Added Apple web-app meta tag #358

[acbgbca]

Fix for #358

[vertex]

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[sissbruecker]

Sorry for the late reply. I did test this on iOS, and while opening the app correctly hides the status bar, navigating to any other page of the app (add bookmark, settings, ...) adds the status bar again, and shows an option to return to the app. I would expect that there is no status bar as long as you are on a URL within the app.

[davidkarim]

Seems like a cool feature. Don't forget to merge, for the next release!

[acbgbca]

Looks like this won't work as I expected. I did some more reading, and for this to work the web app needs to behave like a single page web app; clicking on an action updates the content on the page rather than navigating to a new page. When you click on a link it opens it in an internal browser. Great for when you click on links (you can easily navigate back), not so good when navigating the application.

Refactoring the application to behave like a single page will likely be a significant amount of work, and probably not worth it just to satisfy this use case. I'll investigate further to see whether there is another way to get this to work.

Sorry I didn't pick this up, I rarely navigate past the homepage when using on my phone.

[sissbruecker]

Yeah, I was assuming that this only works with single page apps. linkding will probably always be server-side rendered, no plans to change that.

Note that there are several mobile apps in development (search for linkding through Github and then check repos), though I haven't tried any of them personally.

[gingerbeardman]

I use a WordPress installation like this, which is definitely a multi-page website, and I only see a different UI for external links. So I'm wondering if something has been missed in this PR? I'll try to take a look

[sissbruecker]

Related SO question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59581949/ios-safari-webapp-opens-links-in-new-window

The answer recommends adding a full PWA manifest, including a scope section.

[acbgbca]

Thank you for the help. I have added in a manifest file, and confirmed that the pages now show correctly.

I apologise in advance if I haven't added it using best practice. I am a Java developer, this is based on what I could find via Google. If there a is a better way let me know and I'll make the necessary changes.

[sissbruecker]

Thanks, did some small tweaks and added tests