MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - How to start javascript when a page is seen by user in iBooks

Doitsu · 09-26-2016, 03:13 PM

@fbrzvnrnd: I only have very limited JavaScript skills, but, IMHO, the code looks OK. This appears to be an iBooks bug feature.

The animation actually works with iBooks, but only once. (If you have a very fast Mac or iPad your might not even see it.)

It looks like iBooks caches chapter html files and doesn't reload them when they're re-selected via the TOC.

A workaround would be to disable the animation for iBooks apps.

You can test for iBooks apps with the following JavaScript function:

Code:

navigator.epubReadingSystem.name

It should return iBooks.

09-26-2016, 03:13 PM	#6
Doitsu Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,738 Karma: 24031403 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle PW2	@fbrzvnrnd: I only have very limited JavaScript skills, but, IMHO, the code looks OK. This appears to be an iBooks bug feature. The animation actually works with iBooks, but only once. (If you have a very fast Mac or iPad your might not even see it.) It looks like iBooks caches chapter html files and doesn't reload them when they're re-selected via the TOC. A workaround would be to disable the animation for iBooks apps. You can test for iBooks apps with the following JavaScript function: Code: navigator.epubReadingSystem.name It should return iBooks.