MiniApp Manifest

1. MiniApp Manifest

A MiniApp manifest is a [JSON] document that extends and profiles the Web App Manifest [APPMANIFEST] and the Web App Manifest - Application Information [MANIFEST-APP-INFO], to describe metadata associated with a MiniApp.

1.1 Conformance

A MiniApp manifest MUST contain the following members at its root:

app_id
icons
name
version
platform_version
pages

Each image resource object within the MiniApp manifest's icons member MUST contain:

src

A MiniApp manifest MAY contain a widgets member at its root. This member MUST contain an array of MiniApp widget resources. Each MiniApp widget resource object MUST contain the following members:

name
path

A MiniApp manifest MAY contain a req_permissions member at its root. This member MUST contain an array of MiniApp permission resources. Each MiniApp permission resource object MUST contain the following member:

name

The presence of other members in a MiniApp manifest is optional, but vendor-specific extensions MAY modify this.

As the application manifest is JSON, this specification relies on the [JSON] specification. This specification includes members typed as number, boolean literals, object, array, and string.

1.2 Summary of Members

The following table shows a summary of the MiniApp manifest's members:

Members at root
Member	Type	Required	Description
`app_id`	string	Yes	Identifier
`description`	string	No	Description
`dir`	string	No	Direction of texts
`icons`	image resource array	Yes	MiniApp icons
`lang`	string	No	Primary language
`platform_version`	platform version resource	Yes	Platform version supported
`name`	string	Yes	App name
`pages`	array	Yes	Page routing information
`req_permissions`	permission resource array	No	Required permissions
`short_name`	string	No	MiniApp short name
`version`	version resource	Yes	MiniApp Version
`widgets`	widget resource array	No	Widgets
`window`	window resource	No	Window style

Members of image resource objects
(`icons` array)
Member	Type	Required	Description
`label`	string	No	Accessible text
`sizes`	string	No	Resolution sizes of the icon
`src`	string	Yes	Source of the icon

Members of platform version resource objects
(`platform_version` object)
Member	Type	Required	Description
`min_code`	number	Yes	Indicates the minimum platform version required for running the MiniApp.
`target_code`	string	No	Indicates the target platform version required for running the application.
`release_type`	string	No	Indicates the release type of the target platform version required for running the application. For example, it can be CanaryN, BetaN, or Release. N represents a positive integer. In these examples, 1) Canary: indicates a restrictedly released version. 2) Beta: indicates a publicly released beta version. 3)Release: indicates a publicly released official version.

Members of permission resource objects
(`req_permissions` array)
Member	Type	Required	Description
`name`	string	Yes	Permission name
`reason`	string	No	Reason to request the permission

Members of version resource objects
(`version` object)
Member	Type	Required	Description
`code`	number	Yes	Version code
`name`	string	Yes	Version Name

Members of widget resource objects
(`widgets` array)
Member	Type	Required	Description
`name`	string	Yes	Widget name
`path`	string	Yes	Widget path
`min_code`	number	No	Minimum platform version supported

Members of window resource objects
(`window` object)
Member	Type	Required	Description
`auto_design_width`	boolean	No	Enables/disables auto-calculation of page's `design_width`
`background_color`	string	No	Window background color
`background_text_style`	string	No	Background text style
`design_width`	number	No	The baseline page design width
`enable_pull_down_refresh`	boolean	No	Enable pull-to-refresh event
`fullscreen`	boolean	No	Full screen display
`navigation_bar_background_color`	string	No	Navigation bar background color
`navigation_bar_text_style`	string	No	Text style of the navigation bar
`navigation_bar_title_text`	string	No	Navigation bar title
`navigation_style`	string	No	Navigation bar style
`on_reach_bottom_distance`	number	No	Distance for pull-up bottom event triggering
`orientation`	string	No	Screen orientation settings

Note

Other application manifest members such as scope, theme_color, related_applications, prefer_related_applications, and shortcuts are not currently supported by MiniApp user agents.

1.3 Example

This section is non-normative.

