From e05a5fe49bdd3c2971e569901cba6c87a40bb5f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rami <evilchuck11@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 22:13:02 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Mention that start_url needs to be "." for client side routing * Change template manifest start_url to dot to make it react-router friendly * Revert "Change template manifest start_url to dot to make it react-router friendly" This reverts commit 02f53e81caea999ddba45f2cd012a9fb976c839e. * Add a note about PWA manifest and client-side routing --- packages/react-scripts/template/README.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/template/README.md b/packages/react-scripts/template/README.md index e5acc6b77..7cf2db5d5 100644 --- a/packages/react-scripts/template/README.md +++ b/packages/react-scripts/template/README.md @@ -1836,6 +1836,12 @@ service worker navigation routing can be configured or disabled by and [`navigateFallbackWhitelist`](https://github.com/GoogleChrome/sw-precache#navigatefallbackwhitelist-arrayregexp) options of the `SWPreachePlugin` [configuration](../config/webpack.config.prod.js). +When users install your app to the homescreen of their device the default configuration will make a shortcut to `/index.html`. This may not work for client-side routers which expect the app to be served from `/`. Edit the web app manifest at [`public/manifest.json`](public/manifest.json) and change `start_url` to match the required URL scheme, for example: + +```js + "start_url": ".", +``` + ### Building for Relative Paths By default, Create React App produces a build assuming your app is hosted at the server root.<br> -- GitLab