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Back Button Broken in iOS App

in jQuery Mobile • 6 years ago

It appears that iOS 9 and the last version of iOS 8 broke the back button in jQueryMobile.

The back button works on a site while in Safari and Chrome browsers.

However, the minute you save it to the Home screen (to lose the browser chrome), its back buttons fail in the Web app.

Example: http://newmaterial.com/backbutton

Short of a custom JavaScript button, is there any workaround strictly within jQuery Mobile?

Thanks.

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watusiware

Re: Back Button Broken in iOS App

6 years ago

Partial duplicate of this:

https://forum.jquery.com/topic/phonegap-jquery-mobile-app-scroll-and-navigation-problems-in-ios9

and this:

https://forum.jquery.com/topic/page-navigation-issues-under-ios9-beta

Above posts are hopelessly mixed-up with various unrelated iOS9 issues, though.

Let's try to keep THIS post to ONE subject: back button.

If somebody wants to pick out and re-post the relevant material from the above posts, that would be helpful.

Did you check Github issues? Nothing gets fixed by posting here. Things get fixed by submitting an Issue on GitHub, providing a test case, and waiting for the next version.

jakecigar

Re: Back Button Broken in iOS App

6 years ago

<header data-role="header">
<a href="#page" data-direction="reverse" data-role="button" data-icon="delete" data-iconpos="notext" class="ui-btn-left">back</a>
<h1>Page One</h1>
</header>

Works well for me from the home page.

Back-Fail (my version)

JΛ̊KE

hatchmo79..

Re: Back Button Broken in iOS App

6 years ago

I just figured out what you've done here, JΛ̊KE, and I had to say, "Duh!" It's a good alternative solution. Thanks.

jakecigar

Re: Re: Back Button Broken in iOS App

6 years ago

I always code my own back buttons like that, and have not had any problems with "web apps" on iOS 9. I think 99% of the iOS 9 problems are with "native apps".

JΛ̊KE

hatchmo79..

Re: Back Button Broken in iOS App

6 years ago

Thanks, Wat. This in the <head> solves the issue:

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).bind("mobileinit", function(){
$.mobile.hashListeningEnabled = false;
});

This is from the 2nd link that you provided.

Sorry for the doppelgänger post. I really did research all back button issues here, but I never found the iOS 9 one.

(You are loveably irascible. I smile when I read all of your comments here:)

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