HTML5 Offline GWT APP

Question

I am trying to build a offline gwt app using HTML5 cache manifest and local storage, but to do that, i need to build the manifest file listing all the GWT generated files, right? Can i do this during the compile process or is it better to do this in a shell script?

Answer 1

This should be done using a Linker, so that your resources are automatically added to the manifest at compile time. I know there exists an HTML5 cache manifest linker, since the GWT team has mentioned it a few times, but I don't know where the source is.

The closest alternative (and probably a good starting point for writing an HTML5 linker) is the Gears offline linker. Gears' offline manifests are pretty similar to HTML5's, so it's probably a matter of changing a few lines to make it work.

There's also an informative video about using GWT linkers to have your app take advantage of HTML5 Web Workers.