# Getting Google disallowed\_useragent with web app added to iOS homescreen

**URL:** <https://community.auth0.com/t/getting-google-disallowed-useragent-with-web-app-added-to-ios-homescreen/6705>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** disallowed\_useragent\
**Created:** [May 22, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/getting-google-disallowed-useragent-with-web-app-added-to-ios-homescreen/6705 "2017-05-22T18:09:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![office](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/office/32/3398_2.png) [@office](https://community.auth0.com/u/office)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/getting-google-disallowed-useragent-with-web-app-added-to-ios-homescreen/6705/1 "2017-05-22T18:09:43Z")

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When adding a webapp to the homescreen no login via Google is possible anymore. The reason behind `disallowed_useragent` is clear, but how to solve this?

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**Author:** ![jmangelo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/jmangelo/32/7923_2.png) [@jmangelo](https://community.auth0.com/u/jmangelo)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/getting-google-disallowed-useragent-with-web-app-added-to-ios-homescreen/6705/2 "2017-06-01T19:55:08Z")

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I don’t think there’s a solution for it unless either Google or Apple changes things. For now, the web application should most likely have to disable the possibility to run in this mode by turning off:

```
<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes"/>

```

This [answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/43834244) in SO has additional information on the subject.

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**Author:** ![varmaan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/varmaan/32/4277_2.png) [@varmaan](https://community.auth0.com/u/varmaan)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/getting-google-disallowed-useragent-with-web-app-added-to-ios-homescreen/6705/3 "2017-08-01T17:07:18Z")

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Google offers OAuth for iOS, could this type of authentication be used by Auth0 in the case?

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**Author:** ![varmaan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/varmaan/32/4277_2.png) [@varmaan](https://community.auth0.com/u/varmaan)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/getting-google-disallowed-useragent-with-web-app-added-to-ios-homescreen/6705/4 "2017-08-01T17:07:18Z")

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Google offers OAuth for iOS, could this type of authentication be used by Auth0 in the case?

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**Author:** ![jmangelo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/jmangelo/32/7923_2.png) [@jmangelo](https://community.auth0.com/u/jmangelo)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/getting-google-disallowed-useragent-with-web-app-added-to-ios-homescreen/6705/5 "2017-08-02T17:56:01Z")

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The original question was about a web application (not native) added to the homescreen so I don’t believe that would be applicable, but I might be missing something.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/original/3X/b/5/b560f266932fcce5d57f09a6595bd50518cae3f3.jpeg) [@system](https://community.auth0.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 5:54am UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/getting-google-disallowed-useragent-with-web-app-added-to-ios-homescreen/6705/6 "2018-03-02T05:54:03Z")

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