PWACompat Library

Thanks to PWACompat library we can skip many manual steps needed for Apple devices.

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As we have seen in the previous lesson, Safari doesn’t respect every value specified in the web manifest file. However, PWACompat, a Google polyfill library, can overcome this limitation and save many tedious manual steps.

From the library developers:

PWACompat is a library that brings the Web App Manifest to non-compliant browsers for better Progressive Web Apps. This mostly means creating splash screens and icons for Mobile Safari and supporting IE/Edge’s Pinned Sites feature.

Install the package

To use the library, we have to include it from a CDN (recommended to get the latest version):

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