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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon RobinLinus

Doesn't install as a proper PWA on iOS

Open ahydronous opened this issue 3 years ago • 9 comments

On iOS if I add a PWA to the home screen (via Safari > 'share' > 'add to homescreen'), it becomes it's own pseudo-app in things like the app switcher.

Snapdrop however just become a bookmark that opens a tab in Safari.

ahydronous avatar Jan 14 '21 23:01 ahydronous

The bookmarklet I made is at #238 .

hello-smile6 avatar Jan 14 '21 23:01 hello-smile6

See #115 - PWA breaks downloads on iOS devices, for this must work in Safari...

Bellisario avatar Jan 16 '21 17:01 Bellisario

Any updates?

Longshoez avatar Mar 10 '21 04:03 Longshoez

@Longshoez, unfortunately, there isn't a way to install as a proper PWA on iOS, yet. Sorry...

Bellisario avatar Mar 10 '21 16:03 Bellisario

There is with my bookmarklet, @Bellisario, for the users who want it.

hello-smile6 avatar Mar 14 '21 20:03 hello-smile6

I also have this problem

Shadowspear123 avatar Sep 04 '21 04:09 Shadowspear123

@Longshoez, unfortunately, there isn't a way to install as a proper PWA on iOS, yet. Sorry...

This is just not true, at least not anymore. Try the google news site on the latest version of iOS.

1ctinus avatar Jun 07 '22 21:06 1ctinus

@Bellisario What I think is missing is the display key on the web manifest needs to be standalone.

1ctinus avatar Jun 10 '22 18:06 1ctinus

@1ctinus the problem is that adding Snapdrop on an iOS 12 device will fail images download (#115), so @RobinLinus decided not to add it to keep use on these devices. Pull request #282 adds support for iOS 13 and higher, but hasn’t been merged yet.

Bellisario avatar Jun 11 '22 09:06 Bellisario