enCAST On Your Phone

enCAST works in any phone browser, but you can go one better and install it like an app: an icon on your phone, full screen with no browser bars, and notifications for the things that matter. Nothing to download from an app store. Half of our members already sign in from a phone, and this page shows how to make the most of that.

Install on Android #

• Open Chrome (or Samsung Internet or Edge) and go to encast.pro.
• If you see a bar at the bottom offering to install the app, tap "Install app" and confirm. Otherwise open the browser menu and choose "Install app". Older versions call it "Add to Home screen".
• The enCAST icon appears in your apps list. Most phones also put it on the home screen. If yours does not, look under your phone's home screen settings for "Add app icons to Home screen", or drag it out of the apps list yourself.

Browsers such as DuckDuckGo or Firefox can only make an ordinary shortcut. Use one of the browsers above for the real install, and keep whichever browser you prefer for everything else.

Install on iPhone and iPad #

• Open Safari and go to encast.pro.
• Tap the share button, then "Add to Home Screen", then Add.

Only Safari can do this on an iPhone. Chrome and other browsers on iPhone cannot install the app.

What you get #

The icon opens enCAST full screen. Once you are signed in, it opens straight on your homepage. Tick "keep me logged in" when you sign in and the app stays signed in for thirty days after your last visit.

If you use the ACRM, your private contact book, you can give it an icon of its own as well. On Android, press and hold the enCAST icon and drag "ACRM" out onto the home screen. On iPhone, open the ACRM page and add it to the home screen separately. See the ACRM on your phone for the details, including working offline, or start with the ACRM guide.

Notifications #

With the app installed you can have enCAST tell your phone when something happens, the way a messaging app does. We notify you about:

• New messages in your inbox, with a short preview.
• Casting calls that match your profile, the moment they are published.
• An agent asking to connect with you, and a connection being confirmed.
• Someone reacting to one of your messages. This one is deliberately quiet.

We never send an email for a reaction, and notifications never replace the emails you already get for messages and castings. They simply arrive first.

Turning notifications on #

• Sign in on your phone. A bar at the bottom offers to turn notifications on. Tap "Turn on" and allow it when your phone asks.
• You can do the same at any time from the Notifications box on your homepage: "Turn on for this device".
• On iPhone, notifications only work from the installed app, not from Safari itself. Install first, then open enCAST from its icon and turn them on there.

Each phone or computer is switched on separately, so a laptop and a phone can each have their own setting.

Choosing what you receive, and turning it off #

The Notifications box on your homepage has a tick box for each kind of notification. Untick the ones you do not want and the change applies to all your devices at once. To stop notifications on one device entirely, tap "Turn off for this device" in the same box.

If you have blocked notifications for enCAST in your phone's settings, the box tells you so. Allow them again in the phone or browser settings and the switch comes back.

Removing the app #

Remove the icon the way you remove any app: press and hold it, then choose remove or uninstall. Your account and everything in it are untouched. You can install it again whenever you like.