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I've tried looking around for an answer to this and tried many variations of window.location.reload although to no avail.

What I have the user doing is, they press a button to create a date which should then refresh the page as soon as it's been confirmed to then show the new date on the home screen.

This works on any browser I've tried (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera) on the desktop although when it comes to mobile devices, the results are quite random.

I've tried this on;

  • ASUS Tablet (Doesn't work on Chrome or built in browser)
  • iPad 4th Generation (Doesn't work on Chrome or Safari)
  • Samsung S6 (Works on Chrome)
  • Samsung A3 (Doesn't work on Chrome or built in browser)

Here is the code for the button

<div class="row">
 <div class="col col-xs-12 form-group  ">
  <button onClick="window.location.reload();" type="button" class="btn form-btns btn-primary" id="submit_btn" title="Submit Data" data-placement="bottom" >
   <i onClick="window.location.reload();" id="submit_check_icon" class="fa fa-send "></i>  Save
  </button>
 </div>
</div>

Any idea on what the cause of this behaviour could be?

If I've missed any vital information out, please let me know and I'll revise my question.

foggy839_33
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window.location.reload works with all browsers and there are no known issues with it. The problem might be that your browser is displaying cached data.

The window.location.reload accepts a parameter forcedReload

forcedReload

Is a Boolean flag, which, when it is true, causes the page to always be reloaded from the server. If it is false or not specified, the browser may reload the page from its cache.

If this is not the case, then you can force the refresh in another way like

history.go(0); or location.href = location.href;

Hyyan Abo Fakher
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    Hey Hyyan, this was perfect - thanks for the explanations. The forcedReload didn't help although using location.href = location.href; works perfectly on all devices now, apart from iPad's Safari, not too much of an issue! – foggy839_33 Jul 13 '18 at 13:04
  • Unfortunately no of this suggestions works on mobile browsers (safari, Google chrome)... – FredyWenger Nov 21 '19 at 13:31