I am new to PWA (progressive web applications) and I've stumbled upon the following: I can not seem to use the display property of the manifest.json file.
When adding the app to my home screen on my iPhone the application is displayed in the safari browser with the URL showing rather than being a standalone application.
When (for example) I go to pokedex.org and add that to my homescreen, the application is displayed as a standalone application (no URL-bar).
I have tried using ngrok.io to host my application using https:// outside of my localhost and it isn't working on that either.
I have tried the developers tools on safari to reset the cache on my iPhone, so it is definitely not caused by cache issues.
The application tab in google chrome is saying that this should be a stand-alone application and is displaying the correct logos / favicons.
The application I am testing for this is built using create-react-app.
Manifest.json
{
"short_name": "[hidden]",
"name": "[hidden]",
"description": "[hidden]",
"icons": [
{
"src": "favicon.ico",
"sizes": "64x64 32x32 24x24 16x16",
"type": "image/x-icon"
},
{
"src": "favicon/android-icon-36x36.png",
"sizes": "36x36",
"type": "image\/png",
"density": "0.75"
},
{
"src": "favicon/android-icon-48x48.png",
"sizes": "48x48",
"type": "image\/png",
"density": "1.0"
},
{
"src": "favicon/android-icon-72x72.png",
"sizes": "72x72",
"type": "image\/png",
"density": "1.5"
},
{
"src": "favicon/android-icon-96x96.png",
"sizes": "96x96",
"type": "image\/png",
"density": "2.0"
},
{
"src": "favicon/android-icon-144x144.png",
"sizes": "144x144",
"type": "image\/png",
"density": "3.0"
},
{
"src": "favicon/android-icon-192x192.png",
"sizes": "192x192",
"type": "image\/png",
"density": "4.0"
}
],
"start_url": "./index.html",
"display": "standalone",
"orientation": "portrait",
"theme_color": "#000000",
"background_color": "#ffffff"
}
Index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
<meta name="mobile-wep-app-capable" content="yes">
<meta name="apple-mobile-wep-app-capable" content="yes">
<meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#ffffff">
<meta name="msapplication-TileImage" content="%PUBLIC_URL%/favicon/ms-icon-144x144.png">
<meta name="theme-color" content="#000000">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="57x57" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/favicon/apple-icon-57x57.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="60x60" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/favicon/apple-icon-60x60.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="72x72" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/favicon/apple-icon-72x72.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="76x76" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/favicon/apple-icon-76x76.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="114x114" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/favicon/apple-icon-114x114.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="120x120" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/favicon/apple-icon-120x120.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="144x144" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/favicon/apple-icon-144x144.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="152x152" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/favicon/apple-icon-152x152.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/favicon/apple-icon-180x180.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="192x192" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/favicon/android-icon-192x192.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/favicon/favicon-32x32.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="96x96" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/favicon/favicon-96x96.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/favicon/favicon-16x16.png">
<!--
manifest.json provides metadata used when your web app is added to the
homescreen on Android. See https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/engage-and-retain/web-app-manifest/
-->
<link rel="manifest" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/manifest.json">
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/favicon.ico">
<!--
Notice the use of %PUBLIC_URL% in the tags above.
It will be replaced with the URL of the `public` folder during the build.
Only files inside the `public` folder can be referenced from the HTML.
Unlike "/favicon.ico" or "favicon.ico", "%PUBLIC_URL%/favicon.ico" will
work correctly both with client-side routing and a non-root public URL.
Learn how to configure a non-root public URL by running `npm run build`.
-->
<title>[Hidden]</title>
</head>
<body>
<noscript>
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app.
</noscript>
<div id="root"></div>
<!--
This HTML file is a template.
If you open it directly in the browser, you will see an empty page.
You can add webfonts, meta tags, or analytics to this file.
The build step will place the bundled scripts into the <body> tag.
To begin the development, run `npm start` or `yarn start`.
To create a production bundle, use `npm run build` or `yarn build`.
-->
</body>
</html>
The problem seemed to be the usage of:
<meta name="mobile-wep-app-capable" content="yes">
<meta name="apple-mobile-wep-app-capable" content="yes">
There was a typo in web-app: wep-app.