Hi
I have a dashbord with a custom tile that show my route for work in Google Maps. That has worked like a charm for a long time and it still does in a browser or on my Iphone. However, it is not showing on an old Ipad of mine running iOS 12.5.7. I use the Kiosk Pro Lite app on the Ipad.
Does anyone have any idea what has changed since it is not working anymore ?
Do you mean that the Custom Tile still works in a normal Safari browser on the old iPad running iOS 12.5.7? It just doesnât work within the Kiosk Pro Lite app anymore?
Edit: I noticed youâre in the beta group. Are you accessing the beta site or the main site on the old iPad?
Do other Custom Tiles work and itâs just this Google Map one that doesnât work? For example, if you create a new HTML Custom Tile and leave the default content, are you able to preview that tile?
I just tested on Safari on iOS 12.4 and Iâm able to view the default custom tile without issue:
TLDR : It looks like the Google Maps embed only works on iOS 13.4 and newer.
Have you tested URLs other than from Google services? If so, can you please share those?
Itâs certainly not all custom tiles with a URL that donât work. Iâve tried several URLs and they work on iOS 12.4. I would note that Google blocks embedding their normal pages in other sites by default.
Some of their services, like Google Maps, have special âEmbedâ versions of their pages. I just tried a Google Map embed and it works on newer iOS versions but not on iOS 12.4 â thatâs not unique to SharpTools though. I suspect something changed on Googleâs end that broke compatibility with older iOS versions (more on that below).
For example, I put together a simple demo page that includes the âEmbedâ from Google maps as well as an image from a search for âTraffic in {city name}â. And that simple demo also fails to load the Google Map embed on iOS 12.4, but it works on newer iOS versions.
From a bit of testing various iOS versions, it looks like the Google Maps embed only works on iOS 13.4 and newer now.
Hi josh
Yes, it is probably a recent change on Googleâs site that has broke compatability as you mention :-(. I have tried following urlâs that also do not work.
I just agreed with you statement 'I suspect something changed on Googleâs end that broke compatibility with older iOS versionsâ, and then shared some urlâs that also do not work on my old Ipad as you requested.
Those URLs all worked for me. Do those custom tile URLs work on other devices in a regular browser or when viewed in Safari on the old iPad?
If so, you might reach out to the Kiosk Pro Lite team to see if they have any suggestions. It sounds like they have some sort of Allowed Domains and Restricted Domains setting for Embedded Content, but the documentation indicates that itâs only available in their Basic, Plus, and Enterprise versions.