How do you keep an iPhone/iPad web app in full screen mode?

Question

I have an HTML5 iPad app that works offline. The app essentially consists of 4 html files and 3 aspx files. My cache manifest is setup so that only the html files are avai

Answer 1

In my experience, any external link seems to cause the app to jump out of full-screen mode. One solution is to manage your navigation using javascript and the location object. As follows:

HTML:

Go 

Javascript:

function navigator_Go(url) {
    window.location.assign(url); // This technique is almost exactly the same as a full  page refresh, but it prevents Mobile Safari from jumping out of full-screen mode
}

I know it's a pain to have to rework your links in this way, but it is the only way I have found to solve the problem you are facing.