[iOS] Doesn't display in standalone?
sedubois opened this issue · comments
Hi! I just discovered this promising project 🙂 First thing I tested is opening https://offline-plugin.now.sh on my iPhone, then "add to homescreen", then clicking the created shortcut. The shortcut has the proper name and icon, but the page opens in a browser tab instead of as a standalone app, despite the fact that manifest.json has "display": "standalone".
I'm new to PWAs, am I missing something?
Hi! Safari doesn't yet exactly support PWA, so neither ServiceWorker nor manifest.json work/supported there. Hence that property doesn't affect the Safari. If you try to add it to home screen on Android, it will be in standalone mode.
Safari supports standalone mode with another way, by specifying <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes"> tag. I'm not sure why I didn't do that. Standalone mode in Safari is a bit buggy so often I prefer to not use it, so maybe I just forgot it now.
Do you think it makes sense to add it?
Thanks I think it makes sense to add it, yes :) even if imperfect, I think it's a really nice improvement, to view a webapp without toolbars around it (I'm building a meditation timer so really want distractions out of the way).
Has Apple got any ETA on supporting manifest.json or even intention to support it?
There is no ETA or any signals from Apple about supporting manifest.json. Also ServiceWorker is only "Under Consideration", so there chances that they won't support it at all or may start support it in 5 years. Who knows.
I'm building a meditation timer so really want distractions out of the way
Are you using this demo as boilerplate for you app?
Okay, I made it standalone on iOS: c22b646
Thanks! Has this been deployed? Still doesn't display in standalone for me.
Yes, deployed. You need to re-add the shortcut.
Yes I had done that. But ok this time it works for some reason, thanks :)
Seems like you didn't wait for AppCache update to be received before re-adding the shortcut :-)