I'm creating a Mobile App with JQM and JSP I'm using Bookmark bubble to do this, but I just want to ensure I understand what is happening behind the scenes here.
Is the static HTML generated by my JSP saved locally on the iPhone?
Does clicking on the APP always get fresh info from my online server or does it cache?
I'm assuming it still uses Safari to render? And just hides the toolbar etc?
If instead of hosting this online, I packaged it as an Apple App and it went on App store,
would the device still use safari to render it?
Thanks!
Documentation is at: https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/iPhone/Conceptual/SafariJSDatabaseGuide/OfflineApplicationCache/OfflineApplicationCache.html
It's possible to cache the page(s) locally.
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I want to make an plugin like app in iphone for mobile web browser, in which i want to use safari (or any browser) current link and also link which is present on the web page, when i click on it my app should invoke for using targeted link.
I know plugins are not supported in mobile browser,
Can anybody have any solution without jailbreak?
Thanks in advance.
I'm working on a mobile web app (website) that requires you to add it to the home screen. When you open it, and switch to another app, then go back to my web app, the whole app reloads. It shows the splash screen and doesn't even remember where you last were.
Is there a way around this? I can't find any details in the iOS docs.
It seems that this topic will answer your question.
You can't avoid this refresh behavior. You should work with the HTML5 local storage to persist the state of your application and use it when the application is launched to restore his state.
Here is a link to the Safari Developer Library focussing on your question.
I know I can use the apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style meta tag and after adding the web page to the home screen, it will run the app in full screen mode.
My question is if there is any tag, css or javascript I can use to tell mobile safari to do it directly, without having the user adding to the home screen first?
You could consider something like PhoneGap that deploys a webapp as a native iphone application. It would also allow you access to things like the accelerometer via javascript calls.
Currently, and sadly, this can't be done :(
There is a way of automatically installing 'webclips' on your idevice.
You do this by deploying a profile payload to your device (.mobileconfig file).
Payloads can be signed or unsigned, for testing purpose unsigned profiles will come up as Insecure.
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/featuredarticles/iPhoneConfigurationProfileRef/Introduction/Introduction.html
The advantage using a profile like this is that you can set it so the user cannot remove the 'webclip' in the standard way, having to remove the profile to remove the app. You can also protect this with a PIN.
One reason I didn't use this method for registering my apps was that I couldn't get it working offline with appcache manifests (iOS6.x), however this may have improved since iOS7.x
I have a fairly standard ASP.Net web application which is used via mobile safari on the iPhone.
Some users who have a link to the web application placed on their desktop via profile are reporting that when navigating between pages (which I do on the server with Response.Redirect after specific events or via standard anchor tags in other cases (no target specified)) that Safari opens a new window instead of reusing the existing window.
Because of this, any login token/cookie etc (i'm using the built-in ASP.Net membership stuff), is now gone for that new browser window and the login prompt is shown.
The problem doesn't happen every time, and I can't seem to replicate it on my device (but i'm not deploying the shortcut via profile)
As you can probably imagine, it's quite frustrating for the users to have to log in every time, and you can't fix an issue you can't replicate.
My question is, has anyone heard of this issue and/or know a workaround?
The app is NOT iPhone specific, that is, it is used in a full desktop browser as well, and the logins stay like you'd expect there - and the same window is reused repeatedly.
I've considered a few possibilities, but have been drawing a blank as far as what might be causing this or how I can resolve it.
Do you have any iPhone meta tags set (to remove the url bar or the toolbar, for instance?) If you do, the phone will assume it's a native web app, and urls will open in a new safari window, like they would for any other native app.
If you are taking advantage of using the web app in full screen mode (where it is bookmarked to the launch screen next to native apps) you can prevent it from jumping out of fullscreen mode by and in to safari replacing type links with javascript.
location.href = '/yourPath';
This is a nifty trick which even works if you are linking to an outside URL, like doing an OAuth to Facebook and back.
I have a blog post on this here: http://www.aaroncoleman.net/post/2011/07/29/Keeping-iPhone-Web-App-in-Fullscreen-mode-from-Homescreen-Launcher.aspx
I'm using Apple iPhone Configuration Utility to configure in-company mobile phones. I'd like to add to home screen an icon for a in-house web application we have developed. Using the Web Clip section, it's easy to add the webclip to home screen, however, we have two issues:
The webclip doesn't show up the png icon defined for the page (in meta tags).
The page loads up in Safari but is not "stand-alone" (fullscreen) (same thing, this property is defined in meta tags).
Note these issues are not encountered when adding the webclip to the home screen directly from Safari Mobile on the device.
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Use the iPhone Configuration Utility. There, in the section for web clip you can set full screen and and the icon. As far as I remember, you need to have those things set there and in the meta tags.
We use this feature quiet a lot and it works very well.