Multiple PWA apps on same server

[JustAPhrog]

Hi, In our company we have one server with APEX and we want to implement this great (!) future. Is it possible to serve multiple manifests for different apps? How to achieve it?
APEX 18.2 on Tomcat on Linux
ORDS 18.4.0.r3541002

[vincentmorneau]

Yes, you can name the manifest json file and service worker javascript file anything, and reference those different files in your different apps ;)

[JustAPhrog]

@vincentmorneau It's great to hear it. I'll try it 🙂

[Habouassaf]

Hello i know this is an old post
@JustAPhrog did you try this? i couldn't make it works for multiple apps

[vincentmorneau]

What's the problem?

Instead of naming manifest.json and sw.js, you can do:

app1manifest.json and app1sw.js
then
app2manifest.json and app2sw.js

[Habouassaf]

thank you for the replay
i did what you mentioned but the problem is once i installed one application i can't install the other one
in both manifest files i defined start_url and scope like :
"start_url": "https:/myserver/pls/apex/f?p=175:1",
"scope": "https:/myserver/pls/apex/f?p=175",
and in the other
"start_url": "https:/myserver/pls/apex/f?p=1000:1",
"scope": "https:/myserver/pls/apex/f?p=1000",

when i try to install the second app beforeinstallprompt event not triggered and if i force click on install button this error raised:
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'prompt' of undefined
at Object.pwa.install (app.js:175)

[vincentmorneau]

Sorry, this isn't enough for me to debug.

.prompt is a function of the service worker object. If the message is "Cannot read property 'prompt' of undefined" that means the app service worker has not been registered. You need to understand the logic of the JS files, copy paste is not enough.

I've been using this library lately: https://github.com/pwa-builder/pwa-install which works quite well at browser compatibility messages and instructions.

[Habouassaf]

thank u for your time i will check this library,
and just to know in my case service workers registered,activated and running correctly :) in both apps push notification, cashing , online offline notification all are running just fine, except for the install button in second app not working.