Why won't this apple-touch-icon work?

Question

I have the following code in my website:

<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="http://website.com/images/apple-touch-icon.png" />

When I view the source in Firefox and click the href attribute the icon shows (so its not a 404 error).

When the code is added to a page like http://website.com/mobile/index.php or http://website.com/mobile/page.php and the page is added to an iPhone homescreen the icon works fine, but when the page url is like http://website.com/page or http://website.com/index the icon doesn't show up.

No errors appear in the "website debug console" provided in Safari options and I've tried clearing the cache and cookies.

Also I use the tag <base href="http://website.com/mobile/" /> website, which shows up on both http://website.com/mobile/index.php and http://website.com/index. But i can't see how that would effect it since the apple-touch-icon uses a full url.

Answer 1

Try using a relative URL:

<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/images/apple-touch-icon.png" />

It should go to your base directory and find the icon in /images.

Answer 2

This will only work from an HTTP or HTTPS site with a Valid and trusted security certificate.

If there's a certificate error, iOS will not load the image. Temporarily trusting the certificate in Safari for the page will not trust the certificate for the homescreen shortcut. If you are using a self-signed certificate, you must add the untrusted root certificate as a trusted certificate at the OS level.

1. On the iOS device, navigate to a page which has a link to the .crt file
2. Tap the link
3. Approve/Install through all the confirmation screens