Save website to home screen, open outside Safari?

[ipedro]

I could've sworn that it was possible to save a website to your home screen and then treat it as an app. When it opened, it would open outside of Safari. Now it opens as a new tab. When did this go away or am I losing my marbles?

 

[rijc99]

Mine still opens as if it were an app. I just tried it with Twitter. The shortcut took me to the full screen login page where as my browser tab was already signed in.

9.2

 

[gordon1234]

It's up to the owner of the website to enable this functionality.

 

[ipedro]

It's up to the owner of the website to enable this functionality.

You are indeed correct. It's a simple Boolean option. A single line of code:

<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes">

https://developer.apple.com/library...bApplications/ConfiguringWebApplications.html

I submitted it to Voxmedia. Since they don't have native apps, they should at least offer this option. The website still works as a website in Safari but as a web app if launched from the Home screen. Win win for everybody.

 

[ipedro]

(Duplicate)

 

[Sirious]

Thanks for the heads up.