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kawazoe / force-reload.js
Last active February 1, 2024 06:50
Auto refresh page on manifest.json change. iOS offline PWA hack to handle auto updates.
// ------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT -------------------------------------------
// This is a development file to be minified using https://javascript-minifier.com/ and inlined in
// the index.html file. This file is not compiled or processed by webpack so it should be treated as
// low-level precompiled es5-compatible javascript. The code here is not meant to be clean, it's
// meant to be as light and fast as possible since it runs in the head tag.
// HACK: This file a hack to ensure that home-screen apps on mobile devices gets refreshed when they
// start. It works by forcing a load of the service-worker.js file and use the precache-manifest
// file name as an application version, just like a desktop browser like chrome would do. When
// when it detects a change in the application version, it reloads the page and bypass the browser's