Search code examples
google-chromehttpwebhttps

Site cannot be installed: the page is not served from a secure origin

I have created manifest.json to a site to enable to save the web app icon on a desktop.

My developer website is over HTTP - Which doesn't work when I click on add to home screen from application tab.

I am getting console error:

Site cannot be installed: the page is not served from a secure origin

The same code works over HTTPS.

How can I simply bypass this issue in HTTP?

Note : I have followed the following step in chrome browser, it didn't resolve my issue: Stackoverflow previously Question

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Solution

  • The problem was service workers will only register and install on the secure origin. So followed following steps:

    1. Go to chrome.exe path in the program files create shortcut of the chrome on the desktop

    2. right click on the shortcut - Go to properties - update the target with the below changes "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --unsafely-treat-insecure-origin-as-secure=http://wzy.xyz.com,http://x.xyz.com --user-data-dir=/anydirectory/

    Note: Make sure that you google chrome executable file is present in the above mentioned location.

    Also this is only to test in the local environment.