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Normalized hide address bar for iOS & Android
/*
* Normalized hide address bar for iOS & Android
* (c) Scott Jehl, scottjehl.com
* MIT License
*/
(function( win ){
var doc = win.document;
// If there's a hash, or addEventListener is undefined, stop here
if( !location.hash && win.addEventListener ){
//scroll to 1
window.scrollTo( 0, 1 );
var scrollTop = 1,
getScrollTop = function(){
return win.pageYOffset || doc.compatMode === "CSS1Compat" && doc.documentElement.scrollTop || doc.body.scrollTop || 0;
},
//reset to 0 on bodyready, if needed
bodycheck = setInterval(function(){
if( doc.body ){
clearInterval( bodycheck );
scrollTop = getScrollTop();
win.scrollTo( 0, scrollTop === 1 ? 0 : 1 );
}
}, 15 );
win.addEventListener( "load", function(){
setTimeout(function(){
//at load, if user hasn't scrolled more than 20 or so...
if( getScrollTop() < 20 ){
//reset to hide addr bar at onload
win.scrollTo( 0, scrollTop === 1 ? 0 : 1 );
}
}, 0);
} );
}
})( this );
@jwlms
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jwlms commented Oct 28, 2011

Is this going to make it into jQuery Mobile?

@Fresheyeball
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I wrote this. Works on iOS and Android:

hideAddressBar : function(){
if (navigator.userAgent.match(/Android/i)) {
window.scrollTo(0,0); // reset in case prev not scrolled
var nPageH = $(document).height();
var nViewH = window.outerHeight;
if (nViewH > nPageH ) {
nViewH = nViewH / window.devicePixelRatio;
$('BODY').css('height',nViewH + 'px');
}
window.scrollTo(0,1);
}else{
addEventListener("load", function() {
setTimeout(hideURLbar, 0);
setTimeout(hideURLbar, 500);
}, false);
}
function hideURLbar(){
if(!pageYOffset){
window.scrollTo(0,1);
}
}
return this;
}

@ambientp
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ambientp commented Dec 9, 2011

Hi this is my first time using github and I may be doing it wrong

If I put the raw code inside script tags in the head or body nothing happens
if I use the embed code it seems to give the desired effect only the code appears on the pages as the page loads and then disappears once the content is loaded. If the page is not long enough then the code is visible after where the page ends.

I would really appreciate some advice on this. I've spent a long time looking for an address bar solution and this is the only one that comes close

Thanks

@Fresheyeball
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@ambientp The code I pasted was raw from my project, and the hideAddressBar function is part of an object. If you want to use it in the most vanilla sense do this:

<script type="text/javascript"> $(function(){ hideAddressBar(); }); function hideAddressBar(){ if (navigator.userAgent.match(/Android/i)) { window.scrollTo(0,0); // reset in case prev not scrolled var nPageH = $(document).height(); var nViewH = window.outerHeight; if (nViewH > nPageH ) { nViewH = nViewH / window.devicePixelRatio; $('BODY').css('height',nViewH + 'px'); } window.scrollTo(0,1); }else{ addEventListener("load", function() { setTimeout(hideURLbar, 0); setTimeout(hideURLbar, 500); }, false); } function hideURLbar(){ if(!pageYOffset){ window.scrollTo(0,1); } } return this; } <script> Also be sure to include jQuery in your project BEFORE this script tag.

@ambientp
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ambientp commented Dec 9, 2011

Hi @Fresheyeball
I copy/pasted it just before the and it doesn't seem to be working.
I'm kinda new to all this, is there anything else I need to do to get it to work?
Also I'm testing this on an itouch. Not sure if that makes a difference or not

@Fresheyeball
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@ambientp can I get the url of your site? You can contact me on skype at skype id = 'fresheyeball'

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ambientp commented Dec 10, 2011 via email

@Fresheyeball
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@ambientp, I just tested your site on ios4 iso5 and android 3. and the address bar got hidden.

@ambientp
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ambientp commented Jan 3, 2012 via email

@archerallstars
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Thanks for the code. At first I tested and the code didn't work, I though it has to be something wrong. And just to note that, if your site contains an event that use jQuery scrollTop to y 0, it will override the code and cause it not to work on Android. So, I added +1 to my scrollTop value and it solved the issue completely.

@capdragon
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Not working :/

@archerallstars
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It's working perfectly(not test on ICS yet). The other thing that it won't work is your page is too shot.

@scottjehl
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There's a repo here with more recent code, fwiw https://github.com/scottjehl/Hide-Address-Bar

@chriv
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chriv commented Apr 30, 2012

I swear, I cannot get any version of this to work. window.scrollTo(0,0) ; window.scrollTo(0,1) ; hideAddressBar() above ; hideaddressbar.js ; anything. here's where I'm trying it: https://beta.buildingindustryservices.com/payapp . Cannot imagine what I'm doing wrong. I keep uploading code to my server and I test it in four browsers:

  • Android (ICS) Browser (usually fails)
  • Android Dolphin HD Browser (only scrolls 1 pixel or nothing)
  • Android Chrome Beta Browser (doesn't scroll)
  • Android FireFox Browser (not beta) (worse than doesn't scroll - extends page too far)
    I don't have an iPhone to test on.
    I'm open to suggestions. I've been tweaking code to do this for 2 months (no, it's not the only thing I've been coding).

@hedefalk
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hedefalk commented Mar 1, 2013

Does this work in ios6? I had a simple window.scrollTo( 0, 1 ); that works in <= ios5 but not in ios6.

Thanks, Viktor

@NeroLang
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NeroLang commented May 6, 2014

it doesn't work.

@MichelArendt
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Apparently, not working properly anymore. It adds extra padding...

@harshamv
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does this work?

@FabianGabor
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It doesn't work in Android v4.x

@frontenddeveloping
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This is outdated. Thanks for this snippet. Works on iOS 7- only.

@yazeryanski
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