Favicon Woes In A Large Web2 Project

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In my main, very large Xojo Web (web 2) project, the built app (debug or compiled) never shows a favicon, in the browser; only a white rectangle.

In a new web 2 project, I can get a favicon to appear without issue. (so it’s not the icon I’m using, my browser, my OS, etc.)

Are there any usual suspects when it comes to a favicon “misbehaving”?

If not, I’ll look at creating a new project and moving everything over to it and see if it behaves, or, if doesn’t behave, what was the last thing I moved before it broke.

Anthony

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Doesn’t show locally, connecting to the server or both?
Changing the icon makes any difference?

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Try clearing the cache or using a private tab to see what a “new” browser would see. The cache time on these icons is very long.

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Greg - I assume you mean the browser cache, and not the Xojo “Clear Caches” button.

I regularly test in private windows, in multiple devices, in multiple browsers; some browsers are reset regularly (all data cleared).

I’m pretty sure this isn’t a caching issue.

Thanks for the thought though!

Anthony

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Alberto,

Doesn’t show anywhere, for any connection type.

I’ve tried many different icons. (all of which work fine in a new project)

I’m pretty sure I covered all the “obvious bits” before posting.

Appreciate the feedback though!

Anthony

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When you look at the favicon in the resources folder, is it a white square image or is it what you’re expecting?

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Can you check if the webapp code points to the correct image and the image is correct in the resource folder (as said by Tim).

I have seen this as the cache data on the browser stays for a long time (as said by Greg) even on Private/Incognito instances (not sure why).

If your webapp is public, you may share the URL and we confirm if we get the same.

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@Tim_Parnell & @AlbertoD - thank you.

This is now fixed, but I’m honestly not sure why or how?

The favicon in the resources folder of the built app was a white square, not the expected icon, so I manually deleted it.

I then built the app again and it was the expected icon?

And… the debug build shows the correct icon now too? (in every browser I test with, without needing to clear caches?!?)

I don’t quite understand what happened.

I did restart my computer this AM because it was being “flaky”, but I’ve had this problem for over a year and it’s never been fixed before. [EDIT - I mean a restart never fixed the issue before]

Whatever the case, I have a favicon and I can’t complain even though I don’t really know what I did to fix it. ¯\(ツ)/¯

Marking Tim’s post as the solution, since it was after I checked and manually deleted the “white square” favicons that everything suddenly started working. (though I truly have no idea why that would change the behavior when debugging??)

So thanks to both of you and @Greg_O for helping.

I’m just glad to have the expected favicon showing.

I did have one thought… this project is in a git repo which is synced with Github and I don’t sync the .xojo_resources file for the project. I don’t remember why I don’t sync it, I think because it causes some “goofiness” when I switch between my desktop and my laptop?

Is that where the .favicon is stored? I ask because when I change it, there’s no file to commit in Github Desktop… (my git client)

Could not syncing it somehow have caused this issue?

Anthony

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Very strange that the favicon was not replaced when you build the project.
I am under the impression that the build folder gets deleted each time.
The project icon is saved in the .xojo_resources file. That is used for favicon.
I’m glad that you were able to get this working.

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Yes, that’s where the icon is stored (and also the app icon for desktop projects). I include it as part of the source code I commit.

You may have added it to .gitignore since you mention you don’t sync it. Check there and remove the definition if so.

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It is in the .gitignore file currently (well a wildcard). This is why it doesn’t show as modified. (see below)

*.xojo_uistate
*.xojo_resources
*.DS_Store
*.nosync
Builds*
TempSaveFile*
*.obsolete*

I’ll removed the “*.xojo_resources” entry from the “.gitignore” file for now and won’t replace it unless I run into issues.

Again, thanks for the pointers; I’m glad to have a proper icon again.

Anthony