How to install Roster Flow on an iPhone or iPad
Roster Flow runs in Safari and can be added to the Home Screen as a web app, so it opens from its own icon like any other app. These are Apple’s steps for Safari, with the buttons to look for at each one.
The short version
On an iPad the order is a little different, and it is set out further down.
Before you start
- Use Safari. Apple’s steps for adding a website to the Home Screen as a web app are written for Safari.
- Accept the invite first. The email has a Set your password button, and invite your team explains what happens next.
- Sign in, from the invite or the sign in page, before adding the icon.
Add Roster Flow to an iPhone Home Screen
Open Roster Flow in Safari
Go to the Safari app and open Roster Flow. If the invite opened inside another app, open the sign in page in Safari and sign in there.
SafariTap the Page Menu button, then Share
If your Safari tabs are set to Bottom or Top, the Share button is shown straight away, so tap that instead.
Page MenuthenShareTap Add to Home Screen
Scroll down the list of options. If Add to Home Screen is not there, scroll to the bottom, tap Edit Actions, then tap Add to Home Screen.
Add to Home ScreenTurn on Open as Web App, then tap Add
Apple describes this as using a website as if it’s an app. An icon for Roster Flow is added to the Home Screen.
Open as Web AppthenAddOpen Roster Flow from the icon
Tap the icon and Roster Flow opens to Home, the first screen staff see when they sign in.
Roster Flow
On an iPad
Open Roster Flow in Safari and tap Share
Apple’s iPad steps start from the Share button while the page is open.
ShareTap View More, then Add to Home Screen
Both are in the list that opens from Share.
View MorethenAdd to Home ScreenTurn on Open as Web App, then tap Add
The icon appears only on the iPad it was added on, so an iPhone needs its own.
Open as Web AppthenAdd
After it is on the Home Screen
- Roster Flow offers the same steps on Home, in a box headed Add Roster Flow to your phone. Got it hides the box.
- A clock in or clock out made with no signal is kept on the phone and sent when the signal returns or Roster Flow is opened again. Breaks are not kept that way, so start and end a break with a signal.
- Updates arrive on their own. When a message says a new version of Roster Flow is ready, press the button beside it to load it. There is nothing to update in an app store.
- If location or the camera was refused by mistake, allow it again in the iPhone’s Settings, then open Roster Flow again.
Removing it
Touch and hold the Roster Flow icon on the Home Screen and choose to remove it, as Apple’s guide to removing apps from iPhone describes. The account, shifts and hours are not affected, and Roster Flow can be added again from Safari at any time.
If a step is not there
- No Share button. Tap the Page Menu button first. Share is shown on its own only when Safari’s tabs are set to Bottom or Top.
- No Add to Home Screen. Scroll to the bottom of the list, tap Edit Actions, then tap Add to Home Screen.
- The page is open inside another app. Open the sign in page in Safari and start again from there.
- The icon opens Roster Flow in Safari. Remove the icon and add it again with Open as Web App turned on.
For managers
Send each person their invite first, as invite your team sets out. Roster Flow on staff phones covers the first clock in, and anyone with an Android phone can follow the Android steps. The hours from each clock in come through for review and approval.
Questions about Roster Flow on an iPhone
Where is the Share button in Safari on an iPhone?
Apple’s steps start with the Page Menu button: tap it, then tap Share. If your Safari tabs are set to Bottom or Top, the Share button is shown straight away, so tap that instead.
What does Open as Web App do when adding Roster Flow?
Apple describes it as opening a website as if it’s an app: an icon is added to the Home Screen, and tapping it opens the website just like an app.
Can Roster Flow be added to an iPad Home Screen too?
Yes, from Safari. Apple’s iPad steps are to tap Share, tap View More, tap Add to Home Screen, turn on Open as Web App and tap Add. The icon appears only on the device where it is added.
Does Roster Flow have to be added from Safari?
The steps on this page are Apple’s steps for Safari, which comes with every iPhone and iPad. If the invite opened inside another app, open the Roster Flow sign in page in Safari and add it from there.
How do staff remove Roster Flow from an iPhone?
Touch and hold the Roster Flow icon on the Home Screen and choose to remove it. The account, shifts and hours are not affected, and it can be added again from Safari at any time.