The following code represents a MiniApp manifest example:

Example 1: Manifest document

{
  "dir": "ltr",
  "lang": "en-US",
  "app_id": "org.example.miniapp",
  "name": "MiniApp Demo",
  "short_name": "MiniApp",
  "version": {
    "name": "1.0.1",
    "code": 11
  },
  "description": "A Simple MiniApp Demo",
  "icons": [
    {
      "src": "common/icons/icon.png",
      "sizes": "48x48"
    }
  ],
  "platform_version":{
    "min_code": "1",
    "target_code": "2",
    "release_type": "Beta1"			
  },
  "pages": [
    "pages/index/index",
    "pages/detail/detail"
  ],
  "window": {
    "navigation_bar_text_style": "black",
    "navigation_bar_title_text": "My MiniApp",
    "navigation_bar_background_color": "#f8f8f8",
    "background_color": "#ffffff",
    "fullscreen": false
  },
  "widgets": [
    {
      "name": "widget",
      "path": "widgets/index/index",
      "min_code": "2"
    }
  ],
  "req_permissions": [
    {
      "name": "system.permission.LOCATION",
      "reason": "To show user's position on the map"
    },
    {
      "name": "system.permission.CAMERA",
      "reason": "To scan a QR code"
    }
  ]
}

1.4 Web Application Manifest members

The MiniApp manifest uses the following essential application manifest's members.

1.4.1 `dir` member

The MiniApp manifest's dir member, while specifying the base direction of the localizable members of the manifest, also specifies the default base text direction of the whole MiniApp.

The dir member's value can be set to one of the text-direction values as specified in [APPMANIFEST]. The text-direction values are the following:

"ltr": Left-to-right text.
"rtl": Right-to-left text.
"auto" (default): No explicit directionality.

Note: Processing the `dir` member

When processing a MiniApp manifest, the process the dir member algorithm is used to process the dir member, according to the [APPMANIFEST] specification.

1.4.2 `icons` member

The MiniApp manifest's icons member describes images that serve as iconic representations of MiniApps. This member is an array of image resource objects.

As specified in [IMAGE-RESOURCE], an image resource consists of:


label: An optional string representing the accessible name of the image.
sizes: An optional string representing the sizes of the image, expressed using the same syntax as link's sizes attribute.
src: A URL from where to obtain the image data.

Note: Processing the `icons` member

When processing a MiniApp manifest, the process image resources algorithm is used to process the icons member, according to the [APPMANIFEST] specification.

1.4.3 `lang` member

The MiniApp manifest's lang member, while specifying the primary language of the localizable members, also specifies the primary language of the whole MiniApp. This member is a string in the form of a language tag, a string that matches the production of a Language-Tag [BCP47], as defined in [APPMANIFEST].

Note: Processing the `lang` member

When processing a MiniApp manifest, the process the lang member algorithm is used to process the lang member, according to the [APPMANIFEST] specification.

1.4.4 `name` member

The MiniApp manifest's name member is the descriptive name of the application. This is the name directly displayed to the user. It is used as the display name of MiniApp along with the desktop icon and in the context of MiniApp management.

Note: Processing the `name` member

When processing a MiniApp manifest, the process a text member algorithm is used to process the name member, according to the [APPMANIFEST] specification.

1.4.5 `short_name` member

The MiniApp manifest's short_name member provides a concise and easy-to-read name for a MiniApp. It can be used when there is insufficient space to display the full MiniApp name provided in name.

Note: Processing the `short_name` member

When processing a MiniApp manifest, the process a text member algorithm is used to process the short_name member, according to the [APPMANIFEST] specification.

1.5 Application Information members

The following member is defined in the Web App Manifest - Application Information specification [MANIFEST-APP-INFO].

1.5.1 `description` member

The MiniApp manifest's description member provides a textual description for the MiniApp representing the purpose of the web application in natural language, as defined in [MANIFEST-APP-INFO]

To process the description member, given object json and ordered map manifest:

If the type of json["description"] is not string, return.
Set manifest["description"] to json["description"].

1.6 Supplementary members

The following members are defined under the scope of the MiniApp manifest, addressing specific aspects of MiniApp.

1.6.1 `app_id` member

The MiniApp manifest's app_id member is a string that identifies the MiniApp univocally. This member is mainly used for package management, and it supports the update and release process of MiniApp versioning.

The format of app_id is RECOMMENDED to be a string defined by the following rule:

appIdRule = name *("." name)
name = ALPHA [*( ALPHA / DIGIT / "-" ) ( ALPHA / DIGIT)]

Note: Usage

One common practice is to use the reverse-domain-name-like convention (e.g., org.example.miniapp).

