I have a few of instances of Discourse running for different projects. They are pretty much identical, other than a couple of minor CSS differences, but are behaving differently when I try to use the “Add to homescreen” option on chrome for android. The majority work without a hitch (imitating a native app; splash screen, no URL bar, etc), however two instances seem to simply put a shortcut on the homescreen and open up in a new tab in chrome. Are there any specific criteria that I might have neglected to set up in the two misbehaving that might be causing this? (I’ve tested it across a couple of devices, so I’m confident I’m not the only one experiencing it). [image] [image]

[image] auryn_macmillan: I’m the admin for both. Hahaha, you should’ve mentioned it earlier :stuck_out_tongue:. The only SiteSettings that we use are title and apple_touch_icon_url. app/controllers/metadata_controller.rb aa4dccd0a def manifest render json: default_manifest.to_json end def opensearch render file: "#{Rails.root}/app/views/metadata/opensearch.xml" end private def default_manifest { name: SiteSetting.title, short_name: SiteSetting.title, display: 'standalone', orientation: 'portrait', start_url: "#{Discourse.base_uri}/", background_color: "##{ColorScheme.hex_for_name('secondary')}", theme_color: "##{ColorScheme.hex_for_name('header_background')}", icons: [ { Do you use any plugins? The push notifications one mess with this controller I think.

Both are using https I believe: https://forum.gnosis.pm/ https://forum.ether.camp/

[image] auryn_macmillan: https://forum.gnosis.pm/ Both manifest.json is somehow broken. How they did it is beyond me. Maybe they forgot to set a required field…

[image] Falco: Maybe they forgot to set a required field. What are the required fields? And how would I go about fixing this?

My best guess is they didn’t set the apple_touch_icon_url SiteSetting. Try sending a PM to an admin and asking then.

I’m the admin for both. apple_touch_icon_url for https://forum.gnosis.pm is: [image] mobile_logo_url for https://forum.gnosis.pm is: [image] [image]

[image] Falco: Do you use any plugins? The push notifications one mess with this controller I think. Yeah I have the push notifications plugin installed on both, I’ll try rebuilding one without and see if that fixes it.

[image] auryn_macmillan: Yeah I have the push notifications plugin installed on both, Hoho, found it! I think that just configuring the plugin may work. You either install and fill all the fields or uninstall.

There is a field called gcm_sender_id somewhere. However, this should not happen anyway. This may fix it (still need some testing): https://github.com/discourse/discourse-push-notifications/pull/7

Criteria to ensure Discourse instance will work as a Chrome webapp on mobile

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Falco (Falco) September 13, 2016, 10:03pm 2

As said here you need https. Can you share the links?

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Criteria to ensure Discourse instance will work as a Chrome webapp on mobile

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