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Introduction
In layman's terms, Progressive web application (PWA) is a type of application software that is delivered through easily installable directly via the web , built by using common web technologies that include HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. The whole intention of this is to make sure that the application can work on any platform that uses a standards-compliant browser.Here in Joget, the platform also supports this PWA feature by allowing end-users to install app created using Joget and the app that is installed will have many captivating features for the usersbrowser, that offers a native-like app experience to end users regardless of device variants.
PWA promises many key capabilities as compared to regular web applications, such as:
- Works in any network conditions, including offline
- Responsive web design
- Compatible with any device and screen dimension
- Background Sync
- Smooth app interactions
- Native-like app UI/UX
- Web push notifications
- and so much more...
Read here for full details about PWA and its benefits: https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2015/12/getting-started-pwa
As a brand new feature of Joget DX, Joget apps support PWA features by default.
Installing an app
Joget allows allow users to install their app through their easily install apps into mobile devices through compatible browsers.
Compatibility
| Feature / Device | Chrome Browser on Android | Chrome Browser on IOSiOS | Safari Browser on IOSiOS | Joget Mobile App on Android | Joget Mobile App on IOSiOS |
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| PWA Offline Storage and Sync | Yes (15 May 2020, Android 9) | No (15 May 2020, iOS 13.1.2 iPhone X) | Yes (15 May 2020, iOS 13.1.2 iPhone X) | Yes | Not Supported |
| PWA Push Notification | Yes (15 May 2020, Android 9) | No (15 May 2020, iOS 13.1.2 iPhone X) | No (15 May 2020, iOS 13.1.2 iPhone X) | Not Applicable | Not Applicable |
| Native App Push Notification | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Yes | Yes |
PWA Properties
Most userview menus support offline caching.
To configure them, you can edit menu configurations by directly editing the userview menu, or via the Builder Advanced Tools There are multiple ways to configure the PWA properties of the application. One of them is to configure it through the advanced tools in the userview builder.
1. Select Advanced Tools in the userview builder.
2. Choose the element you wish to configure PWA settings for. In this case, we are using the Manage My Vendor Details CRUD element and click on the edit button.
3. Select the "Performance & Offline settings " tab, and you will be able to see the can configure PWA offline settings here.
Edit PWA Offline Settings
| Name | Description | Screen ( Click to view ) |
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| Enable cache for offline support | This option allows users to cache for offline support for userview elements. |
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| Cache list actions (Non post POST action) | This option allows users to cache datalist actions but it does not include any POST actions. | |
| Cache all datalist links in first page | This option allows users to cache all the datalist links in the first page so that users will still be able to view the datalist even though they are offline. |
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Users can access this setting by going through the settings "Settings" tab in the userview builder.
1. Click on settings Settings.
2. Click on Theme and then click on Progressive Web app (PWA) Settings.
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Progressive Web App (PWA) Settings
| Name | Description | Screen ( Click to view ) |
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Disable Progressive Web App (PWA) Support |
| If checked, this will disable PWA support for the current app. |
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| Disable Web Push Notifications |
| If checked, this will disable Web Push Notifications. | |
| Additional URLs to Cache | This option allows users to cache additional |
| URL(s) that is relative to the Context Root. |
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There are several plugins that complements PWA features:
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