[Fixed] WoW Forums Android Progressive Web App Icon

Update: This seems to be fixed now! You may have to reinstall the app for it to take effect.
https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app-icon-shrinking-over-time/238648/14

Hello!

The Android progressive web app for the US WoW forums (https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/) ...

… started having a bug a couple weeks ago where the “W” icon gets smaller every day against its white background/outline. When the “W” shrinks considerably, it takes multiple taps on the app to get it to open.

Clearing the web app’s cache and data in my phone settings, clearing the site’s cache on Chrome, and restarting my phone did not help. My phone is a Samsung Galaxy S20 FE, Android 12.

The app name has also been incomplete since early 2020, displaying as “World of”.

If I check the “World of” app info in my settings, the version number increases with each reduction in icon size. When it eventually became very tiny, it listed it as “Version 8”. Reinstalling the web app returns the icon to its normal size and to Version 1 but it quickly starts this process again.

Below is a screenshot of my home screen; on the left is the US forums web app, the right is the EU forums web app which displays normally.

https://i.imgur.com/o1SoydJ.png

Thank you!

FWIW, this effect has been noticed in other forums based on the Discourse forum system, so it’s probably something Blizzard would have to get back to the Discourse folks to fix.

The Discourse devs seem to be aware of it so a fix will probably come up the pipeline shortly.

https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app-icon-shrinking-over-time/238648

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Oh, that is great! Checking Discourse always slips my mind when there is a bug. xD I appreciate the information!

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It’s so tiny now, like threading a needle point small.

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New problem, its failing to launch multiple attempts before getting on.

It is taking multiple taps on the app for it to open for me. Its size is miniscule now!