How to Use Hypothesis on Mobile Devices

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Currently, Hypothesis officially provides a Chrome extension and a bookmarklet. Most major browsers, however, only support extensions or bookmarklets on desktop computers and laptops. That doesn’t have to stop you from using Hypothesis on your phone, tablet, or other mobile device!

Install the Bookmarklet in a mobile browser

You may be able to work around mobile browser restrictions by following the instructions below to install the Hypothesis bookmarklet:

1. In your mobile browser, on any webpage, create a bookmark
2. In your browser settings edit the bookmark
3. Change the name of the bookmarklet to “Hypothesis Bookmarklet”
4. Copy the following and paste it into the URL of the bookmark, replacing the site URL already in there:
   • javascript:(function(){window.hypothesisConfig=function(){return{showHighlights:true,appType:'bookmarklet'};};var d=document,s=d.createElement('script');s.setAttribute('src','https://hypothes.is/embed.js');d.body.appendChild(s)})();

To use the Bookmarklet

1. Navigate to a site you want to annotate.
2. In the browser URL bar (not the Bookmark menu) type “Hypothesis Bookmarklet”
3. Select the text that appears in the URL bar.

You should remain on the site you want to annotate and the Hypothesis Sidebar will appear!