ayanova/src/App.vue

@@ -275,18 +275,25 @@ export default {
       //https://medium.com/@dougallrich/give-users-control-over-app-updates-in-vue-cli-3-pwas-20453aedc1f2
       refreshing: false,
       registration: null,
-      updateExists: true
+      updateExists: false
     };
   },
-  created() {
-    //pwa update
-    //https://medium.com/@dougallrich/give-users-control-over-app-updates-in-vue-cli-3-pwas-20453aedc1f2
-    document.addEventListener("swUpdated", this.showRefreshUI, { once: true });
-    navigator.serviceWorker.addEventListener("controllerchange", () => {
-      if (this.refreshing) return;
-      this.refreshing = true;
-      window.location.reload();
-    });
+  async created() {
+    //Don't call this unless there is a service worker (https or localhost only, not private network) or else vuetify goes snakey and things start breaking
+    if (navigator.serviceWorker) {
+      //pwa update
+      //https://medium.com/@dougallrich/give-users-control-over-app-updates-in-vue-cli-3-pwas-20453aedc1f2
+      document.addEventListener("swUpdated", await this.showRefreshUI, {
+        once: true
+      });
+
+      //for the record, this is the breaking code if there is no serviceworker
+      navigator.serviceWorker.addEventListener("controllerchange", () => {
+        if (this.refreshing) return;
+        this.refreshing = true;
+        window.location.reload();
+      });
+    }
 
     //Removed this when I added the PWA update code because in reality it should not be required for
     //regular updates as it would be very intrusive, instead, on a new version it should internally fixup the
@@ -398,6 +405,9 @@ export default {
     newNotificationCount() {
       return this.$store.state.newNotificationCount;
     },
+    test() {
+      alert("App.vue::test() method");
+    },
     //PWA update
     async showRefreshUI(e) {
       this.registration = e.detail;

ayanova/src/api/ayanova-version.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 export default {
-  version: "8.0.0-alpha.31",
+  version: "8.0.0-alpha.57",
   copyright: "© 1999-2020, Ground Zero Tech-Works Inc."
 };

ayanova/src/registerServiceWorker.js

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "production") {
     },
     updated(registration) {
       console.log("New content is available; please refresh.");
+
       //https://medium.com/@dougallrich/give-users-control-over-app-updates-in-vue-cli-3-pwas-20453aedc1f2
       document.dispatchEvent(
         new CustomEvent("swUpdated", { detail: registration })