• haden
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Topic: Question about adding webapps to the home screen

Firstly I wanna say cheers to Chris for the latest release .

Im not sure if this is the right place to post this.. but i have a small query and was wondering if anyone could help me out.

Ive added many of google's web applications to my home screen. The oher day I added google wave to my home screen. When I opened it up, I realised that it doesnt open in Safari like the other web apps , but opens up as a seperate application without the tool/ address bars . The same thing happens for google talk web application.

Im really curious as to how this is done..

  • Registered: 2009-11-10
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Re: Question about adding webapps to the home screen

HI Haden - Any web page that you save to your home screen using the 'Add to Home Screen' option from the 'plus' menu will open in a special Safari session without the usual browser chrome (URL bar and back button bar), provided that page has the correct meta tag within the document head.

You'll find everything you need here > http://developer.apple.com/safari but specifically here for this issue > http://developer.apple.com/safari/libra … 002051-CH3

HTH smile

  • haden
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Re: Question about adding webapps to the home screen

Thanks lostthplot.. Been hunting on google for this for the past 2 days.. Will give the metatags a try..

  • Registered: 2009-11-10
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Re: Question about adding webapps to the home screen

You'll find a wealth of useful info within the various Apple developer guides. The only thing I'd caution against though, is the use of Dashcode, which is fine for simple one- or two-page apps, but beyond that, WAn is a far better tool IMHO (I explain why elsewhere within this forum). Plus, Dashcode-generated web apps have a HUGE and resource-hungry code footprint compared to Chris's lean and clean WAn code wink

  • Registered: 2010-02-08
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Re: Question about adding webapps to the home screen

Does anybody know if there is a function like in standard browsers: window.external.AddFavorite(location.href, document.title);
to bring a link to home screen by clicking a function inside the page?

Last edited by webapper (2010-02-09 13:29:33)

  • Registered: 2008-05-10
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Re: Question about adding webapps to the home screen

There is no standard for this and this is not implemented in Mobile Safari.

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