Can Google Chrome simulate standalone mode on the desktop?

Asked Jul 28 '19 at 20:36

Active Jan 30 '20 at 11:25

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I needed to debug a PWA that throws an error only when running in standalone mode, this PWA worked fine on the same device but when opened from Google Chrome directly.

I was debugging this web app by connecting from the desktop's Chrome developer tools with USB debugging enabled, but this was quite slow, as I had to build the PWA and publish it to be able to check the changes that I've made because this error was not thrown in development mode (The app is built using Nuxt.js).

That error was related to a code that checks if the web app is running in standalone mode:

window.matchMedia('(display-mode: standalone)').matches

I have resolved the issue but is there a way to simulate this display-mode: standalone from Google Chrome on the desktop?

edited Jan 30 '20 at 11:25

Vadim Kotov

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asked Jul 28 '19 at 20:36

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I don't THINK it does. Perhaps change that condition to NOT standalone just for testing the code within the if locally? – Mathias Jul 29 '19 at 18:17
@Mathias I have edited the code for testing, but I wanted to check if there's another way to it in dev tools. – Pierre Jul 29 '19 at 19:03
Bah, I want this too. To let designers easily test without going standalone. – odinho - Velmont Oct 04 '22 at 12:59

Can Google Chrome simulate standalone mode on the desktop?

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