Mobile Web App not clearing cache properly

Question

I\'ve been developing a mobile web app for iPad and I\'ve been running into an issue while testing my code.

Occasionally, and seemingly at random, the iPad will st

Answer 1

I'm having exactly the same problem with my web applications on iPad - sometimes, at random, the web app run in standalone mode wouldn't refresh a particular resource (HTML/CSS/JS file), despite killing every possible app, clearing Safari cache & history, rebooting, restarting wifi-connection, refreshing or removing the manifest file or putting the device in a microwave; even applying a sledgehammer proved to be futile.

While I haven't found a "kosher" way to fix it, there is always a workaround - rename the resource.

Simply change the name of the not-refreshing file. If you have a problem with, let's say, foobar.js not updating, rename it to foobar2.js and update the references to this resource in other files. This of course could be a pain in you know what (especially when after a week's worth of development you are at foobar12.js), but until we see an official fix to iOS or a working refreshing technique, it's the only way I know of to get it up and running.