I have an application written in HTML and Javascript which works offline using two HTML5 features: the application cache (the manifest attribute of the HTML element, referring to a cache manifest file) and the localStorage object. To get offline access, all the user has to do is to bookmark the page, and the browser takes care of the rest. On Android version 2 and higher, this all works very well, but there are a couple of minor issues.
Firstly, rather than accessing the app via the browser's bookmark list, I want users to be able to put a link on their home screens. When you do this, you get a copy of the browser icon, not the icon for my application. The iPhone has a special HTML marker to specify the icon you want displayed (apple-touch-icon); is there an equivalent for Android? Secondly, you can get the iPhone to display a page from a home screen link without including the browser controls, such as its address bar. This is handled by another iPhone-specific HTML marker (apple-mobile- web-app-capable), and once again I'd like to be able to do the same thing on Android. Any suggestions? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
