First I have to say that I am new to this web app home screen button theme.
These lines:
<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes" />
<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style" content="black" />
worked cool for me so far, yet there is a problem when orientation is changed from landscape to portrait. Then the app cuts of just the part where the browser chrome was and leaves a white field instead on the right side.
Strangely when I start in portrait mode and then change to landscape all works well as supposed to back and forth.
How is this to be avoided?
Thanks so much for help
Garavani
The following code solved my problem:
$(window).on('orientationchange', function() {
// only necessary for home screen use
// otherwise blank space is left where the adress bar was (on orientation change from landscape to portrait)
document.body.scrollLeft = 0;
} );
Related
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=600,user-scalable=no">
</head>
<body>
<div style="width:570px;height:300px;border:1px solid black" >
<input type=text>
</div>
</body>
</html>
When opening file above from Home Screen and tapping into input box in landscape mode, then rotating phone to portrait mode, screen zooms in and there's no way to zoom out. Doesn't happen when opening in Safari.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Save the bookmark to file to Home Screen
2. Open bookmark from Home Screen
3. Turn phone to Landscape mode
4. Tap into input field, keyboard appears
5. Turn phone to Portrait mode
Expected Results:
Screen shouldn't zoom in.
Actual Results:
Screen zooms in.
Version:
IOS 9
Notes:
Didn't happen prior to IOS9. Doesn't happen in Safari, only in Web Clip.
Any ideas for workaround?
Found a solution over here:
https://github.com/scottjehl/iOS-Orientationchange-Fix
Although for me there's no need for accelerometer, simply setting meta content to "maximum-scale=1" does the trick:
var meta = document.querySelector( "meta[name=viewport]" ),
initialContent = meta && meta.getAttribute( "content" ),
disabledZoom = initialContent + ",maximum-scale=1";
function restoreZoom(){
meta.setAttribute( "content", disabledZoom );
}
window.addEventListener( "orientationchange", restoreZoom, false );
I have got a web page that I am showing on full-screen when open it from the home screen via:
<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes">
this works fine, but in iOS7 the status bar appears with a black text over black background and:
<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style" content="black">
does not work, while it works on iOS8.
Where does it get the text colour? and why there is no possible way to change it? I searched for a bit on this matter and I couldn't find a solution other than not showing the app on full-screen mode, I need to show the time on the status bar.
I am using CSS media queries to create a web site with responsive design. When I open my test page on the iPad in either landscape or in portrait orientation, it looks fine.
However, when I switch from landscape to portrait mode, the page is shifted to the left. I can tell that the correct CSS is loading because other things on the page change. I can also drag the page to the right and it appears exactly as it does if I had opened the page in portrait initially.
I have my viewport set to:
meta id="view" name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0"
I added JavaScript to fix the iOS viewport scaling bug which used to cause the page to be zoomed in when switching from portrait to landscape. (I used the solution described here: https://gist.github.com/901295 )
I'm having problems finding the name for the bug I'm experiencing when switching from landscape to portrait. Has anyone else seen this or know how to fix?
The problem owner says that she "can also drag the page to the right and it appears exactly as it does if I had opened the page in portrait initially."
This makes me think that, for some unknown reason (a bug?), the page is scrolled to the left at an orientation change to portrait mode (otherwise you wouldn't be able to drag it back).
I had a similar issue and solved it with the following JavaScript workaround:
// ...
// Optionally add a conditional here to check whether we are in Mobile Safari.
// ...
window.addEventListener('orientationchange', function() {
if (window.orientation == 0 || window.orientation == 180) {
// Reset scroll position if in portrait mode.
window.scrollTo(0, 0);
}
}, false);
Maybe this will work for others too.
I managed to sort my similar issue out - perhaps this will work for you?
You'll need to work out if it's a particular div or other element that's causing it by deleting/reinstating different bits and retesting the page. Once you've worked it out try adding an overflow: hidden property to that element in your CSS - I used overflow-x: hiddensince my issue was horizontal scrolling but you may need to vary it.
Hope this is of use... good luck!
Jereon, your JavaScript worked for me. My viewport is:
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, minimum-scale=1, user-scalable=no" />
I'm using the Drupal Corporate Clean responsive theme. I have not had this problem using the Omega responsive theme framework.
The solution for this is as proposed by #ellawson
Problem is caused by some element not being scaled correctly by the browser when rotating the device. Find that element and apply overflow: hidden; or overflow-x: hidden; as he says.
