<![CDATA[the PWA does not have a webmanifest file so PWA is not activated]]>Hey there Wassim 🙂
I uploaded my icons to size and checked if I could download my site, but it is missing the app manifest file
see reference here
https://web.dev/add-manifest/#:~:text=The web app manifest is,when the app is launched.

]]>https://community.appdrag.com/topic/844/the-pwa-does-not-have-a-webmanifest-file-so-pwa-is-not-activatedRSS for NodeSat, 18 Apr 2026 14:18:21 GMTTue, 25 May 2021 06:01:24 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to the PWA does not have a webmanifest file so PWA is not activated on Tue, 25 May 2021 13:43:11 GMT]]>@Linda-MacDonald by default it automatically appears the first time your user visit it on mobile.
Here is an advanced solution if you want to show a custom add button :
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50332119/is-it-possible-to-make-an-in-app-button-that-triggers-the-pwa-add-to-home-scree

But you might need to add PWA by yourself to do it.

]]>https://community.appdrag.com/post/3473https://community.appdrag.com/post/3473Tue, 25 May 2021 13:43:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the PWA does not have a webmanifest file so PWA is not activated on Tue, 25 May 2021 06:41:42 GMT]]>@Wassim it's working!! :=) I had a http connection so changed it to https because otherwise it doesn't work and its all good 🙂 do you know how we might create a download button or something so that it becomes more evident that the site is pwa?

]]>https://community.appdrag.com/post/3469https://community.appdrag.com/post/3469Tue, 25 May 2021 06:41:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the PWA does not have a webmanifest file so PWA is not activated on Tue, 25 May 2021 06:35:26 GMT]]>@Wassim I went back and fixed the orientation and set the display to standalone but now it's saying that the service worker cannot be detected
Skjermbilde.JPG image url))

]]>https://community.appdrag.com/post/3468https://community.appdrag.com/post/3468Tue, 25 May 2021 06:35:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the PWA does not have a webmanifest file so PWA is not activated on Tue, 25 May 2021 06:24:12 GMT]]>Thanks, just open the inspector and go to application > manifest and you can see your issue is with the display property that you set to browser.

f654c926-e15c-448c-8689-ef3aba596417-image.png

]]>https://community.appdrag.com/post/3467https://community.appdrag.com/post/3467Tue, 25 May 2021 06:24:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the PWA does not have a webmanifest file so PWA is not activated on Tue, 25 May 2021 06:24:26 GMT]]>@Wassim the service worker is there but not the manifest.json file seems to be missing.

]]>https://community.appdrag.com/post/3466https://community.appdrag.com/post/3466Tue, 25 May 2021 06:24:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the PWA does not have a webmanifest file so PWA is not activated on Tue, 25 May 2021 06:07:55 GMT]]>@Wassim do I just invite you via the backend to check?

]]>https://community.appdrag.com/post/3465https://community.appdrag.com/post/3465Tue, 25 May 2021 06:07:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the PWA does not have a webmanifest file so PWA is not activated on Tue, 25 May 2021 06:05:07 GMT]]>Hi,
We add the manifest, please provide the link to your project to check why it's not there

]]>https://community.appdrag.com/post/3463https://community.appdrag.com/post/3463Tue, 25 May 2021 06:05:07 GMT