Are there known issues with the Progressive Web App on iOS? It all works fine but then after a while I start getting problems - the “sticky” header and footer stop sticking and appear in the middle of the page, and also the chat stops working properly and is all blank. I have to quit the app and r…

I have seen this happen a few times yes, I don’t have a definitive reproduction though, but it’s definitely on my radar. I think it’s started few months ago after an iOS update. I suspect something with our d-header height computation. But thats all I have for now. If you ever get a way to constan…

I have no way to constantly reproduce it, but it does happen every time I use the site, eventually. I have to force quit the app at least once per day.

Ah, even on the latest version, which I was hoping would fix it, I’m still getting the same issue.

@pmusaraj ever heard / seen that one before?

I now can easily reproduce problems both in a PWA and in DiscourseHub for my site. It seems to have gotten even worse recently. It doesn’t seem to happen on Meta so perhaps it is fixed in a newer version but I am on the stable branch. To reproduce: Start editing or composing a message Switch app…

I’ve narrowed this down! All the zooming issues I mentioned in my last message stop if I disable one Theme Component - the Google Fonts component! Should I post there or keep posting on this topic?

Problems with PWA on iOS

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pmusaraj (Penar Musaraj) November 28, 2024, 4:26pm 7

I’m a DiscourseHub user, and haven’t seen either on DiscourseHub. I do remember seeing this when testing the iOS PWA, but that was many months ago…

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Problems with PWA on iOS

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