[Bug]: Cannot install PWA using Samsung Internet

[Daniele122898]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

OS/Web Information

• Web Browser: Samsung Internet
• Local OS: Android 12 with Samsung UI
• Remote OS: ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Remote Architecture: x86-64bit
• code-server --version: 4.1.0 9e620e9 with Code 1.63.0

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open Code server in Samsung internet
2. Try to install PWA

Expected

It should install the PWA. It works in Google Chrome but does not work in Samsung Internet.

Actual

It fails to install PWA with notification from Samsung internet

Logs

No response

Screenshot/Video

No response

Does this issue happen in VS Code?

• I cannot reproduce this in VS Code.

Are you accessing code-server over HTTPS?

• I am using HTTPS.

Notes

The reason why this is important is that samsung internet is the only browser on android that supports right click. All other android browsers do not support it, including google chrome. So when i install code-server as a pwa using chrome, i cannot right click anything unless i long press which then often selects text instead of right clicking which renders the pwa useless.

It's important to mention that code-server runns perfectly in the samsung browser but i just cant install it as PWA which kinda limits the keyboard shortcuts which also makes it a little annoying to use.
I've gotten the Samsung tab S8 Ultra to use as my laptop replacement and having code-server as a PWA would greatly help.

[jsjoeio]

I'm not sure if I would classify this as a bug with code-server but an issue with Samsung internet.

You should be able to use it as a PWA with Chrome on Android. As for the right click, I feel like that's also something out of our control since it's at the browser level.

Is there something I'm missing though?

[Daniele122898]

The only thing that made me think this is a code-server issue is that other PWAs worked on Samsung internet. It's the only PWA that i cannot get to work on Samsung internet which made me believe it might be a setup issue on code-server's side. I'm not too familiar with PWAs sadly so i couldnt rly look into it much myself.

[jsjoeio]

Ah okay. I don't have a Samsung. Do you know if I can test/reproduce this on a mac?

[Daniele122898]

I think it should work with any android device since you can download the browser in the play store (its called "Samsung Internet Browser"). So you could emulate it maybe using android studio or whatever alternative the mac has. I'm unsure how distribution works on the play store so i have no idea if a tablet downloads a different apk but i assume not.

[thx2001r]

@Daniele122898 and @jsjoeio I was not able to reproduce on my Samsung S21. See video

@Daniele122898 was your home screen layout locked? That would give a warning in Samsung Internet.

I am also running:

• code-server v4.1.0 with Code 1.63.0
• On Debian v11.3 aarch64 on Termux
• Samsung Internet v 16.2.5.4
• Android v12
• Android security patch level April 1, 2022
• Google Play system update March 1, 2022
• One UI v4.1

[Daniele122898]

@thx2001r I don't think its locked since i was able to install other PWAs. It also gave no warning just "failed to install code-server".

Also im not running my instance locally but on my home server if that changes anything im unsure. But it works in chrome so i assume that shouldn't be an issue.

Other PWAs work on samsung internet its the only one i cannot get to work. Are there any logs somewhere?

[thx2001r]

@Daniele122898 I don't know how you can get logs out of a mobile browser but, since PWA is a web technology, it may be possible to observe the issue in the console of DevTools of a computer connected to your mobile device. Samsung Internet is Chromium based so you can remotely debug on a computer in Chrome, Edge, etc.:

https://software-testing.com/post/404700

Not too sure other than capturing console errors what we can figure out there.