We added this manifest.json file and filled with life in the last lectures,
now we want to see it in action but for that we need to know where we can actually test it because the
manifest.json file isn't supported by every browser.
The cool thing is the browsers which don't support it won't fail,
they will simply ignore this line and not load it,
so you can use this application anywhere.
However here is a list of the browsers which support it and on the first look,
this looks really poor. Only Chrome supports it,
actually since version 39 and Opera, also Chrome for Android. A lot of the other browsers don't support
it yet, though if we have a look at the bottom here, we see that it is in development for Microsoft Edge
and for Firefox and that webkit which Safari is based on, is considering support.
So whilst support isn't that great yet, it is supported in Chrome which obviously has a big market share
and will soon be supported in Microsoft Edge and Firefox
and as you can see, due to Chrome having such a big market share, also Chrome on Android, you actually
get a global reach of almost 60% already at the point of time I'm recording this.
Chances are, it's looking better at the point of time you're watching this.
Check this page, a link can be found in the last lecture of this module to find out what the browser support
looks like at the point of time you're working on your web application.
So now that we know this,
we know what we should actually use Chrome for testing this.
So make sure you download and install Chrome, only
there you will get the full web app manifest
or actually in general, progressive web app-like features,
though you will learn throughout the course how to build your application in a truly progressive way
to make it work on all browsers, not just in Chrome.
And as I mentioned for the manifest, that's already the case because browsers who don't support it just
ignore it.
So with that, let's go back to our running application and let's see how we can actually test our manifest
or see if it works there.