To process the app_id member, given object json and ordered map manifest:

If json["app_id"] does not exist, or if the type of json["app_id"] is not string, return.
Set manifest["app_id"] to json["app_id"].

1.6.2 `platform_version` member

The MiniApp manifest's platform_version member contains a MiniApp platform version resource object to represent the min_code, target_code, and release_type.

To process the platform_version member, given object json and ordered map manifest:

If json["platform_version"] does not exist, or if the type of json["platform_version"] is not object, return.
Let platform_version be a new ordered map.
Process the platform version's min_code member passing json["platform_version"] and platform_version.
Process the platform version's target_code member passing json["platform_version"] and platform_version.
Process the platform version's release_type member passing json["platform_version"] and platform_version.
If platform_version["min_code"] does not exist, return failure.
Set manifest["platform_version"] to platform_version.

1.6.3 `pages` member

The MiniApp manifest's pages member is an array of relative-url string used for specifying the collection of pages that are part of a MiniApp. Each item in the array represents a page route.

A MiniApp page route is the relative path and filename of a MiniApp Page.

During the MiniApp development process, adding or deleting MiniApp pages is done by configuring the array. When configuring the page routes, the file name extension MAY be omitted (e.g., /component/mypage).

The first item in the pages array defines the homepage of a MiniApp.

Note: Usage

For compatibility with the Web platform, it is RECOMMENDED to use pages along with the Web application manifest's start_url and scope members. These members will be set with the following values:

start_url SHOULD be set with the same value of the first item in the pages member; and
scope SHOULD be set with the value ".".

To process the pages member, given object json and ordered map manifest:

If json["pages"] does not exist, or if the type of json["pages"] is not list, return.
Let pages be a new list.
For each item of json["pages"]:
1. If the type of item is not string, return.
2. Let url be the result of parsing item.
3. If url is failure, continue.
4. Append pages to url.
Set manifest["pages"] to pages.

1.6.4 `req_permissions` member

The optional MiniApp manifest's req_permissions member is an array of MiniApp permission resources objects.

Each MiniApp permission resource declares a request for using a concrete system feature (e.g., access to device's location, user contacts, sensors, and camera) required for the proper execution of the MiniApp.

To process the req_permissions member, given object json and ordered map manifest:

If json["req_permissions"] does not exist, or if the type of json["req_permissions"] is not list, return.
Let permissions be a new list.
For each item of json["req_permissions"]:
1. If the type of item is not object, continue.
2. Let permission be an ordered map.
3. Process the permission resource's name member passing item and permission.
4. If permission["name"] does not exist, continue.
5. Process the permission resource's reason member passing item and permission.
6. Append permission to permissions.
Set manifest["req_permissions"] to permissions.

Note: Protection of user's privacy

User agents will ask for the user's consent to protect their privacy during access to these specific features. This information in the req_permissions member may be used by app stores or hosting platforms to filter MiniApps according to the user's preferences, privacy policy, or device capabilities.

1.6.5 `version` member

The MiniApp manifest's version member contains a MiniApp version resource object to represent the code and name.

To process the version member, given object json and ordered map manifest:

If json["version"] does not exist, or if the type of json["version"] is not object, return.
Let version be a new ordered map.
Process the version's code member passing json["version"] and version.
Process the version's name member passing json["version"] and version.
Set manifest["version"] to version.

1.6.6 `widgets` member

The optional MiniApp manifest's widgets member is an array of MiniApp widget resources that are a part of a MiniApp.

A MiniApp Package MAY include MiniApp pages and Widgets concurrently.

A widget, as part of a MiniApp, applies some of the members of the MiniApp manifest, including:

dir;
lang;
app_id;
name;
short_name;
icons;
version

However, a widget also has its exclusive fields as defined in the MiniApp widget resource.

To process the widgets member, given object json and ordered map manifest:

If json["widgets"] does not exist, or if the type of json["widgets"] is not list, return.
Let widgets be a new empty list.
For each item of json["widgets"]:
1. If the type of item is not object, continue.
2. Let widget be an ordered map.
3. Process the widget's name member passing item and widget.
4. Process the widget's path member passing item and widget.
5. Process the widget's min_code member passing item, manifest, and widget.
6. If widget["name"] does not exist, or if item["path"] does not exist, continue.
7. Append widget to widgets.
Set manifest["widgets"] to widgets.

