Offline Web Application HTML5 on Android

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I want to develop a HTML5 Web App. I read that in HTML5, you can use the new feature "Offline Web Applications" With the *.manifest file

I read an article from november 2010, that this feature only works on the iOS platform.

Does it work on Android now?

Eric Farr · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-21 16:34:33Z

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Yes. It works on Android as well as iOS and most desktop browsers. You don't need PhoneGap unless you want to access native features or deploy to the App store.

UPDATE:

Check out this chapter from Jonathan Stark's book: Building Android Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

edited Sep 21, 2011 at 16:34

answered Sep 21, 2011 at 16:28

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alexander-fire Over a year ago

okey... thanks... because I dont want to do that with PhoneGap. Can you write me how I solve that? A example or something else. I tried it but when i open the site with my Android phone and close it after 1 minute and disable the internet connection. The browser said, that no connections is available.

Eric Farr Over a year ago

That usually happens if the manifest file is not just right (especially the MIME type). It will work if you get it right. My team developed a product that works that way. Did you look at Jonathan Stark's chapter on this that I linked to?

Eric Farr Over a year ago

Also, it works exactly the same on iOS and Chrome on windows; so, test it there first.

Sevyls Over a year ago

your link (ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9781449383268/…) isn't accessbile anymore, the content is now part of this book shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920010067.do

Boris Smus · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-21 16:38:03Z

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In general, http://mobilehtml5.org/ provides nice mobile compatibility tables to answer this and other similar questions.

answered Sep 21, 2011 at 16:38

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Just a guy · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-30 02:49:48Z

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Yes it can. Here's an example for an offline game:

http://www.davidgranado.com/2010/11/make-a-set-mobile/

The one thing that sucks is that iOS generates a nice icon automatically. However, android doesn't. Also, I noticed that on random versions of android, it will display an error popup about the fact that it can't connect to the internet, but still runs fine after that.

answered Sep 30, 2011 at 2:49

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