web applications - Can't update manifest.json for my android homescreen webapp -
i can't seem manifest.json (associated webapp on android phone) updated.
i created web page
created needed manifest.json file as:
{ "lang": "en", "display": "fullscreen", }
included link in html of web page
<link rel="manifest" href="http://yoursite.com/manifest.json">
brought web page on samsung android phone in browser (samsung internet 2.1) , clicked "add shortcut home screen"
looked good. shortcut on homescreen icon , took me webpage in fullscreen mode.
now trying change things in manifest.json. wanted add start_url , add url parameters. deleted icon on home screen, changed code in manifest.json on webserver. loaded webapge in browser , added shortcut homescreen. url parameters not passed webpage.
i did same steps again, manifest.json different url. no dice.
tried changing "fullscreen" "browser". delete icon, add homescreen, try again. nope - still in full screen mode. tried different file name manifest.json. different <title>
on webpage.
try might, can't seem different manifest.json saved.
what missing/doing wrong????
assume manifest.json saved on phone. can/should manually delete (although can't find it).
ok think figured out. bad in thinking manifest.json applicable more chrome. looks manifest.json has nothing webapp behaving does. rather meta tag:
<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes" />
this tag makes shortcut on homescreen open browser in fullscreen mode. believe made safari(?) adopted samsung browser using.
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