Parsing background_color from Web Application Manifest

The background_color attribute in the JSON Web Application Manifest allows web developers to provide a hint to Chrome indicating the background color of their web application. This color is used as the background of the application while its resources are fetched.

Documentation

• https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2015/09/using-web-app-manifest-to-set-solid-color-loading-screen
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Manifest

Specification

Working draft or equivalent

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink

Enabled by default (launch bug) in:

• Chrome for desktop release 46
• Chrome for Android release 46

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: No public signals
• Edge: No public signals
• Safari: No public signals
• Web Developers: No signals

Owners

• lalitm@google.com
• mlamouri@chromium.org

Last updated on 2017-06-14