Problems with PWA on iOS

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 relaunch to fix it. I find myself doing this daily.

I’m using the latest stable branch.


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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 constantly reproduce this, please let me know.

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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?

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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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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 apps to something else while composer is open
  • Come back, and the zoom is all wrong
  • There will also be bugs with Chat and with scrolling now

Is anyone else able to reproduce this on another forum so I know it’s not just me?

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?