New Feature in 2.1! Webapps can run FULL SCREEN!

[TheSpaz]

That's right... as long as the webapp supports the "Full screen" code will run from the iPhone's springboard without the Safari wrapper.

Full story here:

http://www.appleinsider.com/article...e_software_supports_full_screen_web_apps.html

To test this, add this demo webapp to your home screen:

http://webapp.net.free.fr/Demo/Index.html

Pretty cool!

 

[daihard]

That's right... as long as the webapp supports the "Full screen" code will run from the iPhone's springboard without the Safari wrapper.

Full story here:

http://www.appleinsider.com/article...e_software_supports_full_screen_web_apps.html

To test this, add this demo webapp to your home screen:

http://webapp.net.free.fr/Demo/Index.html

Pretty cool!

Pretty nice. How about posting it here?

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/561840/

 

[sibruk]

It appears all you need to add are a few meta tags, along with the standard viewport tags...

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;" />
<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes" />
<meta names="apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style" content="black-translucent" />

 

[kdarling]

Yay! About time. This should've been in from the beginning of homescreen web icons.

Of course, the totally proprietary meta tags get a zero for a standardization attempt.

Slowly, but surely, Apple is reinventing the Microsoft .hta web app. Now, they just need to give the pages the same power as .hta's, with access to native calls and info.

 

[BergerFan]

Safari itself needs a fully full screen option. Maybe a simultaneous tap with two digits to lose/bring up the borders, could be implemented.

 

[TheSpaz]

Pretty nice. How about posting it here?

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/561840/

Thanks! Done.

 

[alFR]

Slowly, but surely, Apple is reinventing the Microsoft .hta web app. Now, they just need to give the pages the same power as .hta's, with access to native calls and info.

I doubt they'll do that. Apart from the meta tags you mention, they've taken pains to encourage web apps to comply with open web standards: developing a proprietary web app architecture would be a pretty radical departure from that.

 

[waw74]

it works great, except it breaks window.orientation and related window.onorientationchange event.

i read about this coming up a few months ago

i have web pages that load different content when the phone is rotated 90deg and that function doesn't work anymore.
I've set up a quick thing to read window.orientation and it always reads 0 (normal upright)