Understanding the App Manifest Properties

After linking the manifest.json file in our HTML files, we can start adding properties to this manifest file. An app manifest has a variety of properties, which include:

• name
• short_name
• description
• theme_color
• background_color
• display
• icons

A manifest file

Before we learn about these properties, let’s first look at what a basic manifest.json file looks like. Follow these steps to use the below applications:

• Run the below application.
• Then, check the manifest.json file in the application tab of DevTools (the “Installability” section will show the following warning: No Service worker registered!).