Website App Maker Guide

1. Create an app

1. Enter an HTTP or HTTPS website address. A missing prefix becomes HTTPS.
2. Choose the name shown in your app drawer. If blank, the website hostname is used.
3. Choose Website icon, Upload image or Create icon. The preview is the image that will be packaged.
4. Choose Create app, then Download Android app.

The APK is generated and signed in your browser. You can create it on your phone, or create it on a computer and transfer the downloaded APK to your phone.

2. Install and organize

If you only need a home-screen shortcut, Chrome already provides one: open its three-dot menu and choose Install and create shortcut → Create shortcut. Website App Maker creates a separate app in your app drawer.

Requires Android 8 or later and the standard Google Chrome app. Open the APK with Android’s installer. If prompted, allow your browser or file manager to install unknown apps. Installation always requires your confirmation. Device management, security settings and regional developer-verification rules can affect installation.

Once installed, the app appears in the app drawer. Move it into a folder like any other app. Tapping it hands its address directly to Chrome and closes the launcher activity. There is no setup screen, embedded browser or background service. If Chrome is unavailable, a short message asks you to install or enable it.

These locally generated apps are independently signed and are not registered with Google. Where developer verification is enforced, Google documents an advanced user installation flow and installation through Android Debug Bridge. Check Google’s current installation guidance. A signing certificate alone does not imply developer registration or approval.

3. Names and icons

App names support up to 60 characters, including non-English names. Uploaded PNG, JPEG, WebP and ICO images are fitted inside a 192 × 192 PNG without stretching. Images must be at most 5 MB and 16 million pixels. Your launcher may apply its own icon shape or badge.

Website icon looks for declared browser-tab icons on the public HTTPS homepage, then tries the usual favicon location. Choose Find website icon, or let Create app perform the lookup. Only the website origin, without your entered path, query or fragment, is sent to our host. Our host contacts the public website and its icon hosts; no third-party favicon service is used. Some websites block automated requests or choose icons dynamically, so the result cannot always match Chrome’s current tab. If lookup fails, upload an image or create an icon. The tool does not silently use the old generic blue icon.

Create icon offers searchable presets, text or symbols, and emoji. Symbol and background colours are independent, with swatches, colour pickers, editable six-digit HEX values and RGB sliders. The size slider keeps the content centered. Colour emoji retain their device’s appearance, so symbol colour is disabled in Emoji mode. The finished appearance is flattened into a PNG and stays the same on the phone where you install the app. Your icon colours do not follow website theme changes.

4. Multiple apps and replacements

Every time you create an app, it receives a new package identity and signing key. Multiple generated apps can coexist, even if their names or addresses are identical. Downloading the same finished result again preserves its identity.

To change an installed app, uninstall it and generate its replacement. Signing keys exist only during creation and are not retained or exported, so this version does not produce updates to an existing installed app. Keep the original APK if you want to reinstall that exact app later. Uninstalling a link app does not clear Chrome’s website data.

5. Privacy and source

Your full entered address, chosen name, uploaded image, icon design and signing key stay on your device. The tool downloads its small launcher template and performs packaging and signing locally. Website icon lookup sends only the public origin to our existing Cloudflare host, which retrieves the public homepage and icon. The lookup has no application logging, database or stored browsing history; hosting providers still process network requests. Opening an installed app uses Chrome, with Chrome’s normal network access, browsing data and website permissions.

The generated launcher requests no Android permissions and has no Internet permission. Its job is to pass the stored address to Chrome. The address is contained in the APK and is not encrypted: do not put secret login tokens or passwords into it. Website ownership, content and artwork rights remain with their respective owners.

Original generator and launcher code is MIT-licensed. Download source and build instructions. The source includes the launcher, APK-generation modules, tests and website integration files. It does not include your inputs or generated signing keys.

Automated signature, installation and launcher tests are recorded with the source. Appearance and folder behavior can vary by device launcher. Browser-local generation does not mean the tool is guaranteed to load offline.

Website settings

Main site and the named parents above the page follow the site’s hierarchy. Guide and Settings use local pages where available.

Settings lets you hide the header and choose Light, Light Gray, Dark or Pitch Black / OLED. Light Gray is the first-visit default. The parent row and footer remain available when the header is hidden.

Choose System, DM Sans, Outfit, or Outfit headings with DM Sans body text in Settings. The preview and interface change immediately. Outfit is the first-visit default; fonts are served by these websites. Your saved selection is preserved.

Theme, header and font preferences are shared across andrazdjuric.com websites in this browser. They contain no document data or visitor identifier and are separate from installed application settings.

Open this tool’s Guide or Settings and return using the tool’s named parent above the page without losing this tab’s files or results. Processing and cancellation follow the tool-specific instructions above. Reloading, closing the tab or leaving this website clears this in-memory workspace. Local file processing does not guarantee offline availability.

Contact in the footer opens the main site’s contact options in a new tab. Use it for questions, problem reports or suggestions.

The shared interface rules explain navigation, link markers, themes, raised surfaces and control states.