LegoFinder works as a Progressive Web App (PWA) — installable to your home screen on iOS and Android. Most installs work cleanly, but a small number of users hit issues. Here's the troubleshooting flow.
Symptom: Icon installed, but tapping it does nothing
Usually a stale registration. Fix:
- Long-press the home-screen icon → Remove / Uninstall.
- Open LegoFinder in your browser (Safari on iOS, Chrome on Android).
- Refresh the page (pull down).
- Re-install: Share → Add to Home Screen (iOS) or menu → Install app (Android).
Symptom: App opens but pages are blank or won't load
The service worker is corrupted. Fix:
- Open the site in your browser (not the installed app).
- Chrome: Settings → Privacy → Clear browsing data → check "Cookies and site data" + "Cached images and files" → for legofinder.app only via Site Settings → clear.
- Safari iOS: Settings (system) → Safari → Advanced → Website Data → search legofinder → swipe to delete.
- Reload the website. The service worker re-registers cleanly.
- If you had it installed to home screen, uninstall and reinstall.
Symptom: Photo upload fails inside the installed app, but works in browser
iOS sometimes restricts file-picker access from PWAs in older iOS versions. Fix:
- Update iOS to the latest version.
- If still failing, use the regular Safari website for uploads instead of the installed PWA. Both reach the same backend.
Symptom: Pages I visited before still show old content
The PWA caches pages aggressively for offline access. To force a refresh:
- Pull down on the page to reload (Android Chrome).
- Force-quit the app (swipe up in app switcher) and re-open.
- If still stale, clear site data per the steps above.
Symptom: "Add to Home Screen" option missing
Either the page isn't a valid PWA from the browser's perspective (rare — usually a brief network glitch), or you're using a browser that doesn't support PWA install (Firefox iOS, some in-app browsers).
- Try Safari on iOS or Chrome on Android — the most reliably-supported PWA browsers.
- Open from a fresh tab, not from a link inside another app's in-app browser.
If none of this works
The website itself works without the PWA. You can simply bookmark legofinder.app and skip the install entirely. If you want to report the install issue so we can investigate, send details (browser, device, OS version, exact symptom) via the contact form.