I have installed the Invoice Ninja app (windows desktop) from my self hosted invoice ninja.
I have the invoice ninja icon on my desktop.
However I am not sure how this is suppose to work.
If I log in to invoice ninja via my browser (chrome) and then click the windows icon - I can use the invoice ninja windows app.
If I am NOT logged in to invoice ninja via my browser (chrome) and click the invoice ninja app icon (windows) on my desktop, I get a 404 error. Should I not be getting a login screen and not the 404 error?
See image below showing what I get if I click the invoice ninja from my windows desktop Icon, Windows pin, and windows start up menu.
Chrome version 102.0.5005.63 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Edge version 101.0.1210.53 (Official build) (64-bit)
I first installed invoice ninja app from chrome.
Closed Chrome and tried the Invoice Ninja Icon from my windows desktop - no login screen just 404 error.
I, then, logged into invoice ninja via my chrome browser and then click the invoice ninja desktop icon. Result: I get invoice ninja correctly on my windows desktop
Next test:
I uninstall windows invoice ninja app.
Clear all browsing data and cookies, history in both chrome and edge browsers.
Then reboot my windows computer.
From a freshly rebooted computer, I open Edge (browser) and go to my self hosted invoice ninja.
I install invoice ninja windows app via my edge browser.
I close edge browser and click the invoice ninja desktop icon and get the 404 error.
Next Test:
I logged into self hosted invoice ninja via my Edge browser.
I click the invoice ninja windows desktop icon. I get 404 error.
With Edge browser closed, I click invoice ninja windows desktop icon. I get 404 error.
The only way the invoice ninja windows icon works, is to log into self hosted invoice ninja via my chrome browser. Then click the invoice ninja windows desktop icon.
No not from Microsoft store. Install from link icon that shows up in the browsers address bar - and installs a windows desktop icon, windows taskbar icon, and/or windows start menu icon.
Okay - if you do look into it. As a note - I just tried it again with logging into my chrome browser and then open the PWA and it failed. I had to uninstall and then login and reinstall.
However, once you close your browser and PWA and try to get back in - it fails.
So bottom line is that PWA is not work without lots of uninstall and install. It be faster to just use it in my chrome browser. But I would love to use it if you get it fixed. Specially if you just click and go - it save me a huge amount of time, since I am on it most of the work day.
Another option is to abandon the PWA and remove it from loading on the browser bar, as it might speed up the wait time for log in screen.
@hillel
Thanks for listening and being patient with me.