Note: this question is a duplicate. I'll post the gist of my answer here.
2015 update
All the other answers are unfortunately incorrect, outdated, or misguided. Here's what works:
window.addEventListener('orientationchange', function () {
var originalBodyStyle = getComputedStyle(document.body).getPropertyValue('display');
document.body.style.display='none';
setTimeout(function () {
document.body.style.display = originalBodyStyle;
}, 10);
});
The code listens to the orientationchange event and forced a re-flow of the body element by hiding it and showing it 10 miliseconds later. It does not depend on any <meta> tags or media queries.
You said,
When I open my test page on the iPad in either landscape or in portrait orientation, it looks fine. However, when I switch from landscape to portrait mode, the page is shifted to the left
That is key. You just need to force a re-paint of the body.
Answers that suggest adding <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> or variations thereof, as of Safari 7, no longer wors. Here's a demo. To make sure you see how it doesn't work, start with the iPad in landscape mode, load the page, then rotate. Notice the page doesn't expand to full height, despite using flexbox all the way.
Compare that to this page, where we use the hide/show body technique in production.
I came across this problem with an iPad and applied html { overflow-x:hidden; } . That seems to have resolved the issue.
try adding the following setting to your content properties: maximum-scale=1
or try this: user-scalable=no
here is the ios documentation
So you can make a website go "full screen" and hide the addressbar/chrome on ipad if the user adds your page to their home screen, which makes an icon on the home screen that they launch your site from. You just put some meta tags like this:
<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes" />
<meta name="apple-touch-fullscreen" content="yes" />
However, I haven't been able to get a site to hide the browser chrome when the page is just in a normal browsing session (the user hasn't launched your site directly from an icon on their home screen). Is it possible to do so? How?
According to the Apple Docs it doesn't specifically say you can't (however as you've noted, it appears to only behave as desired when the site has been added to your home screen).
I also noted that on the Apple Support Forum the consensus seems to be that you need to launch from the home screen to get the desired effect.
Quote from Docs:
apple-mobile-web-app-capable
Sets whether a web application runs in full-screen mode.
Syntax
<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes">
Discussion
If content is set to yes, the web application runs in full-screen mode; otherwise, it does not. The default behavior is to use Safari to display web content.
You can determine whether a webpage is displayed in full-screen mode using the window.navigator.standalone read-only Boolean JavaScript property.
Availability
Available in iOS 2.1 and later.
I found this works,
$('body').delay('1000').animate({ scrollTop: '0px' }, 'slow');
I noticed that scrolling down removed it, so scrolled 60px (height of the chrome), but that hide it and scrolled down the page, but a scroll of 0px, assuming your page has started at the top (not on a # target), fools it!
I guess you could even remove the delay and animate, but I wanted it to be smooth, and not too jerky.
I have a web app running on Safari on an iPad. I am starting the app from the iPad home page. I want the app to start in full-screen mode, and to continue running in full-screen mode (i.e. not showing the Safari address bar). I have therefore added the following meta-tags to the site master page:
<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes" />
<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style" content="black" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
I start the app from the iPad home page and it starts nicely in full-screen mode (not showing the Safari address bar) but when I click a to another page in the site (with the same meta-tags, as inherited from the same site master page) then the address bar suddenly pops into view (and remains in view). The link looks as follows (I am using jQueryMobile):
Home
How can I force the web app to remain looking like a 'native-app' by keeping the address bar hidden when navigating between internal pages?
It would appear that Mobile Safari does not 'natively' support full-screen if you use external links. As soon as you use an html anchor then it flips out of full-screen mode. The window.scrollTo may be a workaround that will work for some people, but I also want to avoid the way that the UI flips itself when transitioning to the non-full-screen mode too.
The answer is to use window.location.assign(). This keeps the full-screen app in 'native' full-screen mode. You just need to refactor your tags into javascript window.location.assign(url) calls - that then keeps the thing in full-screen.
Add jQuery and you don't have to modify any links,
$(document).ready(function(){
$('a').click(function(event){
event.preventDefault();
window.location.assign($(this).attr('href'));
});
});
Example link:
Next page without safari
maybe this: source
// When ready...
window.addEventListener("load",function() {
// Set a timeout...
setTimeout(function(){
// Hide the address bar!
window.scrollTo(0, 1);
}, 0);
});