InstallEvent: InstallEvent() constructor

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The InstallEvent() constructor creates a new InstallEvent object.

Syntax

js
new InstallEvent(type, options)

Parameters

type

A string with the name of the event. It is case-sensitive and browsers always set it to install.

options Optional

An object that, in addition of the properties defined in Event(), can contain any custom settings that you want to apply to the event object. Currently no possible options are mandatory, but this has been defined for forward compatibility.

Return value

A new InstallEvent object.

Specifications

Specification
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# dom-installevent-installevent

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
InstallEvent() constructor
Experimental
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 40 (Release date: 2015-01-21)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 27 (Release date: 2015-01-27)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 40 (Release date: 2015-01-21)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 27 (Release date: 2015-01-29)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 4 (Release date: 2016-03-11)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 40 (Release date: 2015-01-21)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support

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Full support
Full support
No support
No support
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.

See also