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SNAP User Guide

Screen of a mobile phone with a number of app icons shown including the icon for SNAP Guide.

We recently released an online user guide for SNAP Hydroponics at manual.snaphydroponics.info. It is a simple web application that contains comprehensive information about how to grow plants using SNAP Hydroponics. The user guide can be viewed in English and Filipino. It has plenty of pictures and illustrations to make it easier for budding growers to get started with SNAP Hydroponics. The web app remains fully functional even when your device is not connected to the internet.

The user guide is a web app that is designed to provide a native app user experience. It can be installed to a mobile device running on Android or iOS.

Android Installation

If you navigated to this page from Facebook or Messenger app, you probably are viewing this page in Facebook Mobile Browser. For the installation to work you need to be viewing this page in Google Chrome. To do so, simply tap the icon on the upper right-hand side of your device to pop open a menu. Then tap “Open in Chrome.”

Screenshot of mobile a screen.
How to open this page in Google Chrome from Facebook Mobile Browser.

Then tap the button below to open the web app. You can come back to this tab to follow the rest of the steps.

Proceed to https://manual.snaphydroponics.info

Browse through the web app as you would normally. You should see a prompt giving you the option add the guide to your home screen. This should appear shortly after you start using the web app. This is a good time to test the web app to see if it is worthy of being installed to your device.

Screenshot of the he add to home screen prompt.
The add to home screen prompt.

Tap the prompt and confirm by tapping add on the confirmation dialog.

Screenshot of the Add to Home screen confirmation dialog.
Add to Home screen confirmation dialog.

The web app will be installed and the icon should appear on your home screen shortly.

Screenshot of an Android device with the SNAP Guide installed.
The SNAP Guide installed in an Android device.

iOS Installation

If you navigated to this page from Facebook or Messenger app, you probably are viewing this page in Facebook Mobile Browser. For the installation to work you need to be viewing this page in Safari. To do so, simply tap the icon on the upper right-hand side of your device (lower right hand side in Messenger’s browser) to pop open a menu. Then tap “Open in Safari.”

Screen shot showing open in Safari option in Facebook Mobile Browser
Open in Safari option in Facebook Mobile Browser.

Then tap the button below to open the web app. You can come back to this tab to follow the rest of the steps.

Proceed to https://manual.snaphydroponics.info

Tap the share icon (middle) along the bottom of Safari to pop up a dialog.

Screenshot of Safari?s share icon
Safari’s share icon

Tap the share icon in the dialog. It is in the bottom row of icons. You may have to scroll that row to reveal it.

Screenshot of Safari?s Add to Home Screen option.
Safari’s Add to Home Screen option.

The next screen is the Add to Home Screen dialog where you will be given the option to rename the icon. Type in your preferred name or simply tap “Done” if you are happy with the default.

Screenshot of Safari?s add to home screen dialog.
Safari’s add to home screen dialog.

The web app will be installed an icon will be added to your home screen shortly.

Screenshot of the SNAP Guide installed in iOS.

SNAP Guide installed in iOS.

Leave a Feedback

Please let us know what you think about the guide. Please let us know of any errors that needs correction, how it can be improved or any features that you want to be added? We will continue developing the application beyond just a simple user guide.

Lite Version

There is also a very light weight version of the web app for those concerned about data consumption or those using low end devices. It’s very light weight and doesn’t include all the features of the full featured web app.

Open SNAP Hydroponics Guide Lite

Open Source

Both versions of the user guide are open source projects. You can find the source code in the SNAP Hydroponics GitHub Profile Page. You are welcome to contribute and help build code for the up-and-coming hydroponics industry of the Philippines.

That’s it! Happy hacking and happy growing!