Laravel 5.4+ PWA Manifest Helper
This helps automatically generate a basic PWA style manifest which will help devices install your website to their homescreens, mainly to save headache of having to create these extra files yourself., (*1)
It uses browser detection to include the approprite meta e.g Chrome and Android will be provided with a JSON manifest, whilst other browsers will be provided with the meta tags., (*2)
Usage
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Install via composer composer require owenmelbz/laravel-pwa-manifest, (*3)
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Register the service provider (if the auto discovery does not work) - typically done inside the app.php providers array e.g OwenMelbz\PwaManifest\PwaManifestServiceProvider::class, (*4)
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Publish the package via php artisan vendor:publish --provider="OwenMelbz\PwaManifest\PwaManifestServiceProvider", (*5)
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Configure the config/pwa_manifest.php to your liking, including your app name, colours themes etc., (*6)
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Include within your <head> the blade directive @pwaManifest this should include the appropriate manifest per device/browser., (*7)
Launcher images
If you provide a single source image within the icon key - we will automatically generate and cache the icon sizes for you. Simply add your source file to somewhere accessible and we'll do the rest for you., (*8)
If you want to define your own set of 3 icons, then simply set the icon key to either null or false, then provide the public path to your image assets., (*9)
Disclaimer
This was built out of an experiment and is very simple and not designed to be a full replacement for custom manifests, feel free to submit any PR enhancements that you feel like :), (*10)
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