[Blazor:Server side] iOS WebClip hangs after server restart.

[vertonghenb]

Description

When a Blazor Server-Side app is deployed it is possible to add the Website as a Homescreen shortcut on iOS. This can be achieved by the following steps: add website as App Icon on iOS. The website can then be started as an App. However, if you're supporting fullscreen by adding the following line of code to the _host.cshtml head:

    <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes">

The browser navigation bar and refresh capabilities are gone. Thus you cannot refresh the app:

Full Screen Blazor Server Side App:

Full Screen Blazor Server Side App when the connection to the circuit is lost:

It's rather impossible to refresh the App.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Create a new simple Blazor Server-Side Project (Preview-7)
2. Add the following line of code to the head of the _host.cshtml page
   <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes"> to the
3. Deploy the App on Azure
4. Use safari on any iOS device to browse the website
5. Add the website to the home screen using this tutorial
6. Restart the app to trigger a circuit connection loss.
7. You're unable to refresh the app.

Expected behavior

Add a possibility to refresh the app on a circuit connection loss.

[vertonghenb]

I guess this will be fixed by #12442, just logging the issue so it's tracable.

[mkArtakMSFT]

Thanks for contacting us, @vertonghenb.
You're right, the fix in the referenced issue will improve the experience here too.