iOS Compatability

  • Resolved Sam Parrett

    (@samo26)


    9 years, 3 months ago

    Hello! Firstly – thank you so much for developing this plugin. It’s just what I’ve been looking for for a long time and it’s fantastic to work with on both ends. Great work!

    One thing I’ve noticed is that unfortunately it’s not displaying on my iPhone 5 (iOS 8.1.2 using latest Chrome & Safari Browsers). It seems like the typetester has loaded and all the elements are there, but are ‘invisible’ – I can highlight text and even hit the drop-down buttons but I can’t actually see anything displayed on the screen. Just thought I’d bring it to your attention – it’s looking great on Android though. Hope this is something that could be looked into for the next update!

    Cheers!

    Sam
    p.s. Here’s where I’m using it so far; https://setsailstudios.com/downloads/faith-glory-font/

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  • Plugin Author kontur

    (@kontur)

    9 years, 3 months ago

    Hey Sam,

    great to see the plugin is useful to you! I’ve checked and can confirm iOS compatibility as follows:
    – iOS 10 Safari: works
    – iOS 10 Chrome: works
    – iOS 8.1 Safari: breaks

    I haven’t checked further at what iOS version after 8.1 this issue does not appear any more. Some preliminary investigation shows that one of the libraries the plugin is using “under the hood” throws a Javascript error in a module that helps identify what capabilities the webfont has. Since this fails, the Fontsampler never fully completes loading and stays in the transparent “loading” mode.

    I’ve escalated this bug and opened an issue in the original library, which I might also attempt a fix for myself sometimes in the near future. I will post here once an issue resolves this in a new version of Fontsampler. Thanks again for pointing this out! iOS 8 is normally not on my testing routine, so it’s good to have this kind of user feedback.

    In the meantime, while I don’t have a good temporary fix to make it work as intended, one thing you could do is display an image for users that the plugin does not load. I think for example a div wrapper with a background image around the [fontsampler id=XX] might work. Since the Fontsampler stays transparent on iOS8 the wrapper’s background image will show, while for other users the Fontsampler will load and become opaque, covering the background image. Hope this helps at least until a fix is available.

    Cheers,
    Johannes

    Thread Starter Sam Parrett

    (@samo26)

    9 years, 3 months ago

    Hi Johannes,

    You’re right – probably about time I updated my iOS, and it’s working perfectly on 10. Great to hear you’ll be looking into it for future updates though. Thanks again for your hard work on this!

    Cheers,
    Sam

    Plugin Author kontur

    (@kontur)

    9 years, 1 month ago

    Version 0.2.0 fixes this issue and is now available for download. Thanks again for reporting this 😉

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