[cheapweb]

When I load the app and then visit other sites, it does not automatically return to Home-page when restarting the app.

I cannot find any setting for that.

[support-michael]

@cheapweb
I’m not sure I fully understand the problem. Can you walk me through the exact steps to replicate this issue?

[cheapweb]

When I make an app I like to call the first/front page for Home.
Just like when you make a webpage then the first page you come to is the Home/index page.

It should be the same for an app I think.

I will try to be more specific.

I made an app.

As example:
1.page is Home – ie the one that shows up when you start the app
2. page is menu
3.page is contact

First time I load the app on my phone it shows correctly – the Home page.

The I visit the other pages on the app an may end up on the contact page, and then I close the app.

Next time I start the app it goes to the last page visited, in this case the Contact page.

THAT IS WRONG.

It should always start at the Home page.

Hope this explanation clears up what my problem is.

I know that if you on Ipad watches a movie, read an Ebook or listen to some music it will automatically start you off where you left.

But that is not right for an app.

[support-michael]

@cheapweb
>Next time I start the app it goes to the last page visited, in this case the Contact page

How are you starting the app?

For example, if a user saves your mobile webapp (home page) to the iphone/ipad homescreen and then launches it multiple times, each time it should start at your homepage.

[cheapweb]

That is exactly the nature of my problem, because it does not start from scratch when I launch it again on my Iphone.

I have saved the app on my phone, and then it starts correctly, then I go to second page or third page on the app and then close it.

The day after I launceh the app again and it sends me directly to the page I last was on.

[support-michael]

@cheapweb
I investigated and found that launching a mobile webapp saved to the homescreen (i.e., webclip) starts on the initial page. But if user closes mobile safari running with an internal page of the app visible and then launches mobile safari later then internal page is visible. Mobile Safari’s default behavior is to launch with the most recently visited web page visible.

My test scenario:
1) Use Send to Phone to upload the MobiOne Showcase app, SMS URL to phone
http://tinyurl.com/3f9dmrl

2) launch the MobiOne Showcase and save to iPhone homescreen

3) launch MobiOne Showcase from homescreen
– the startup page is presented
– navigate to Getting Started > Page Transitions

4) Hit home button
– closes mobile safari; homescreen visible

5) launch MobiOne Showcase from homescreen
– the startup page is presented (not Page Transitions)
– navigate to Getting Started > Buttons

6) Hit home button
– closes mobile safari; homescreen visible

7) Launch Mobile Safari
– Buttons page is visible

[cheapweb]

Hi Wayne

I am not really sure why you are talking about safari, what does that have to do with it.

When I am talking about pages I am talking about pages in the App.

But I just realized one thing.

I save the app in a FOLDER to my own server and when I want a link to where I can download the App, I use Domain/FOLDER/Home-export/Home.html

Is that correct or what else should I do get App downloadable to my phone?

BR

Kim

[support-michael]

@cheapweb

>I am not really sure why you are talking about safari, what does that have to do with it.

MobiOne generates mobile webapps (HTML5) which rely on the iPhone/iPad mobile safari to render. Thus, the native mobile safari behavior is what I was identifying. When the MobiOne native build service is available the runtime will still be HTML5 but will run in an internal local browser instance, not mobile safari.

> I save the app in a FOLDER to my own server and when I want a link to where I can download the App, I use Domain/FOLDER/Home-export/Home.html Is that correct or what else should I do get App downloadable to my phone?

Yes, this is the correct approach for a MobiOne mobile webapp. Once a user loads the Home.html page he can use the iPhone Save to Homescreen action to add an application icon to the homescreen.

[cheapweb]

Hi Wayne

Sounds good and that brings me to my next issue.

On one of the pages in my app I have a link to a webpage, where people can make some bookings.

Can I make that webpage appear in “normal iphone size” within the app, or am I forced out of the app to the external webpage? That is how it is now and there off course is now back-button as there are in my app.

Tried to use “iframe” but was advised against it. What can/should I do?

Best Regards

Kim

[support-michael]

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