1.6.7 `window` member

The optional MiniApp manifest's window member contains a MiniApp window resource object to describe the look and feel of the MiniApp frame, including the styles of the status bar, navigation bar, title, background colors, among other visual configuration elements.

The window object members inherit the text direction and language configuration from the dir and lang members at the root of the MiniApp manifest.

To process the window member, given object json and ordered map manifest:

If json["window"] does not exist, or if the type of json["window"] is not object, return.
Let window be a new ordered map «[ "auto_design_width" → false, "background_color" → "#ffffff", "background_text_style" → "dark", "design_width" → 750, "enable_pull_down_refresh" → false, "fullscreen" → "false", "navigation_bar_background_color" → "#000000", "navigation_bar_text_style" → "white", "navigation_bar_title_text" → "default", "on_reach_bottom_distance" → 50, "orientation" → "portrait" ]».
Process the window's auto_design_width member passing json["window"] and window.
Process a color member passing json["window"], window and "background_color".
Process the window's design_width member passing json["window"] and window.
Process the window's enable_pull_down_refresh member passing json["window"] and window.
Process the window's fullscreen member passing json["window"] and window.
Process a color member passing json["window"], window and "navigation_bar_background_color".
Process the window's navigation_bar_text_style member passing json["window"] and window.
Process the window's navigation_bar_title_text member passing json["window"] and window.
Process the window's on_reach_bottom_distance member passing json["window"] and window.
Process the window's orientation member passing json["window"] and window.
Process the window's auto_design_width member passing json["window"] and window.
Set manifest["window"] to window.

1.7 Processing the manifest

The MiniApp manifest, as an extension of the Application manifest, provides a supplementary algorithm to be processed at the extension point of the processing a manifest algorithm defined in [APPMANIFEST]. Thus, the user agent starts by processing the Application manifest's members and, at the extension point, continues with processing the MiniApp manifest members using the following algorithm.

To process a MiniApp manifest at the extension point, given object json and ordered map manifest:

If manifest["name"] does not exist, throw a TypeError.
If manifest["icons"] does not exist, throw a TypeError.
Let icons be manifest["icons"].
If icons["src"] does not exist, throw a TypeError.
If manifest["icons"] does not exist, throw a TypeError.
Process the app_id member passing json and manifest.
If manifest["app_id"] does not exist, throw a TypeError.
Process the description member passing json and manifest.
Process the platform_version member passing json and manifest.
If manifest["platform_version"] does not exist, throw a TypeError.
Process the pages member passing json and manifest.
If manifest["pages"] does not exist, throw a TypeError.
Process the req_permissions member passing json and manifest.
Process the version member passing json and manifest.
If manifest["version"] does not exist, throw a TypeError.
Process the widgets member passing json and manifest.
Process the window member passing json and manifest.

2. MiniApp platform version resources

A MiniApp platform version resource is an object that indicates the minimum and target platform versions to be used by the MiniApp.

The following members are defined under the scope of the MiniApp manifest, addressing specific aspects of a platform version resource.

2.1 `min_code` member

The MiniApp platform version resource's min_code member is a non-negative integer number that indicates the minimum supported version of the MiniApp user agent's platform to ensure the regular operation of a MiniApp.

To process the platform version's min_code member, given object json and ordered map platform_version:

If json["min_code"] does not exist, or if the type of json["min_code"] is not number, return failure.
Set platform_version["min_code"] to json["min_code"].

2.2 `target_code` member

The MiniApp platform version resource's target_code member is a non-negative integer number that indicates the target supported version of the MiniApp user agent's platform to ensure the regular operation of a MiniApp.

To process the platform version's target_code member, given object json and ordered map platform_version:

If json["target_code"] does not exist, or if the type of json["target_code"] is not number, return.
Set platform_version["target_code"] to json["target_code"].

2.3 `release_type` member

The MiniApp platform version resource's release_type member is a string that indicates the release type of the MiniApp user agent's target platform version that is required for running the application. For example, the value can be set to CanaryN, BetaN, or Release. N represents a positive integer, such as "Beta1".

To process the platform version's release_type member, given object json and ordered map platform_version:

If json["release_type"] does not exist, or if the type of json["release_type"] is not string, return.
Set platform_version["release_type"] to json["release_type"].

