progress is saved in the browser on that device. Installing doesn't add syncing between devices, and clearing browser data still removes saved progress.

A simple habit if you know you'll be offline: open today's picture, or a couple of pictures you want to color, while you still have a connection. They will then be ready to open later.

Having the icon on your Home Screen also makes the picture of the day easier to keep up with, since it is always one tap away. If you are just getting started, the beginner's guide explains the coloring screen itself.