Mobile Apps: Getting Started

Click on more... for specific instructions on how to get started (or download the PDF below). It is important to follow these steps.

While the Library doesn’t have an app, you can add the Library’s website to your home screen so it will look like an app.

iOS:

1. Open Safari and navigate to the Library's website (or Clinical Tools page?). Once there, make sure you can see the navigation toolbar by tapping once near the bottom of the screen, which will make it appear.
2. A Share menu will appear at the bottom of the screen. Use your finger to pull it up and swipe through the list. Tap "Add to Home Screen."
3. A menu titled "Add to Home Screen" will appear. Use this menu to name your new Home screen web icon anything you'd like using the onscreen keyboard. Once you're done, tap "Add" in the top-right corner of the box.
4. The icon for the website will appear on your Home screen. Any time you'd like to use it, just tap on the shortcut as if it were a regular app. Safari will automatically open and load the website.
5. If you want to place the icon somewhere different on your Home Screen, touch and hold the icon, and drag it to your desired location.

Android:

1. Open the Chrome app on your handset and navigate to the website that you want to make into a Home Screen shortcut. Once the website loads, open Chrome's Settings menu by tapping the three vertical dots found in the top-right corner.
2. Next, select the "Add To Home Screen" option.
3. A new screen that will allow you to place the icon automatically or choose where to place it. On this "Add To Home Screen" screen, you'll see a preview of the shortcut's icon. Tap the "Add Automatically" button to place the new icon on your Android device's Home Screen wherever space is available.
4. If you want to place the icon somewhere different on your Home Screen, touch and hold the icon, and drag it to your desired location.