3. MiniApp permission resources

A MiniApp permission resource is an object that describes a request for using a concrete system feature (e.g., access to device's location, user contacts, sensors, and camera) required for the proper execution of a MiniApp.

The following members are defined under the scope of the MiniApp manifest, addressing specific aspects of a permission resource.

3.1 `name` member

The MiniApp permission resource's name member is a string that indicates the name of the feature requested.

To process the permission resource's name member, given object json and ordered map permission:

If json["name"] does not exist, or
if the type of json["name"] is not string, or if json["name"] is the empty string, return.
Set permission["name"] to json["name"].

3.2 `reason` member

The optional MiniApp permission resource's reason member is a string that indicates the reason given to request the feature specified in the name attribute.

To process the permission resource's reason member, given object json and ordered map permission:

If json["reason"] does not exist, or
if the type of json["reason"] is not string, or if json["reason"] is the empty string, return.
Set permission["reason"] to json["reason"].

4. MiniApp version resources

A MiniApp version resource is an object that describes the version code and version name of a MiniApp.

The following members are defined under the scope of the MiniApp manifest, addressing specific aspects of a version resource.

4.1 `code` member

The MiniApp version resource's code member is a non-negative integer number that represents the version of a MiniApp. It is mainly used for enhancing the maintainability and security of MiniApp (e.g., compatibility among incremental versions). The code member aims at supporting the development and deployment process, and it is not usually displayed to the end-user.

To process the version's code member, given object json and ordered map version:

If json["code"] does not exist, or if the type of json["code"] is not number, return failure.
Let version be a number, initially 1.
If json["code"] is greater than 0, then:
Set version to json["code"].
Set version["code"] to version.

4.2 `name` member

The MiniApp version resource's name member is a string mainly used for describing information on the version of a MiniApp, playing an essential role in version control, MiniApp application, and platform compatibility. It is usually considered as the version that is shown publicly and displayed to the user.

Note: Usage

The RECOMMENDED format for this member is X.Y.Z, where X, Y, and Z are non-negative integer values (e.g., 1.10.0), as specified in Semantic Versioning [SEMANTIC-VERSIONING].

To process the version's name member, given object json and ordered map version:

If json["name"] does not exist, or if the type of json["name"] is not string, return failure.
Set version["name"] to json["name"].

6. MiniApp window resource members

A MiniApp window resource is an object that defines and configures the window that contains a MiniApp.

The following members are defined under the scope of the MiniApp manifest, enabling the description of the MiniApp window resource.

6.1 `auto_design_width` member

The auto_design_width member is a boolean that indicates whether the design_width of the page is auto-calculated by the user agent. When auto_design_width is true, the value of design_width is ignored. In this case, the system's baseline width is automatically determined according to the pixel density of the screen.

Value by default: false.

To process the window's auto_design_width member, given object json and ordered map window:

If json["auto_design_width"] does not exist, or if the type of json["auto_design_width"] is not boolean, return.
Set window["auto_design_width"] to json["auto_design_width"].

6.2 `background_color` member

The background_color member is a string that specifies the background color of the window that contains a MiniApp.

This member supports sRGB colors, and it is equivalent to the application manifest's background_color.

Value by default: "#ffffff".

Note: Processing the `background_color` member

When processing a MiniApp manifest, the process a color member algorithm is used to process the window's background_color member, according to the [APPMANIFEST] specification.

6.3 `background_text_style` member

The background_text_style member is a string that specifies the background text style, indicating a light or dark color theme.

This member supports the values of prefers-color-scheme and MUST contain one of the following background text style values:

"light": For light style.
"dark" (default): For dark style.

To process the window's background_text_style member, given object json and ordered map window:

If json["background_text_style"] does not exist, or
if the type of json["background_text_style"] is not string, or
if json["background_text_style"] doesn't match one of the background text style values, return.
Set window["background_text_style"] to json["background_text_style"].

6.4 `design_width` member

The design_width member is a number that indicates the baseline width of the page design in pixel unit. It is used for visually adjusting the page components.

The value is a non-negative integer and the value by default is 750.

To process the window's design_width member, given object json and ordered map window:

If json["design_width"] does not exist, or
if the type of json["design_width"] is not number, or if the type of json["design_width"] is less than 0, return.
Set window["design_width"] to json["design_width"].

