How can I autorun Android Chrome homescreen app on startup

Unfortunately, there is no solution right now. Chrome homescreen apps work slightly differently from regular apps. Please read here for the full details: https://developer.chrome.com/multidevice/android/installtohomescreen

Specifically, Google developers have mentioned that Android can not detect Chrome homescreen apps as installed.

Do not prompt the user to add your app to the homescreen. There is no way to detect if the app is running installed or not.

So by extension, you are not able to run them at startup.

Running homescreen apps on device boot up might be tricky since Android cannot detect them as installed, but here is a workaround you might be interested in:

• Install AutoStart - No root on your Android device
• In the app, Set "Auto startup" to ON
• Add Chrome to the Applications list

• In Chrome, add the page you wish to launch as the browser start page

• Optional - Install a secondary browser and repeat the steps above in order to avoid interfering with the start screen of your regular browser

• Optional - Install an app like Fulscrn Free or similar and add your browser to the list of apps that run in full screen mode.

This way, every time you boot up the device, a browser will launch with the page you designate, almost as if it is launching the homescreen app.

Here is what I did:

• Installed Tasker and AutoInput . They are paid though.
• In Tasker, add a profile for "On device boot" and an action from Plugins->AutoInput.
• Follow the instructions in AutoInput to create an action that simulates a press on the web app's icon on the homescreen.
• I placed my icon on the default home screen, otherwise you might need to add a swipe action first to get to the proper screen.