Awesome Meta Tags & Manifest Properties 
Awesome collection of meta tags and manifest properties available for building progressive web applications.
Browsers Support
Desktop
Google ChromeMozilla FirefoxOperaEdgeSafari
Mobile
Google ChromeFirefoxOperaSafariSamsung Internet BrowserUC Browser(partial support)
Meta Tags
<!-- Must -->
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1,minimum-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no">
<meta name="description" content="Description">
<meta name="keywords" content="Keywords">
<title>Page Title</title>
<!-- Android -->
<meta name="theme-color" content="red">
<meta name="mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes">
<!-- iOS -->
<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-title" content="Application Title">
<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes">
<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style" content="default">
<!-- Windows -->
<meta name="msapplication-navbutton-color" content="red">
<meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="red">
<meta name="msapplication-TileImage" content="ms-icon-144x144.png">
<meta name="msapplication-config" content="browserconfig.xml">
<!-- Pinned Sites -->
<meta name="application-name" content="Application Name">
<meta name="msapplication-tooltip" content="Tooltip Text">
<meta name="msapplication-starturl" content="/">
<!-- Tap highlighting -->
<meta name="msapplication-tap-highlight" content="no">
<!-- UC Mobile Browser -->
<meta name="full-screen" content="yes">
<meta name="browsermode" content="application">
<!-- Disable night mode for this page -->
<meta name="nightmode" content="enable/disable">
<!-- Fitscreen -->
<meta name="viewport" content="uc-fitscreen=yes"/>
<!-- Layout mode -->
<meta name="layoutmode" content="fitscreen/standard">
<!-- imagemode - show image even in text only mode -->
<meta name="imagemode" content="force">
<!-- Orientation -->
<meta name="screen-orientation" content="portrait">Link Tags
<!-- Main Link Tags -->
<link href="favicon-16.png" rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16">
<link href="favicon-32.png" rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32">
<link href="favicon-48.png" rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="48x48">
<!-- iOS -->
<link href="touch-icon-iphone.png" rel="apple-touch-icon">
<link href="touch-icon-ipad.png" rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="76x76">
<link href="touch-icon-iphone-retina.png" rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="120x120">
<link href="touch-icon-ipad-retina.png" rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="152x152">
<!-- Startup Image -->
<link href="touch-icon-start-up-320x480.png" rel="apple-touch-startup-image">
<!-- Pinned Tab -->
<link href="path/to/icon.svg" rel="mask-icon" size="any" color="red">
<!-- Android -->
<link href="icon-192x192.png" rel="icon" sizes="192x192">
<link href="icon-128x128.png" rel="icon" sizes="128x128">
<!-- Others -->
<link href="favicon.icon" rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon">
<!-- UC Browser -->
<link href="images/icon-52x52.png" rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="57x57">
<link href="images/icon-72x72.png" rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="72x72">
<!-- Manifest.json -->
<link href="/manifest.json" rel="manifest">Manifest
{
"name": "app name",
"short_name": "short name",
"icons": [{
"src": "images/icons/icon-48x48.png",
"sizes": "48x48",
"type": "image/png"
},
{
"src": "images/icons/icon-72x72.png",
"sizes": "72x72",
"type": "image/png"
},
{
"src": "images/icons/icon-96x96.png",
"sizes": "96x96",
"type": "image/png"
},
{
"src": "images/icons/icon-144x144.png",
"sizes": "144x144",
"type": "image/png"
},
{
"src": "images/icons/icon-168x168.png",
"sizes": "168x168",
"type": "image/png"
},
{
"src": "images/icons/icon-192x192.png",
"sizes": "192x192",
"type": "image/png"
},
{
"src": "images/icons/icon-256x256.png",
"sizes": "256x256",
"type": "image/png"
},
{
"src": "images/icons/icon-512x512.png",
"sizes": "512x512",
"type": "image/png"
}],
"gcm_sender_id": "",
"gcm_user_visible_only": true,
"start_url": "/?utm_source=homescreen",
"permissions": [
"gcm"
],
"scope": "",
"orientation": "portrait",
"display": "standalone",
"theme_color": "#ffffff",
"background_color": "#ffffff"
}Some issues in browsers & its fixes
Android
- Icons for manifest.json, doesn't need to have many icons. Adding
192pxsize icon will scale perfectly for most of the devices. gcm_user_visible_onlykey removed in Chrome 45 favor of the specified solution:userVisibleOnly.
iOS
- In safari mobile browser, add to home screen will add black background for icon if its in PNG format. Make it as JPG to work.
- Safari doesn't support manifest.json for add to home screen yet.
UC Browser
- Meta tag
browsermodeis not working. - Link tag
iconfor home screen is not working.
Tools
References
- Apple Developer Site
- Web App Manifest
- UC Browser
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- PWACompat - to add support for splash screen in any device.
Contributions
- If you wish to contribute to this repository, fork it and send a PR
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