6.5 `enable_pull_down_refresh` member

The enable_pull_down_refresh member is a boolean that specifies if the pull-to-refresh event is enabled during the interaction with the MiniApp.

Value by default: false.

To process the window's enable_pull_down_refresh member, given object json and ordered map window:

If json["enable_pull_down_refresh"] does not exist,
or if the type of json["enable_pull_down_refresh"] is not boolean, return.
Set window["enable_pull_down_refresh"] to json["enable_pull_down_refresh"].

6.6 `fullscreen` member

The fullscreen member is a boolean that indicates if the MiniApp is shown in full-screen display mode.

Note: Usage

When this member takes the true value, it is equivalent to the fullscreen value on the application manifest's display member. When it takes false as value, it is equivalent to minimal-ui.

Value by default: false.

To process the window's fullscreen member, given object json and ordered map window:

If json["fullscreen"] does not exist,
or if the type of json["fullscreen"] is not boolean, return.
Set window["fullscreen"] to json["fullscreen"].

6.7 `navigation_bar_background_color` member

The navigation_bar_background_color member is a string that specifies the color of the background of the navigation bar of the MiniApp.

This member supports sRGB colors.

Value by default: "#000000".

This member is processed according to the specified in [APPMANIFEST].

Note: Processing the `navigation_bar_background_color` member

When processing a MiniApp manifest, the process a color member algorithm is used to process the window's navigation_bar_background_color member, according to the [APPMANIFEST] specification.

6.8 `navigation_bar_text_style` member

The navigation_bar_text_style member is a string that indicates the text color of the navigation bar title.

This member MUST contain one of the following text style values:

"white" (default): For white text color.
"black": For black text color.

To process the window's navigation_bar_text_style member, given object json and ordered map window:

If json["navigation_bar_text_style"] does not exist, or
if the type of json["navigation_bar_text_style"] is not string, or
if json["navigation_bar_text_style"] doesn't match one of the text style values, return.
Set window["navigation_bar_text_style"] to json["navigation_bar_text_style"].

6.9 `navigation_bar_title_text` member

The navigation_bar_title_text member is a string that specifies the title of the navigation bar of the MiniApp.

To process the window's navigation_bar_title_text member, given object json and ordered map window:

If json["navigation_bar_title_text"] does not exist, or
if the type of json["navigation_bar_title_text"] is not string, return.
Set window["navigation_bar_title_text"] to json["navigation_bar_title_text"].

6.10 `navigation_style` member

The navigation_style member is a string that specifies the style of the navigation bar.

This member MUST contain one of the following navigation style values:

"default" (default): For applying the style by default.
"custom": For applying a customized navigation bar.

To process the window's navigation_style member, given object json and ordered map window:

If json["navigation_style"] does not exist, or
if the type of json["navigation_style"] is not string, or
if json["navigation_style"] doesn't match one of the navigation style values, return.
Set window["navigation_style"] to json["navigation_style"].

Note: Usage

The capsule button at the right corner is not customizable.

6.11 `on_reach_bottom_distance` member

The on_reach_bottom_distance member is a number that defines the vertical offset from the bottom of the window required to trigger a page pull-up event. Values for this member are non-negative integers expressed in pixel unit.

Value by default: 50.

To process the window's on_reach_bottom_distance member, given object json and ordered map window:

If json["on_reach_bottom_distance"] does not exist, or
if the type of json["on_reach_bottom_distance"] is not number, or
if if the type of json["on_reach_bottom_distance"] is less than 0, return.
Set window["on_reach_bottom_distance"] to json["on_reach_bottom_distance"].

6.12 `orientation` member

The orientation member is a string that specifies the configuration of the screen orientation for the MiniApp.

This member supports the orientation values: "portrait" and "landscape" defined in OrientationLockType [SCREEN-ORIENTATION].

Note: Usage

This member is equivalent to the application manifest's orientation.

Value by default: "portrait".

To process the window's orientation member, given object json and ordered map window:

If json["orientation"] does not exist, or
if the type of json["orientation"] is not string, or
if json["orientation"] doesn't match one of the orientation values, return.
Set window["orientation"] to json["orientation"].

Issue 8: About window.orientation

The description of window.orientation is currently:

Screen orientation settings, valid values: portrait and landscape.

