Mention that start_url needs to be "." for client side routing

* Change template manifest start_url to dot to make it react-router friendly

* Revert "Change template manifest start_url to dot to make it react-router friendly"

This reverts commit 02f53e81caea999ddba45f2cd012a9fb976c839e.

* Add a note about PWA manifest and client-side routing
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Rami
2017-10-28 22:13:02 +01:00
committed by Dan Abramov
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@@ -1836,6 +1836,12 @@ service worker navigation routing can be configured or disabled by
and [`navigateFallbackWhitelist`](https://github.com/GoogleChrome/sw-precache#navigatefallbackwhitelist-arrayregexp)
options of the `SWPreachePlugin` [configuration](../config/webpack.config.prod.js).
When users install your app to the homescreen of their device the default configuration will make a shortcut to `/index.html`. This may not work for client-side routers which expect the app to be served from `/`. Edit the web app manifest at [`public/manifest.json`](public/manifest.json) and change `start_url` to match the required URL scheme, for example:
```js
"start_url": ".",
```
### Building for Relative Paths
By default, Create React App produces a build assuming your app is hosted at the server root.<br>