It is a limitation of a PWA. A native app (wrapper) will likely be coming though, and a custom Capacitor plugin could theoretically interface with the native API to switch out icons. Theoretically. No promises though :)

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      1 year ago

      I think it’s acceptable, though I am working on my own … for now experimental … Lemmy client in C++/Qt/QML … maybe eventually for desktop and mobile devices alike :)

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      Problematic

      I get lots of random freezes, actions not registering, etc

      Doesn’t make it unuseable, but it’s not a great experience