It is not clear to me if this is just a default orientation when the user opens a MiniApp (the user can change it when using the MiniApp), or a locked orientation (the user can't change it).

7. Localizable members

A localizable member is a manifest member whose content may be adapted to specific linguistic, geographical, and cultural aspects. These localizable members share the language tag (lang) and display direction (dir) defined at manifest's root.

The following members are localizable members:

name
short_name
description
MiniApp window resource's navigation_bar_title_text
MiniApp widget resource's name

8. Dependencies

As a crucial part of a MiniApp Package, the manifest.json file describes several important aspects of the MiniApp by referring to the MiniApp Package resources in different file types, such as the page scripts and visual configuration files in the pages directory and the images in the common directory. Details are specified in [MINIAPP-PACKAGING].

The regular operation of a MiniApp relies on the proper configuration in the manifest and the MiniApp Package availability of resources. Such dependency needs to be checked during both the development phase and deployment phase.

9. Security and Privacy Considerations

9.1 Content constraint

As the manifest is a JSON document and will commonly be encoded using [UNICODE], the security considerations described in [[JSON] and [UNICODE-SECURITY] apply. In order to prevent developers from including custom/unrestrained data in a manifest, implementors may use a more strict schema than that defined in JSON Schema to impose their implementation-specific limits on the member names, types, and value ranges (e.g., to guard against memory overflow, or to meet platform-specific limitations).

9.2 Local resource access

Members like icons, pages, and widgets contain paths referring to local resources on the hosting platform. Implementors and the hosting platform should check the validity of those paths to prevent illegal access out of the scope of the MiniApp Package. On the other hand, the MiniApp itself (e.g., using scripting code) may provide mechanisms to access external resources either on the hosting platform or on remote websites (e.g., through a URI). In this case, the hosting platform is responsible for providing a clear indication to an end-user about such a context switch.

Additionally, the req_permissions member provides a specific means to control the access the local software, hardware, and data resources on the user's device. User's consent should be asked when it comes to privacy-related or high-level privileged resources.

9.3 Integrity

The integrity of the manifest document is protected by a cryptographic hash mechanism as part of the whole MiniApp Package, as detailed in [MINIAPP-PACKAGING].

9.4 Transparency

The user agent SHOULD provide the end-user with transparent metadata about a MiniApp (i.e., app_id, name, short_name, icons, name, description), offering users enough information, allowing them to make a conscious decision about its usage. This practice could also help to identify spoofing MiniApps.

E.1 Normative references

[APPMANIFEST]: Web Application Manifest. Marcos Caceres; Kenneth Christiansen; Mounir Lamouri; Anssi Kostiainen; Matt Giuca; Aaron Gustafson. W3C. 23 June 2021. W3C Working Draft. URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/appmanifest/
[BCP47]: Tags for Identifying Languages. A. Phillips, Ed.; M. Davis, Ed.. IETF. September 2009. Best Current Practice. URL: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5646
[css-color-4]: CSS Color Module Level 4. Tab Atkins Jr.; Chris Lilley. W3C. 1 June 2021. W3C Working Draft. URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/css-color-4/
[css-values]: CSS Values and Units Module Level 3. Tab Atkins Jr.; Elika Etemad. W3C. 6 June 2019. W3C Candidate Recommendation. URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/css-values-3/
[html]: HTML Standard. Anne van Kesteren; Domenic Denicola; Ian Hickson; Philip Jägenstedt; Simon Pieters. WHATWG. Living Standard. URL: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/
[IMAGE-RESOURCE]: Image Resource. Aaron Gustafson; Rayan Kanso; Marcos Caceres. W3C. 4 June 2021. W3C Working Draft. URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/image-resource/
[INFRA]: Infra Standard. Anne van Kesteren; Domenic Denicola. WHATWG. Living Standard. URL: https://infra.spec.whatwg.org/
[JSON]: The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data Interchange Format. T. Bray, Ed.. IETF. December 2017. Internet Standard. URL: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8259
[MANIFEST-APP-INFO]: Web App Manifest - Application Information. Aaron Gustafson. W3C. 24 March 2021. W3C Note. URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/manifest-app-info/
[mediaqueries-5]: Media Queries Level 5. Dean Jackson; Florian Rivoal; Tab Atkins Jr.. W3C. 31 July 2020. W3C Working Draft. URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/mediaqueries-5/
[MINIAPP-PACKAGING]: MiniApp Packaging. URL: https://w3c.github.io/miniapp-packaging/
[RFC2119]: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels. S. Bradner. IETF. March 1997. Best Current Practice. URL: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2119
[RFC5234]: Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF. D. Crocker, Ed.; P. Overell. IETF. January 2008. Internet Standard. URL: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5234
[RFC8174]: Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words. B. Leiba. IETF. May 2017. Best Current Practice. URL: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8174
[SCREEN-ORIENTATION]: The Screen Orientation API. Mounir Lamouri; Marcos Caceres; Johanna Herman. W3C. 17 June 2021. W3C Working Draft. URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/screen-orientation/
[UNICODE]: The Unicode Standard. Unicode Consortium. URL: https://www.unicode.org/versions/latest/
[UNICODE-SECURITY]: Unicode Security Considerations. Mark Davis; Michel Suignard. Unicode Consortium. 19 September 2014. Unicode Technical Report #36. URL: https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr36/tr36-15.html
[url]: URL Standard. Anne van Kesteren. WHATWG. Living Standard. URL: https://url.spec.whatwg.org/
[webidl]: Web IDL. Boris Zbarsky. W3C. 15 December 2016. W3C Editor's Draft. URL: https://heycam.github.io/webidl/

