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We added this manifest.json file and filled with life in the last lectures,

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now we want to see it in action but for that we need to know where we can actually test it because the

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manifest.json file isn't supported by every browser.

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The cool thing is the browsers which don't support it won't fail,

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they will simply ignore this line and not load it,

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so you can use this application anywhere.

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However here is a list of the browsers which support it and on the first look,

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this looks really poor. Only Chrome supports it,

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actually since version 39 and Opera, also Chrome for Android. A lot of the other browsers don't support

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it yet, though if we have a look at the bottom here, we see that it is in development for Microsoft Edge

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and for Firefox and that webkit which Safari is based on, is considering support.

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So whilst support isn't that great yet, it is supported in Chrome which obviously has a big market share

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and will soon be supported in Microsoft Edge and Firefox

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and as you can see, due to Chrome having such a big market share, also Chrome on Android, you actually

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get a global reach of almost 60% already at the point of time I'm recording this.

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Chances are, it's looking better at the point of time you're watching this.

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Check this page, a link can be found in the last lecture of this module to find out what the browser support

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looks like at the point of time you're working on your web application.

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So now that we know this,

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we know what we should actually use Chrome for testing this.

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So make sure you download and install Chrome, only

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there you will get the full web app manifest

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or actually in general, progressive web app-like features,

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though you will learn throughout the course how to build your application in a truly progressive way

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to make it work on all browsers, not just in Chrome.

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And as I mentioned for the manifest, that's already the case because browsers who don't support it just

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ignore it.

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So with that, let's go back to our running application and let's see how we can actually test our manifest

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or see if it works there.