E.2 Informative references

[SEMANTIC-VERSIONING]: Semantic Versioning. URL: https://semver.org/

MiniApp Manifest

W3C Working Draft 24 June 2021

Abstract

Status of This Document

1. MiniApp Manifest

1.1 Conformance

1.2 Summary of Members

1.3 Example

1.4 Web Application Manifest members

1.4.1 dir member

1.4.2 icons member

1.4.3 lang member

1.4.4 name member

1.4.5 short_name member

1.5 Application Information members

1.5.1 description member

1.6 Supplementary members

1.6.1 app_id member

1.6.2 platform_version member

1.6.3 pages member

1.6.4 req_permissions member

1.6.5 version member

1.6.6 widgets member

1.6.7 window member

1.7 Processing the manifest

2. MiniApp platform version resources

2.1 min_code member

2.2 target_code member

2.3 release_type member

3. MiniApp permission resources

3.1 name member

3.2 reason member

4. MiniApp version resources

4.1 code member

4.2 name member

5. MiniApp widget resource members

5.1 name member

5.2 path member

5.3 min_code member

6. MiniApp window resource members

6.1 auto_design_width member

6.2 background_color member

6.3 background_text_style member

6.4 design_width member

6.5 enable_pull_down_refresh member

6.6 fullscreen member

6.7 navigation_bar_background_color member

6.8 navigation_bar_text_style member

6.9 navigation_bar_title_text member

6.10 navigation_style member

6.11 on_reach_bottom_distance member

6.12 orientation member

7. Localizable members

8. Dependencies

9. Security and Privacy Considerations

9.1 Content constraint

9.2 Local resource access

9.3 Integrity

9.4 Transparency

A. Conformance

B. JSON Schema

C. Acknowledgements

D. Extensibility

E. References

E.1 Normative references

E.2 Informative references

1.4.1 `dir` member

1.4.2 `icons` member

1.4.3 `lang` member

1.4.4 `name` member

1.4.5 `short_name` member

1.5.1 `description` member

1.6.1 `app_id` member

1.6.2 `platform_version` member

1.6.3 `pages` member

1.6.4 `req_permissions` member

1.6.5 `version` member

1.6.6 `widgets` member

1.6.7 `window` member

2.1 `min_code` member

2.2 `target_code` member

2.3 `release_type` member

3.1 `name` member

3.2 `reason` member

4.1 `code` member

4.2 `name` member

5.1 `name` member

5.2 `path` member

5.3 `min_code` member

6.1 `auto_design_width` member

6.2 `background_color` member

6.3 `background_text_style` member

6.4 `design_width` member

6.5 `enable_pull_down_refresh` member

6.6 `fullscreen` member

6.7 `navigation_bar_background_color` member

6.8 `navigation_bar_text_style` member

6.9 `navigation_bar_title_text` member

6.10 `navigation_style` member

6.11 `on_reach_bottom_distance` member

6.12 `orientation` member